B4A Library ByteArrayBuffer

This is a wrapper for the org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer class. It allows the resizing of the buffer which is useful for buffering very large amounts of data without the buffer continually growing (i.e. audio streaming).

SLByteArrayBuffer
Author: Steve Laming
Version: 1

• SLByteArrayBuffer
  Methods:
  • AppendByte (b() As Byte, off As Int, len As Int)
    Appends len bytes to this buffer from the given source array starting at index off.
  • AppendChar (b() As Char, off As Int, len As Int)
    Appends len chars to this buffer from the given source array starting at index off.
  • AppendInt (b As Int)
    Appends b byte to this buffer.
  • Buffer As Byte[]
    Returns reference to the underlying byte array.
  • ByteAt (i As Int) As Int
    Returns the byte value in this buffer at the specified index.
  • Capacity As Int
    Returns the current capacity.
  • Clear
    Clears content of the buffer.
  • Initialize (capacity As Int)
    ByteArrayBuffer(int capacity)
    Initialize the ByteArrayBuffer to the given capacity.
  • IsEmpty As Boolean
    Returns true if this buffer is empty, that is, its length() is equal to 0.
  • IsFull As Boolean
    Returns true if this buffer is full, that is, its length() is equal to its capacity().
  • SetLength (len As Int)
    Sets the length of the buffer.
  • ToByteArray As Byte[]
    Converts the content of this buffer to an array of bytes.
  • length As Int
    Returns the length of the buffer (byte count).

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V1.0 attached unzip the .jar and .xml files to you additional libraries folder.

 

[doncx]

Steve -

Great library idea!

I'm having trouble appending the SLByteArrayBuffer from serial data received. I get a NullPointerException at line 45 in your library when I attempt AppendByte in the (selectively pasted) code below. I'm trying to build a combined byte array from incoming bluetooth traffic for later processing. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

- Don

Sub Process_Globals
    Dim BigBuffer As SLByteArrayBuffer
End Sub

Sub AStreams_NewData (Buffer() As Byte)
    LogBytes( Buffer )
End Sub

Sub LogBytes( Msg() As Byte )
    BigBuffer.AppendByte( Msg, 0, Msg.Length )
End Sub

 

[doncx]

Steve -

Great library idea!

I'm having trouble appending the SLByteArrayBuffer from serial data received. I get a NullPointerException at line 45 in your library when I attempt AppendByte in the (selectively pasted) code below. I'm trying to build a combined byte array from incoming bluetooth traffic for later processing. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

- Don

Sub Process_Globals
    Dim BigBuffer As SLByteArrayBuffer
End Sub

Sub AStreams_NewData (Buffer() As Byte)
    LogBytes( Buffer )
End Sub

Sub LogBytes( Msg() As Byte )
    BigBuffer.AppendByte( Msg, 0, Msg.Length )
End Sub

Nevermind! I neglected to initialize the SLByteArrayBuffer.

Sheesh. Sorry to bother you.

 

[stevel05]

Nevermind! I neglected to initialize the SLByteArrayBuffer.

Easy done, glad you found it.

 

[freedom2000]

@stevel05 : First of all Thank you for this great library

I am trying to use this lib to avoid memory overflow while processing audiostream.
Thus I have a streamer which output buffers whose size is 3584

Sub streamer_RecordBuffer (Buffer() As Byte)
    'collect the recording data
    Buffers.Add(Buffer)

    BuffersSize = BuffersSize + Buffer.Length
    Log(Buffer.length)    '3584
 
End Sub

I can easily empty these buffers into a ByteArrayBuffer with AppendByte

BigBuffer.AppendByte( Buffer, 0, Buffer.Length )

However I need to process the data from the BigBuffer every 4096 bytes to perform a FFT.
What would be nice would be to "resize" the bigbuffer any time I read 4096 bytes in order to decrease its size.

Is there a way to do it ?
- streamer happends at the end of BigBuffer
- I read from the beginning 4096 bytes
- BigBuffer start pointer is moved 4096 bytes headed

Thanks

 

[stevel05]

To remove from the front of the buffer, you would have to set up a second buffer, append the data you want to keep to that then set the original to point to the new buffer. I'm not sure how quick it would be as you're processing Audio, but worth a try.

 

[freedom2000]

Thank you, I will try it

BTW, the FFT proccess is not very fast so I have to wait somewhere !

 

[sunish]

Is there a direct method to add or assign a string to a SLByteArrayBuffer ?

 

[stevel05]

You could use the GetBytes method of the String.

bb.append(str.GetBytes("UTF8"),0,str.Length)

 

[sunish]

You could use the GetBytes method of the String.

bb.append(str.GetBytes("UTF8"),0,str.Length)

Thanks, I just realized I had already written the code long back 'RxBuff.AppendByte(SerData.GetBytes("UTF8"),0,SerData.Length)
and nice to know its the right way.