opps, amend the last message "the user *DOES* want to specify a hex or binary encoded string, and have that written as binary data on the native side"
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Lorin Beer <lorin.beer....@gmail.com> wrote: > Andrew: > > the Cordova docs on FileWriter state that the data sent is written as a > UTF-8 string > http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.5.0/cordova_file_file.md.html#FileWriter > The user doesn't want to specify a hex or binary encoded string, and have > that written as binary data on the native side. As it sits now, providing a > hex string would write a unicode string of hex characters. > > In order to to have a hex or binary string actually be written as binary, > we'd need to: > 1. pass an argument which explicitly sets the write mode, either to > FileWriter constructor or FileWriter.write > 2. set a state on FileWriter stating that the data string it receives is > to be written in binary mode > > neither of these two options is explicitly part of the W3C spec on > FileWriter > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > >> We've added a way to send binary data across the android and ios bridge >> (ArrayBuffers are a supported argument/message type). >> >> If you wanted to write a simple plugin to support writing binary data to >> disk, it should be quite easy. >> >> Note: There are various limitations to the current way we send >> ArrayBuffers, such as being limited to very small sizes per call. We are >> soon going to be working on improvements here, expect JIRA issues and >> tests >> to come soon. >> >> -Michal >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Lorin Beer <lorin.beer....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Hey folks, >> > >> > I was going through the unassigned jira issues, and came across >> > CB-2406<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2406> >> > ((https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2406), which requests a >> method >> > to write binary data to disk. Before commenting to the user on the >> issue, I >> > thought I'd get some feedback from you guys. >> > >> > My feeling is that while there might be a use case or two, specifying a >> > binary write mode doesn't fit in with the W3C FileWriter >> > api<http://www.w3.org/TR/file-writer-api/#idl-def-FileWriter>, >> > and shouldn't be a change to the File API of cordova. As such, the issue >> > should probably be closed. >> > >> > The way in which the user would/should accomplish this kind of >> > functionality would be to create a very simple plugin which takes a hex >> > string and uses the native file writer api to open in binary mode. >> > >> > Before commenting to the user on the issue, I thought I'd get some >> feedback >> > from you guys. >> > >> > >> > - Lorin >> > >> > >
