Add Packer.buffer() (#320)

8 files changed, 107 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index d71e0f5..cc6b5e4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ If you need to handle large data, you need to specify limits manually.
 Other changes
 --------------
 
+Add ``Unpacker.getbuffer()`` method.
+
 
 
 0.5.6
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index b09d884..831a6a7 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ doctest:
 	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
 
 serve: html
-	cd _build/html && python3 -m http.server
+	python3 -m http.server -d _build/html
 
 zip: html
 	cd _build/html && zip -r ../../../msgpack-doc.zip .
diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3837008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Advanced usage
+===============
+
+Packer
+------
+
+autoreset
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+When you used ``autoreset=False`` option of :class:`~msgpack.Packer`, 
+``pack()`` method doesn't return packed ``bytes``.
+
+You can use :meth:`~msgpack.Packer.bytes` or :meth:`~msgpack.Packer.getbuffer` to
+get packed data.
+
+``bytes()`` returns ``bytes`` object.  ``getbuffer()`` returns some bytes-like
+object.  It's concrete type is implement detail and it will be changed in future
+versions.
+
+You can reduce temporary bytes object by using ``Unpacker.getbuffer()``.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    packer = Packer(use_bin_type=True, autoreset=False)
+
+    packer.pack([1, 2])
+    packer.pack([3, 4])
+
+    with open('data.bin', 'wb') as f:
+        f.write(packer.getbuffer())
+
+    packer.reset()  # reset internal buffer
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index dcdab4f..e9c2ce8 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ language data exchange.
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    api
+   advanced
diff --git a/msgpack/_packer.pyx b/msgpack/_packer.pyx
index 225f24a..fd05ae0 100644
--- a/msgpack/_packer.pyx
+++ b/msgpack/_packer.pyx
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ cdef extern from "pack.h":
     int msgpack_pack_ext(msgpack_packer* pk, char typecode, size_t l)
     int msgpack_pack_unicode(msgpack_packer* pk, object o, long long limit)
 
+cdef extern from "buff_converter.h":
+    object buff_to_buff(char *, Py_ssize_t)
+
 cdef int DEFAULT_RECURSE_LIMIT=511
 cdef long long ITEM_LIMIT = (2**32)-1
 
@@ -349,9 +352,16 @@ cdef class Packer(object):
             return buf
 
     def reset(self):
-        """Clear internal buffer."""
+        """Reset internal buffer.
+
+        This method is usaful only when autoreset=False.
+        """
         self.pk.length = 0
 
     def bytes(self):
-        """Return buffer content."""
+        """Return internal buffer contents as bytes object"""
         return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(self.pk.buf, self.pk.length)
+
+    def getbuffer(self):
+        """Return view of internal buffer."""
+        return buff_to_buff(self.pk.buf, self.pk.length)
diff --git a/msgpack/buff_converter.h b/msgpack/buff_converter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc7227a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/msgpack/buff_converter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "Python.h"
+
+/* cython does not support this preprocessor check => write it in raw C */
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
+static PyObject *
+buff_to_buff(char *buff, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    return PyBuffer_FromMemory(buff, size);
+}
+
+#elif (PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 3) && (PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 3)
+static PyObject *
+buff_to_buff(char *buff, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    return PyMemoryView_FromMemory(buff, size, PyBUF_READ);
+}
+#else
+static PyObject *
+buff_to_buff(char *buff, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    Py_buffer pybuf;
+    if (PyBuffer_FillInfo(&pybuf, NULL, buff, size, 1, PyBUF_FULL_RO) == -1) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return PyMemoryView_FromBuffer(&pybuf);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/msgpack/fallback.py b/msgpack/fallback.py
index 895864e..5b4d6ce 100644
--- a/msgpack/fallback.py
+++ b/msgpack/fallback.py
@@ -860,43 +860,35 @@ class Packer(object):
         except:
             self._buffer = StringIO()  # force reset
             raise
-        ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
         if self._autoreset:
+            ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
             self._buffer = StringIO()
-        elif USING_STRINGBUILDER:
-            self._buffer = StringIO(ret)
-        return ret
+            return ret
 
     def pack_map_pairs(self, pairs):
         self._pack_map_pairs(len(pairs), pairs)
-        ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
         if self._autoreset:
+            ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
             self._buffer = StringIO()
-        elif USING_STRINGBUILDER:
-            self._buffer = StringIO(ret)
-        return ret
+            return ret
 
     def pack_array_header(self, n):
         if n >= 2**32:
             raise PackValueError
         self._pack_array_header(n)
-        ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
         if self._autoreset:
+            ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
             self._buffer = StringIO()
-        elif USING_STRINGBUILDER:
-            self._buffer = StringIO(ret)
-        return ret
+            return ret
 
     def pack_map_header(self, n):
         if n >= 2**32:
             raise PackValueError
         self._pack_map_header(n)
-        ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
         if self._autoreset:
+            ret = self._buffer.getvalue()
             self._buffer = StringIO()
-        elif USING_STRINGBUILDER:
-            self._buffer = StringIO(ret)
-        return ret
+            return ret
 
     def pack_ext_type(self, typecode, data):
         if not isinstance(typecode, int):
@@ -976,7 +968,19 @@ class Packer(object):
             raise PackValueError('Bin is too large')
 
     def bytes(self):
+        """Return internal buffer contents as bytes object"""
         return self._buffer.getvalue()
 
     def reset(self):
+        """Reset internal buffer.
+
+        This method is usaful only when autoreset=False.
+        """
         self._buffer = StringIO()
+
+    def getbuffer(self):
+        """Return view of internal buffer."""
+        if USING_STRINGBUILDER or not PY3:
+            return memoryview(self.bytes())
+        else:
+            return self._buffer.getbuffer()
diff --git a/test/test_pack.py b/test/test_pack.py
index b447f9c..4608083 100644
--- a/test/test_pack.py
+++ b/test/test_pack.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_litera
 import struct
 from pytest import raises, xfail
 
-from msgpack import packb, unpackb, Unpacker, Packer
+from msgpack import packb, unpackb, Unpacker, Packer, pack
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -148,3 +148,13 @@ def test_pairlist():
     packed = packer.pack_map_pairs(pairlist)
     unpacked = unpackb(packed, object_pairs_hook=list)
     assert pairlist == unpacked
+
+def test_get_buffer():
+    packer = Packer(autoreset=0, use_bin_type=True)
+    packer.pack([1, 2])
+    strm = BytesIO()
+    strm.write(packer.getbuffer())
+    written = strm.getvalue()
+
+    expected = packb([1, 2], use_bin_type=True)
+    assert written == expected