class IO::Hexdump

Overview

IO object that prints an hexadecimal dump of all transferred data.

Especially useful for debugging binary protocols on an IO, to understand better when and how data is sent or received.

By default IO::Hexdump won't print anything; you must specify which of #read, #write or both you want to print.

Example:

require "io/hexdump"
socket = IO::Memory.new("abc")
io = IO::Hexdump.new(socket, output: STDERR, read: true)

When data is read from io it will print something akin to the following on STDERR:

00000000  50 52 49 20 2a 20 48 54  54 50 2f 32 2e 30 0d 0a  PRI * HTTP/2.0..
00000010  0d 0a 53 4d 0d 0a 0d 0a                           ..SM....
00000000  00 00 00 04                                       ....
00000000  00                                                .
00000000  00 00 00 00                                       ....

Defined in:

io/hexdump.cr

Constructors

Instance Method Summary

Instance methods inherited from class IO

<self <<, close close, closed? : Bool closed?, each_byte(&) : Nil
each_byte each_byte
, each_char(&) : Nil
each_char each_char
, each_line(*args, **options, &block : String -> ) : Nil
each_line(*args, **options) each_line
, encoding : String encoding, flush flush, gets(limit : Int, chomp = false) : String?
gets(delimiter : Char, limit : Int, chomp = false) : String?
gets(delimiter : Char, chomp = false) : String?
gets(delimiter : String, chomp = false) : String?
gets(chomp = true) : String? gets
, gets_to_end : String gets_to_end, peek : Bytes? peek, pos pos, pos=(value) pos=, print(obj : _) : Nil
print(*objects : _) : Nil print
, printf(format_string, args : Array | Tuple) : Nil
printf(format_string, *args) : Nil printf
, puts(string : String) : Nil
puts(obj : _) : Nil
puts : Nil
puts(*objects : _) : Nil puts
, read(slice : Bytes) read, read_at(offset, bytesize, & : IO -> ) read_at, read_byte : UInt8? read_byte, read_bytes(type, format : IO::ByteFormat = IO::ByteFormat::SystemEndian) read_bytes, read_char : Char? read_char, read_fully(slice : Bytes) : Int32 read_fully, read_fully?(slice : Bytes) : Int32? read_fully?, read_line(*args, **options) : String read_line, read_string(bytesize : Int) : String read_string, read_utf8(slice : Bytes) read_utf8, read_utf8_byte : UInt8? read_utf8_byte, rewind rewind, seek(offset, whence : Seek = Seek::Set) seek, set_encoding(encoding : String, invalid : Symbol? = nil) : Nil set_encoding, skip(bytes_count : Int) : Nil skip, skip_to_end : Nil skip_to_end, tell tell, tty? : Bool tty?, write(slice : Bytes) : Nil write, write_byte(byte : UInt8) : Nil write_byte, write_bytes(object, format : IO::ByteFormat = IO::ByteFormat::SystemEndian) : Nil write_bytes, write_string(slice : Bytes) : Nil write_string, write_utf8(slice : Bytes) : Nil write_utf8

Class methods inherited from class IO

copy(src, dst, limit : Int) : Int64
copy(src, dst) : Int64 copy
, pipe(read_blocking = false, write_blocking = false) : Tuple(IO::FileDescriptor, IO::FileDescriptor)
pipe(read_blocking = false, write_blocking = false, &) pipe
, same_content?(stream1 : IO, stream2 : IO) : Bool same_content?

Instance methods inherited from class Reference

==(other : self)
==(other : JSON::Any)
==(other : YAML::Any)
==(other) ==
, dup dup, hash(hasher) hash, inspect(io : IO) : Nil inspect, object_id : UInt64 object_id, pretty_print(pp) : Nil pretty_print, same?(other : Reference) : Bool
same?(other : Nil) same?
, to_s(io : IO) : Nil to_s

Constructor methods inherited from class Reference

new new

Instance methods inherited from class Object

! : Bool !, !=(other) !=, !~(other) !~, ==(other) ==, ===(other : JSON::Any)
===(other : YAML::Any)
===(other) ===
, =~(other) =~, as(type : Class) as, as?(type : Class) as?, class class, dup dup, hash(hasher)
hash hash
, in?(collection : Object) : Bool
in?(*values : Object) : Bool in?
, inspect(io : IO) : Nil
inspect : String inspect
, is_a?(type : Class) : Bool is_a?, itself itself, nil? : Bool nil?, not_nil! not_nil!, pretty_inspect(width = 79, newline = "\n", indent = 0) : String pretty_inspect, pretty_print(pp : PrettyPrint) : Nil pretty_print, responds_to?(name : Symbol) : Bool responds_to?, tap(&) tap, to_json(io : IO) : Nil
to_json : String to_json
, to_pretty_json(indent : String = " ") : String
to_pretty_json(io : IO, indent : String = " ") : Nil to_pretty_json
, to_s(io : IO) : Nil
to_s : String to_s
, to_yaml(io : IO) : Nil
to_yaml : String to_yaml
, try(&) try, unsafe_as(type : T.class) forall T unsafe_as

Class methods inherited from class Object

from_json(string_or_io, root : String)
from_json(string_or_io) from_json
, from_yaml(string_or_io : String | IO) from_yaml

Constructor Detail

def self.new(io : IO, output : IO = STDERR, read = false, write = false)Source

Instance Method Detail

def close(*args, **options)Source

def close(*args, **options, &)Source

def closed?(*args, **options)Source

def closed?(*args, **options, &)Source

def flush(*args, **options)Source

def flush(*args, **options, &)Source

def peek(*args, **options)Source

def peek(*args, **options, &)Source

def pos(*args, **options)Source

def pos(*args, **options, &)Source

def pos=(arg)Source

Description copied from class IO

Sets the current position (in bytes) in this IO.

The IO class raises on this method, but some subclasses, notable IO::FileDescriptor and IO::Memory implement it.

File.write("testfile", "hello")

file = File.new("testfile")
file.pos = 3
file.gets_to_end # => "lo"

def read(buf : Bytes) : Int32Source

Description copied from class IO

Reads at most slice.size bytes from this IO into slice. Returns the number of bytes read, which is 0 if and only if there is no more data to read (so checking for 0 is the way to detect end of file).

io = IO::Memory.new "hello"
slice = Bytes.new(4)
io.read(slice) # => 4
slice          # => Bytes[104, 101, 108, 108]
io.read(slice) # => 1
slice          # => Bytes[111, 101, 108, 108]
io.read(slice) # => 0

def seek(*args, **options)Source

def seek(*args, **options, &)Source

def tty?(*args, **options)Source

def tty?(*args, **options, &)Source

def write(buf : Bytes) : NilSource

Description copied from class IO

Writes the contents of slice into this IO.

io = IO::Memory.new
slice = Bytes.new(4) { |i| ('a'.ord + i).to_u8 }
io.write(slice)
io.to_s # => "abcd"

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