From f8cde8ac14eb30215998c10693af3c613e2b1855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wynd <wyndmaster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:42:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ByteBuffer struct to more easily write and read data

---
 src/buffer.rs | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/main.rs   | 34 +++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/buffer.rs

diff --git a/src/buffer.rs b/src/buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba99f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#![allow(unused)]
+
+use std::{
+	io::Write,
+	ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ByteBuffer {
+	buffer: Vec<u8>,
+	cursor: usize,
+}
+
+impl ByteBuffer {
+	pub fn unread_len(&self) -> usize {
+		self.buffer.len() - self.cursor
+	}
+
+	pub fn write_string(&mut self, value: &str) {
+		let _ = self.buffer.write(&value.len().to_be_bytes());
+		let _ = self.buffer.write(value.as_bytes());
+	}
+
+	pub fn write_bytes(&mut self, value: &[u8]) {
+		let _ = self.buffer.write(value);
+	}
+
+	pub fn read_string(&mut self) -> String {
+		let mut len_buffer = [0; 8];
+		len_buffer.copy_from_slice(&self.buffer[self.cursor..self.cursor + 8]);
+		self.cursor += 8;
+		let len = usize::from_be_bytes(len_buffer);
+
+		let mut name_buffer: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+		name_buffer.extend(&self.buffer[self.cursor..self.cursor + len]);
+		self.cursor += len;
+		String::from_utf8(name_buffer.to_vec()).unwrap()
+	}
+
+	pub fn read_bytes(&mut self, len: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+		let buf = self.buffer[self.cursor..self.cursor + len].to_vec();
+		self.cursor += len;
+		buf
+	}
+}
+
+impl Deref for ByteBuffer {
+	type Target = Vec<u8>;
+
+	fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+		&self.buffer
+	}
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for ByteBuffer {
+	fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+		&mut self.buffer
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2ede73c..f3fa57a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ use std::{
 	str::FromStr,
 };
 
+use crate::buffer::ByteBuffer;
+
+mod buffer;
+
 const IP: &str = "0.0.0.0";
 const PORT: &str = "9696";
 
@@ -29,16 +33,11 @@ fn handle_connection(mut conn: TcpStream) -> Result<()> {
 	let files = ["examples/test.md", "examples/test2.md"];
 
 	for file in files {
-		let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+		let mut buffer = ByteBuffer::default();
 		match read(format!("./{file}")) {
 			Ok(data) => {
-				let _ = buffer.write(&file.len().to_be_bytes());
-				let _ = buffer.write(file.as_bytes());
-
-				let _ = buffer.write(&data.len().to_be_bytes());
-				let _ = buffer.write(&data);
-
-				let _ = buffer.write(b"\n");
+				buffer.write_string(file);
+				buffer.write_bytes(&data);
 
 				let _ = conn.write_all(&buffer);
 				let _ = conn.flush();
@@ -62,24 +61,15 @@ mod tests {
 		assert!(conn.is_ok());
 
 		let mut conn = conn.unwrap();
-		let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+		let mut buffer = ByteBuffer::default();
 
 		let bytes_read = conn.read_to_end(&mut buffer);
 		assert!(bytes_read.is_ok());
 
-		let data = String::from_utf8(buffer);
-		assert!(data.is_ok());
-
-		let data = data.unwrap().into_bytes();
-
-		let mut usize_buffer = [0; 8];
-		usize_buffer.copy_from_slice(&data[0..8]);
-		let path_len = usize::from_be_bytes(usize_buffer);
-
-		let mut name_buffer: Vec<u8> = vec![];
-		name_buffer.extend(&data[8..8 + path_len]);
-		let file_name = String::from_utf8(name_buffer.to_vec()).unwrap();
-
+		let file_name = buffer.read_string();
 		assert_eq!(file_name, "examples/test.md");
+
+		// let content = buffer.read_bytes(buffer.unread_len());
+		// println!("{}", String::from_utf8(content).unwrap());
 	}
 }