protobuf/objectivec/GPBCodedInputStream.h

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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@class GPBMessage;
@class GPBExtensionRegistry;

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN

/// Reads and decodes protocol message fields.
///
/// The common uses of protocol buffers shouldn't need to use this class.
/// @c GPBMessage's provide a @c +parseFromData:error: and @c
/// +parseFromData:extensionRegistry:error: method that will decode a
/// message for you.
///
/// @note Subclassing of GPBCodedInputStream is NOT supported.
@interface GPBCodedInputStream : NSObject

/// Creates a new stream wrapping some data.
+ (instancetype)streamWithData:(NSData *)data;

/// Initializes a stream wrapping some data.
- (instancetype)initWithData:(NSData *)data;

/// Attempt to read a field tag, returning zero if we have reached EOF.
/// Protocol message parsers use this to read tags, since a protocol message
/// may legally end wherever a tag occurs, and zero is not a valid tag number.
- (int32_t)readTag;

/// Read and return a double.
- (double)readDouble;
/// Read and return a float.
- (float)readFloat;
/// Read and return a uint64.
- (uint64_t)readUInt64;
/// Read and return a uint32.
- (uint32_t)readUInt32;
/// Read and return an int64.
- (int64_t)readInt64;
/// Read and return an int32.
- (int32_t)readInt32;
/// Read and return a fixed64.
- (uint64_t)readFixed64;
/// Read and return a fixed32.
- (uint32_t)readFixed32;
/// Read and return an enum (int).
- (int32_t)readEnum;
/// Read and return a sfixed32.
- (int32_t)readSFixed32;
/// Read and return a sfixed64.
- (int64_t)readSFixed64;
/// Read and return a sint32.
- (int32_t)readSInt32;
/// Read and return a sint64.
- (int64_t)readSInt64;
/// Read and return a boolean.
- (BOOL)readBool;
/// Read and return a string.
- (NSString *)readString;
/// Read and return length delimited data.
- (NSData *)readBytes;

/// Read an embedded message field value from the stream.
///
/// @param message           The message to set fields on as they are read.
/// @param extensionRegistry An optional extension registry to use to lookup
///                          extensions for @message.
- (void)readMessage:(GPBMessage *)message
  extensionRegistry:(nullable GPBExtensionRegistry *)extensionRegistry;

/// Reads and discards a single field, given its tag value.
///
/// @param tag The tag number of the field to skip.
///
/// @return NO if the tag is an endgroup tag (in which case nothing is skipped),
///         YES in all other cases.
- (BOOL)skipField:(int32_t)tag;

/// Reads and discards an entire message.  This will read either until EOF
/// or until an endgroup tag, whichever comes first.
- (void)skipMessage;

/// Check to see if the logical end of the stream has been reached.
///
/// This can return NO when there is no more data, but the current parsing
/// expected more data.
- (BOOL)isAtEnd;

/// The offset into the stream.
- (size_t)position;

/// Verifies that the last call to @c -readTag returned the given tag value.
/// This is used to verify that a nested group ended with the correct end tag.
/// Throws @c NSParseErrorException if value does not match the last tag.
///
/// @param expected The tag that was expected.
- (void)checkLastTagWas:(int32_t)expected;

@end

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END