var_int encode

lib/index.js

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
+// uint64_t implementation used for operations with int64. You may
+// replace it with other library with the same API.
+exports.Int64 = require("int64-native");
 exports.Address = require("./address");

lib/varint.js

@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 /**
  * Implement `var_int` encoding/decoding.
+ * Reference: <https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification#Variable_length_integer>
  * @module bitmessage/varint
  */
 
 "use strict";
 
 var assert = require("assert");
-// TODO(Kagami): Since `node-int64` and `int64-native` APIs are slightly
-// differ, there might be need in platform-dependent wrapper. Also think
-// that to do with 64bit arithmetic since `node-int64` doesn't implement
-// it.
-var Int64 = require("int64-native");
+var bitmessage = require("./");
 
+/**
+ * Decode var_int.
+ * @param {Buffer} buf - Buffer that starts with encoded var_int
+ * @return {var_int} Decoded var_int structure
+ */
 exports.decode = function(buf) {
   assert(buf.length > 0, "Empty buffer");
   var value, length;
@@ -28,9 +30,9 @@ exports.decode = function(buf) {
       break;
     case 255:
       var hi = buf.readUInt32BE(1);
+      assert(hi !== 0, "Impractical var_int");
       var lo = buf.readUInt32BE(5);
-      value = new Int64(hi, lo);
-      assert(value >= 4294967296, "Impractical var_int");
+      value = new bitmessage.Int64(hi, lo);
       length = 9;
       break;
     default:
@@ -40,3 +42,59 @@ exports.decode = function(buf) {
   var rest = buf.slice(length);
   return {value: value, length: length, rest: rest};
 };
+
+/**
+ * Encode number into var_int.
+ * @param {(number|Int64|Buffer)} value - Input number
+ * @return {Buffer} Encoded var_int
+ */
+exports.encode = function(value) {
+  var buf, buf64, targetStart;
+  if (typeof value === "number") {
+    assert(value >= 0, "Value cannot be less than zero");
+    if (value < 253) {
+      buf = new Buffer([value]);
+    } else if (value < 65536) {
+      buf = new Buffer(3);
+      buf[0] = 253;
+      buf.writeUInt16BE(value, 1);
+    } else if (value < 4294967296) {
+      buf = new Buffer(5);
+      buf[0] = 254;
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(value, 1);
+    } else {
+      // Value may be inaccurate (max safe int = 2^53) but we will still
+      // try to convert it.
+      buf = new Buffer(9);
+      buf[0] = 255;
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(Math.floor(value / 4294967296), 1);  // high32
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(value % 4294967296, 5);  // low32
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (value.high32 && value.low32) {
+      // int64-native instance.
+      buf = new Buffer(9);
+      buf[0] = 255;
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(value.high32(), 1);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(value.low32(), 5);
+    } else {
+      // Try to convert to buffer.
+      if (Buffer.isBuffer(value)) {
+        buf64 = value;
+      } else if (value.toBuffer) {
+        // node-int64 instance, rawBuffer = true (prevents extra buffer
+        // allocation since we copy it's value to new buffer anyway).
+        buf64 = value.toBuffer(true);
+      } else {
+        throw new Error("Value encode error");
+      }
+      assert(buf64.length <= 8, "Buffer too big");
+      buf = new Buffer(9);
+      buf.fill(0);
+      buf[0] = 255;
+      targetStart = 1 + (8 - buf64.length);
+      buf64.copy(buf, targetStart);
+    }
+  }
+  return buf;
+};

test.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var expect = require("chai").expect;
 var bitmessage = require("./lib");
+var Int64 = bitmessage.Int64;
 var Address = bitmessage.Address;
 var varint = require("./lib/varint");
 var bmcrypto = require("./lib/crypto");
@@ -36,6 +37,18 @@ describe("var_int", function() {
     expect(varint.decode.bind(null, Buffer("fe0000ffff", "hex"))).to.throw(Error);
     expect(varint.decode.bind(null, Buffer("ff00000000ffffffff", "hex"))).to.throw(Error);
   });
+
+  it("should encode", function() {
+    expect(varint.encode(123).toString("hex")).to.equal("7b");
+    expect(varint.encode(0x1234).toString("hex")).to.equal("fd1234");
+    expect(varint.encode(0x12345678).toString("hex")).to.equal("fe12345678");
+    expect(varint.encode(0x1234567890).toString("hex")).to.equal("ff0000001234567890");
+    expect(varint.encode(new Int64("0xffffffffffffffff")).toString("hex")).to.equal("ffffffffffffffffff");
+    expect(varint.encode(Buffer("1234567890", "hex")).toString("hex")).to.equal("ff0000001234567890");
+    expect(varint.encode.bind(null, -123)).to.throw(Error);
+    expect(varint.encode.bind(null, Buffer("123456789012345678", "hex"))).to.throw(Error);
+    expect(varint.encode.bind(null, "test")).to.throw(Error);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("Crypto", function() {