Record Parser
The record parser allows you to easily parse protocols which are delimited by a sequence of bytes, or fixed size records.
It transforms a sequence of input buffer to a sequence of buffer structured as configured (either fixed size or separated records).
For example, if you have a simple ASCII text protocol delimited by '\n' and the input is the following:
buffer1:HELLO\nHOW ARE Y
buffer2:OU?\nI AM
buffer3: DOING OK
buffer4:\n
The record parser would produce
buffer1:HELLO
buffer2:HOW ARE YOU?
buffer3:I AM DOING OK
Let’s see the associated code:
final RecordParser parser = RecordParser.newDelimited("\n", h -> {
System.out.println(h.toString());
});
parser.handle(Buffer.buffer("HELLO\nHOW ARE Y"));
parser.handle(Buffer.buffer("OU?\nI AM"));
parser.handle(Buffer.buffer("DOING OK"));
parser.handle(Buffer.buffer("\n"));
You can also produce fixed sized chunks as follows:
RecordParser.newFixed(4, h -> {
System.out.println(h.toString());
});
For more details, check out the RecordParser
class.