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27<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big"></a><a class="link" href="binary_big.html" title="Binary Big Endianness Parsers">Binary Big
28          Endianness Parsers</a>
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30<h6>
31<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h0"></a>
32            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.description">Description</a>
33          </h6>
34<p>
35            Binary big endian parsers are designed to parse binary byte streams that
36            are laid out in big endian.
37          </p>
38<h6>
39<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h1"></a>
40            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.header"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.header">Header</a>
41          </h6>
42<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// forwards to &lt;boost/spirit/home/qi/binary.hpp&gt;</span>
43<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">include</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">qi_binary</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
44</pre>
45<p>
46            Also, see <a class="link" href="../../../structure/include.html" title="Include">Include Structure</a>.
47          </p>
48<h6>
49<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h2"></a>
50            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.namespace"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.namespace">Namespace</a>
51          </h6>
52<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
53<colgroup><col></colgroup>
54<thead><tr><th>
55                    <p>
56                      Name
57                    </p>
58                  </th></tr></thead>
59<tbody>
60<tr><td>
61                    <p>
62                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_word</span> <span class="comment">//
63                      alias: boost::spirit::qi::big_word</span></code>
64                    </p>
65                  </td></tr>
66<tr><td>
67                    <p>
68                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_dword</span> <span class="comment">//
69                      alias: boost::spirit::qi::big_dword</span></code>
70                    </p>
71                  </td></tr>
72<tr><td>
73                    <p>
74                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_qword</span> <span class="comment">//
75                      alias: boost::spirit::qi::big_qword</span></code>
76                    </p>
77                  </td></tr>
78<tr><td>
79                    <p>
80                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_bin_float</span> <span class="comment">//
81                      alias: boost::spirit::qi::big_bin_float</span></code>
82                    </p>
83                  </td></tr>
84<tr><td>
85                    <p>
86                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_bin_double</span> <span class="comment">//
87                      alias: boost::spirit::qi::big_bin_double</span></code>
88                    </p>
89                  </td></tr>
90</tbody>
91</table></div>
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94<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../images/note.png"></td>
95<th align="left">Note</th>
96</tr>
97<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
98              <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_qword</span></code> is only available
99              on platforms where the preprocessor constant <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG</span></code>
100              is defined (i.e. on platforms having native support for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">long</span>
101              <span class="keyword">long</span></code> (64 bit) integer types).
102            </p></td></tr>
103</table></div>
104<h6>
105<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h3"></a>
106            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.model_of"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.model_of">Model
107            of</a>
108          </h6>
109<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
110              <a class="link" href="../parser_concepts/primitiveparser.html" title="PrimitiveParser"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">PrimitiveParser</span></code></a>
111            </p></blockquote></div>
112<div class="variablelist">
113<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
114<dl class="variablelist">
115<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">w</span></code></span></dt>
116<dd><p>
117                  A 16 bit binary value or a <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.lazy_argument">Lazy
118                  Argument</a> that evaluates to a 16 bit binary value. This value
119                  is always in native endian.
120                </p></dd>
121<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">dw</span></code></span></dt>
122<dd><p>
123                  A 32 bit binary value or a <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.lazy_argument">Lazy
124                  Argument</a> that evaluates to a 32 bit binary value. This value
125                  is always in native endian.
126                </p></dd>
127<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">qw</span></code></span></dt>
128<dd><p>
129                  A 64 bit binary value or a <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.lazy_argument">Lazy
130                  Argument</a> that evaluates to a 64 bit binary value. This value
131                  is always in native endian.
132                </p></dd>
133<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code></span></dt>
134<dd><p>
135                  A float binary value or a <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.lazy_argument">Lazy
136                  Argument</a> that evaluates to a float binary value. This value
137                  is always in native endian.
138                </p></dd>
139<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">d</span></code></span></dt>
140<dd><p>
141                  A double binary value or a <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.lazy_argument">Lazy
142                  Argument</a> that evaluates to a double binary value. This value
143                  is always in native endian.
