RProtoBuf (version 0.4.11)

readASCII-methods: read a message in ASCII format

Description

Method to read a Message in ASCII format

Methods

signature(descriptor = "Descriptor", input = "ANY")

Read the message from a connection (file, etc ...)

signature(descriptor = "Descriptor", input = "character")

Read the message directly from the character string

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# example file that contains a "tutorial.AddressBook" message
book <- system.file( "examples", "addressbook.pb", package = "RProtoBuf" )

# read the message
message <- read( tutorial.AddressBook, book )

# Output in text format to a temporary file
out.file <- tempfile()
writeLines( as.character(message), file(out.file))

# Verify that we can read back in the message from a text file.
message2 <- readASCII( tutorial.AddressBook, file(out.file, "rb"))

# Verify that we can read back in the message from an unopened file.
message3 <- readASCII( tutorial.AddressBook, file(out.file))

# }