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- <span id="xdrlib-encode-and-decode-xdr-data"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-xdrlib" title="xdrlib: Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR). (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xdrlib</span></code></a> — Encode and decode XDR data<a class="headerlink" href="#module-xdrlib" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/xdrlib.py">Lib/xdrlib.py</a></p>
- <div class="deprecated-removed" id="index-0">
- <p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.11, will be removed in version 3.13: </span>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-xdrlib" title="xdrlib: Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR). (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xdrlib</span></code></a> module is deprecated
- (see <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#xdrlib"><strong>PEP 594</strong></a> for details).</p>
- </div>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-xdrlib" title="xdrlib: Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR). (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xdrlib</span></code></a> module supports the External Data Representation Standard as
- described in <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1014.html"><strong>RFC 1014</strong></a>, written by Sun Microsystems, Inc. June 1987. It
- supports most of the data types described in the RFC.</p>
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-xdrlib" title="xdrlib: Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR). (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">xdrlib</span></code></a> module defines two classes, one for packing variables into XDR
- representation, and another for unpacking from XDR representation. There are
- also two exception classes.</p>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">xdrlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Packer</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p><a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer" title="xdrlib.Packer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Packer</span></code></a> is the class for packing data into XDR representation. The
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer" title="xdrlib.Packer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Packer</span></code></a> class is instantiated with no arguments.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">xdrlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Unpacker</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Unpacker</span></code> is the complementary class which unpacks XDR data values from a
- string buffer. The input buffer is given as <em>data</em>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <div class="admonition seealso">
- <p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
- <dl class="simple">
- <dt><span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1014.html"><strong>RFC 1014</strong></a> - XDR: External Data Representation Standard</dt><dd><p>This RFC defined the encoding of data which was XDR at the time this module was
- originally written. It has apparently been obsoleted by <span class="target" id="index-4"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1832.html"><strong>RFC 1832</strong></a>.</p>
- </dd>
- <dt><span class="target" id="index-5"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1832.html"><strong>RFC 1832</strong></a> - XDR: External Data Representation Standard</dt><dd><p>Newer RFC that provides a revised definition of XDR.</p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- <section id="packer-objects">
- <span id="xdr-packer-objects"></span><h2>Packer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#packer-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer" title="xdrlib.Packer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Packer</span></code></a> instances have the following methods:</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.get_buffer">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_buffer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.get_buffer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Returns the current pack buffer as a string.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.reset">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">reset</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.reset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Resets the pack buffer to the empty string.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>In general, you can pack any of the most common XDR data types by calling the
- appropriate <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_type()</span></code> method. Each method takes a single argument, the
- value to pack. The following simple data type packing methods are supported:
- <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_uint()</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_int()</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_enum()</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_bool()</span></code>,
- <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_uhyper()</span></code>, and <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_hyper()</span></code>.</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_float">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_float</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_float" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs the single-precision floating point number <em>value</em>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_double">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_double</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_double" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs the double-precision floating point number <em>value</em>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>The following methods support packing strings, bytes, and opaque data:</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_fstring">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_fstring</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_fstring" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a fixed length string, <em>s</em>. <em>n</em> is the length of the string but it is
- <em>not</em> packed into the data buffer. The string is padded with null bytes if
- necessary to guaranteed 4 byte alignment.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_fopaque">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_fopaque</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_fopaque" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a fixed length opaque data stream, similarly to <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_fstring" title="xdrlib.Packer.pack_fstring"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_fstring()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_string">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_string</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_string" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a variable length string, <em>s</em>. The length of the string is first packed
- as an unsigned integer, then the string data is packed with
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_fstring" title="xdrlib.Packer.pack_fstring"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_fstring()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_opaque">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_opaque</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_opaque" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a variable length opaque data string, similarly to <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_string" title="xdrlib.Packer.pack_string"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_string()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_bytes">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_bytes</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">bytes</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_bytes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a variable length byte stream, similarly to <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_string" title="xdrlib.Packer.pack_string"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_string()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>The following methods support packing arrays and lists:</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_list">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pack_item</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_list" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a <em>list</em> of homogeneous items. This method is useful for lists with an
- indeterminate size; i.e. the size is not available until the entire list has
- been walked. For each item in the list, an unsigned integer <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> is packed
- first, followed by the data value from the list. <em>pack_item</em> is the function
- that is called to pack the individual item. At the end of the list, an unsigned
- integer <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> is packed.</p>
- <p>For example, to pack a list of integers, the code might appear like this:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">xdrlib</span>
- <span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">xdrlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Packer</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pack_list</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pack_int</span><span class="p">)</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_farray">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_farray</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">array</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pack_item</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_farray" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a fixed length list (<em>array</em>) of homogeneous items. <em>n</em> is the length of
- the list; it is <em>not</em> packed into the buffer, but a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> exception
