impls/monero.ts/src/utils.ts


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import { dylib } from "../mod.ts";

export type Sanitizer = () => void | PromiseLike<void>;

const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
export function CString(string: string): Deno.PointerValue<string> {
  return Deno.UnsafePointer.of(textEncoder.encode(`${string}\x00`));
}

/**
 * This method reads string from the given pointer and frees the string.
 *
 * SAFETY: Do not use readCString twice on the same pointer as it will cause double free\
 *          If you want to read CString without freeing it set the {@linkcode free} parameter to false
 */
export async function readCString(pointer: Deno.PointerObject, free?: boolean): Promise<string>;
export async function readCString(pointer: Deno.PointerValue, free?: boolean): Promise<string | null>;
export async function readCString(pointer: Deno.PointerValue, free = true): Promise<string | null> {
  if (!pointer) return null;
  const string = new Deno.UnsafePointerView(pointer).getCString();
  if (free) {
    await dylib.symbols.MONERO_free(pointer);
  }
  return string;
}