144                </p></dd>
145</dl>
146</div>
147<h6>
148<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h4"></a>
149            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.expression_semantics"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.expression_semantics">Expression
150            Semantics</a>
151          </h6>
152<p>
153            Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or
154            is not defined in <a class="link" href="../parser_concepts/primitiveparser.html" title="PrimitiveParser"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">PrimitiveParser</span></code></a>.
155          </p>
156<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
157<colgroup>
158<col>
159<col>
160</colgroup>
161<thead><tr>
162<th>
163                    <p>
164                      Expression
165                    </p>
166                  </th>
167<th>
168                    <p>
169                      Description
170                    </p>
171                  </th>
172</tr></thead>
173<tbody>
174<tr>
175<td>
176                    <p>
177                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_word</span></code>
178                    </p>
179                  </td>
180<td>
181                    <p>
182                      Matches any 16 bit big endian binary.
183                    </p>
184                  </td>
185</tr>
186<tr>
187<td>
188                    <p>
189                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_dword</span></code>
190                    </p>
191                  </td>
192<td>
193                    <p>
194                      Matches any 32 bit big endian binary.
195                    </p>
196                  </td>
197</tr>
198<tr>
199<td>
200                    <p>
201                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_qword</span></code>
202                    </p>
203                  </td>
204<td>
205                    <p>
206                      Matches any 64 bit big endian binary.
207                    </p>
208                  </td>
209</tr>
210<tr>
211<td>
212                    <p>
213                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_float</span></code>
214                    </p>
215                  </td>
216<td>
217                    <p>
218                      Matches any float big endian binary.
219                    </p>
220                  </td>
221</tr>
222<tr>
223<td>
224                    <p>
225                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_double</span></code>
226                    </p>
227                  </td>
228<td>
229                    <p>
230                      Matches any double big endian binary.
231                    </p>
232                  </td>
233</tr>
234<tr>
235<td>
236                    <p>
237                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_word</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">w</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
238                    </p>
239                  </td>
240<td>
241                    <p>
242                      Matches an exact 16 bit big endian binary.
243                    </p>
244                  </td>
245</tr>
246<tr>
247<td>
248                    <p>
249                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_dword</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">dw</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
250                    </p>
251                  </td>
252<td>
253                    <p>
254                      Matches an exact 32 bit big endian binary.
255                    </p>
256                  </td>
257</tr>
258<tr>
259<td>
260                    <p>
261                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_qword</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">qw</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
262                    </p>
263                  </td>
264<td>
265                    <p>
266                      Matches an exact 32 bit big endian binary.
267                    </p>
268                  </td>
269</tr>
270<tr>
271<td>
272                    <p>
273                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_float</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
274                    </p>
275                  </td>
276<td>
277                    <p>
278                      Matches an exact float big endian binary.
279                    </p>
280                  </td>
281</tr>
282<tr>
283<td>
284                    <p>
285                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_double</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
