'use strict'; var SyncReader = module.exports = function(buffer) { this._buffer = buffer; this._reads = []; }; SyncReader.prototype.read = function(length, callback) { this._reads.push({ length: Math.abs(length), // if length < 0 then at most this length allowLess: length < 0, func: callback }); }; SyncReader.prototype.process = function() { // as long as there is any data and read requests while (this._reads.length > 0 && this._buffer.length) { var read = this._reads[0]; if (this._buffer.length && (this._buffer.length >= read.length || read.allowLess)) { // ok there is any data so that we can satisfy this request this._reads.shift(); // == read var buf = this._buffer; this._buffer = buf.slice(read.length); read.func.call(this, buf.slice(0, read.length)); } else { break; } } if (this._reads.length > 0) { return new Error('There are some read requests waitng on finished stream'); } if (this._buffer.length > 0) { return new Error('unrecognised content at end of stream'); } };