Method: EchiConverter#dump_binary

Defined in:
lib/echi-converter.rb

#dump_binary(type, length) ⇒ Object

Method for parsing the various datatypes from the ECH file



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# File 'lib/echi-converter.rb', line 185

def dump_binary type, length
  @log.debug "dump_binary method"
  case type
  when 'int' 
    #Process integers, assigning appropriate profile based on length
    #such as long int, short int and tiny int.
    case length
    when 4
      value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("l").first.to_i
    when 2
      value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("s").first.to_i
    when 1
      value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("U").first.to_i
    end
  #Process appropriate intergers into datetime format in the database
  when 'datetime'
    case length 
    when 4
      value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("l").first.to_i
      value = Time.at(value)
    end
  #Process strings
  when 'str'
    value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("M").first.to_s.rstrip
  #Process individual bits that are booleans
  when 'bool'
    value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("b8").last.to_s
  #Process that one wierd boolean that is actually an int, instead of a bit
  when 'boolint'
    value = @binary_file.read(length).unpack("U").first.to_i
    #Change the values of the field to Y/N for the varchar(1) representation of BOOLEAN
    if value == 1
      value = 'Y'
    else
      value = 'N'
    end
  end
  return value
end