286                    </p>
287                  </td>
288<td>
289                    <p>
290                      Matches an exact double big endian binary.
291                    </p>
292                  </td>
293</tr>
294</tbody>
295</table></div>
296<h6>
297<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h5"></a>
298            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.attributes"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.attributes">Attributes</a>
299          </h6>
300<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
301<colgroup>
302<col>
303<col>
304</colgroup>
305<thead><tr>
306<th>
307                    <p>
308                      Expression
309                    </p>
310                  </th>
311<th>
312                    <p>
313                      Attribute
314                    </p>
315                  </th>
316</tr></thead>
317<tbody>
318<tr>
319<td>
320                    <p>
321                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_word</span></code>
322                    </p>
323                  </td>
324<td>
325                    <p>
326                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint_least16_t</span></code>
327                    </p>
328                  </td>
329</tr>
330<tr>
331<td>
332                    <p>
333                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_dword</span></code>
334                    </p>
335                  </td>
336<td>
337                    <p>
338                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint_least32_t</span></code>
339                    </p>
340                  </td>
341</tr>
342<tr>
343<td>
344                    <p>
345                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_qword</span></code>
346                    </p>
347                  </td>
348<td>
349                    <p>
350                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint_least64_t</span></code>
351                    </p>
352                  </td>
353</tr>
354<tr>
355<td>
356                    <p>
357                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_float</span></code>
358                    </p>
359                  </td>
360<td>
361                    <p>
362                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">float</span></code>
363                    </p>
364                  </td>
365</tr>
366<tr>
367<td>
368                    <p>
369                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_double</span></code>
370                    </p>
371                  </td>
372<td>
373                    <p>
374                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code>
375                    </p>
376                  </td>
377</tr>
378<tr>
379<td>
380                    <p>
381                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_word</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">w</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
382                    </p>
383                  </td>
384<td>
385                    <p>
386                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused</span></code>
387                    </p>
388                  </td>
389</tr>
390<tr>
391<td>
392                    <p>
393                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_dword</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">dw</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
394                    </p>
395                  </td>
396<td>
397                    <p>
398                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused</span></code>
399                    </p>
400                  </td>
401</tr>
402<tr>
403<td>
404                    <p>
405                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_qword</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">qw</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
406                    </p>
407                  </td>
408<td>
409                    <p>
410                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused</span></code>
411                    </p>
412                  </td>
413</tr>
414<tr>
415<td>
416                    <p>
417                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_float</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
418                    </p>
419                  </td>
420<td>
421                    <p>
422                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused</span></code>
423                    </p>
424                  </td>
425</tr>
426<tr>
427<td>
428                    <p>
429                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">big_bin_double</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
430                    </p>
431                  </td>
432<td>
433                    <p>
434                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unused</span></code>
435                    </p>
436                  </td>
437</tr>
438</tbody>
439</table></div>
440<h6>
441<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h6"></a>
442            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.complexity"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.complexity">Complexity</a>
443          </h6>
444<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
445              O(N), where N is the number of bytes parsed
446            </p></blockquote></div>
447<h6>
448<a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.h7"></a>
449            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.example"></a></span><a class="link" href="binary_big.html#spirit.qi.reference.binary.binary_big.example">Example</a>
450          </h6>
451<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
452<tr>
453<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../images/note.png"></td>
454<th align="left">Note</th>
455</tr>
456<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
457              The test harness for the example(s) below is presented in the <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.examples">Basics Examples</a>
458              section.
459            </p></td></tr>
460</table></div>
461<p>
462            Using declarations and variables:
463          </p>
464<p>
465</p>
466<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">qi</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_word</span><span class="special">;</span>
467<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">qi</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_dword</span><span class="special">;</span>
468<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">qi</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">big_qword</span><span class="special">;</span>
469
470<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint16_t</span> <span class="identifier">us</span><span class="special">;</span>
471<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint32_t</span> <span class="identifier">ui</span><span class="special">;</span>
472<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">uint64_t</span> <span class="identifier">ul</span><span class="special">;</span>
473</pre>
474<p>
475          </p>
476<p>
477            Basic usage of the big endian binary parsers:
478          </p>
479<p>
480</p>
481<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">test_parser_attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"\x01\x02"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">big_word</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">us</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">us</span> <span class="special">==</span>  <span class="number">0x0102</span><span class="special">);</span>
482<span class="identifier">test_parser_attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"\x01\x02\x03\x04"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">big_dword</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ui</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ui</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0x01020304</span><span class="special">);</span>
483<span class="identifier">test_parser_attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">big_qword</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ul</span><span class="special">);</span>
484<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">x0102030405060708LL</span><span class="special">);</span>
485
486<span class="identifier">test_parser</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"\x01\x02"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">big_word</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0x0102</span><span class="special">));</span>
487<span class="identifier">test_parser</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"\x01\x02\x03\x04"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">big_dword</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0x01020304</span><span class="special">));</span>
488<span class="identifier">test_parser</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08"</span><span class="special">,</span>
489    <span class="identifier">big_qword</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">x0102030405060708LL</span><span class="special">));</span>
490</pre>
491<p>
492          </p>
493</div>
494<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
495<td align="left"></td>
496<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2001-2011 Joel de Guzman, Hartmut Kaiser<p>
497        Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
498        file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
499      </p>
500</div></td>
501</tr></table>
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