How do I read binary data in multiplatform code? O...

# multiplatform

[martmists]

How do I read binary data in multiplatform code? On java I have ByteBuffer, but on multiplatform I have to roll my own solution. However, the following code doesn't work but I can't quite figure out why:

fun ByteArray.readInt(offset: Int, endianness: Endianness = Endianness.LITTLE): Int {
    return when (endianness) {
        Endianness.BIG -> {
            ((this[offset].toInt() shl 24) or
                    (this[offset + 1].toInt() shl 16) or
                    (this[offset + 2].toInt() shl 8) or
                    (this[offset + 3].toInt() shl 0))
        }
        Endianness.LITTLE -> {
            ((this[offset].toInt() shl 0) or
                    (this[offset + 1].toInt() shl 8) or
                    (this[offset + 2].toInt() shl 16) or
                    (this[offset + 3].toInt() shl 24))
        }
    }.also {
        println("Read int $it from bytes ${this[offset]}, ${this[offset + 1]}, ${this[offset + 2]} and ${this[offset + 3]}")
    }
}

as it outputs

Read int -38 from bytes -38, 12, 0 and 0

but it should output

Read int 3290 from bytes -38, 12, 0 and 0

where the input data is [0xDA, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00] read from a file using JVM File().readBytes()

[Joel Denke]

Not sure if helps in all cases but Okio is multiplatform, https://square.github.io/okio/multiplatform/

[Jiri Bruchanov]

have a look this lib, it might help
https://github.com/DitchOoM/buffer

[Michael Paus]

You have forgotten to mask your data in the byte to int conversion.
This is a fragment of my own code for something similar which works:

tgtImage[refIndex] = (
        ((0xFF and tgtA) shl 24) or
        ((0xFF and tgtR) shl 16) or
        ((0xFF and tgtG) shl  8) or
        ((0xFF and tgtB) shl  0)
    )