writeXXX methods
Note
This page has been updated for jDataView 3
Explanation
The native DataView setter methods (e.g. setUint32(byteOffset, value, littleEndian)) require byteOffset to be always passed in the first argument.
jDataView allows passing undefined as the byteOffset for sequential writes with the setXXX methods, but this can get tiresome.
To provide nicer ergonomics, jDataView provides a series of writeXXX methods that correspond to each of the setXXX methods. These writeXXX methods automatically set the byteOfffset parameter to undefined.
Reference
writeXXX(value, ...) (works for any setXXX(undefined, value, ...) method)
Native DataView types
See MDN documentation for more information.
writeFloat64(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeFloat32(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeBigInt64(value: bigint, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeBigUint64(value: bigint, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeInt32(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeUint32(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeInt16(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeUint16(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeInt8(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeUint8(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeInt64(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void writeUint64(value: number, littleEndian?: boolean): void
jDataView's extra types
See the Strings and Blobs and Arbitrary‐size integers pages for more information.
writeBytes(value: ArrayLike<number>): void writeString(subString: string, encoding?: string): void writeChar(character: string): void writeSigned(value: number, bitLength: number): void writeUnsigned(value: number, bitLength: number): void