- is raised if <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">len(array)</span></code> is not equal to <em>n</em>. As above, <em>pack_item</em> is the
- function used to pack each element.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Packer.pack_array">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Packer.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pack_array</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pack_item</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_array" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Packs a variable length <em>list</em> of homogeneous items. First, the length of the
- list is packed as an unsigned integer, then each element is packed as in
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer.pack_farray" title="xdrlib.Packer.pack_farray"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pack_farray()</span></code></a> above.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="unpacker-objects">
- <span id="xdr-unpacker-objects"></span><h2>Unpacker Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#unpacker-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker" title="xdrlib.Unpacker"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Unpacker</span></code></a> class offers the following methods:</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.reset">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">reset</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.reset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Resets the string buffer with the given <em>data</em>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.get_position">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_position</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.get_position" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Returns the current unpack position in the data buffer.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.set_position">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_position</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">position</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.set_position" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Sets the data buffer unpack position to <em>position</em>. You should be careful about
- using <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.get_position" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.get_position"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_position()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.set_position" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.set_position"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_position()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.get_buffer">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_buffer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.get_buffer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Returns the current unpack data buffer as a string.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.done">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">done</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.done" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Indicates unpack completion. Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Error" title="xdrlib.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Error</span></code></a> exception if all of the
- data has not been unpacked.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>In addition, every data type that can be packed with a <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Packer" title="xdrlib.Packer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Packer</span></code></a>, can be
- unpacked with an <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker" title="xdrlib.Unpacker"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Unpacker</span></code></a>. Unpacking methods are of the form
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_type()</span></code>, and take no arguments. They return the unpacked object.</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_float">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_float</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_float" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks a single-precision floating point number.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_double">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_double</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_double" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks a double-precision floating point number, similarly to
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_float" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_float"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_float()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>In addition, the following methods unpack strings, bytes, and opaque data:</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fstring">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_fstring</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fstring" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a fixed length string. <em>n</em> is the number of characters
- expected. Padding with null bytes to guaranteed 4 byte alignment is assumed.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fopaque">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_fopaque</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fopaque" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a fixed length opaque data stream, similarly to
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fstring" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fstring"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_fstring()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_string">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_string</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_string" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a variable length string. The length of the string is first
- unpacked as an unsigned integer, then the string data is unpacked with
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fstring" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_fstring"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_fstring()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_opaque">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_opaque</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_opaque" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a variable length opaque data string, similarly to
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_string" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_string"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_string()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_bytes">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_bytes</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_bytes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a variable length byte stream, similarly to
- <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_string" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_string"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_string()</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>The following methods support unpacking arrays and lists:</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_list">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">unpack_item</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_list" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a list of homogeneous items. The list is unpacked one
- element at a time by first unpacking an unsigned integer flag. If the flag is
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code>, then the item is unpacked and appended to the list. A flag of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>
- indicates the end of the list. <em>unpack_item</em> is the function that is called to
- unpack the items.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_farray">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_farray</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">n</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">unpack_item</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_farray" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns (as a list) a fixed length array of homogeneous items. <em>n</em>
- is number of list elements to expect in the buffer. As above, <em>unpack_item</em> is
- the function used to unpack each element.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_array">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Unpacker.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unpack_array</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">unpack_item</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_array" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Unpacks and returns a variable length <em>list</em> of homogeneous items. First, the
- length of the list is unpacked as an unsigned integer, then each element is
- unpacked as in <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_farray" title="xdrlib.Unpacker.unpack_farray"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unpack_farray()</span></code></a> above.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="exceptions">
- <span id="xdr-exceptions"></span><h2>Exceptions<a class="headerlink" href="#exceptions" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>Exceptions in this module are coded as class instances:</p>
- <dl class="py exception">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.Error">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">exception</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">xdrlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Error</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.Error" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The base exception class. <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Error" title="xdrlib.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Error</span></code></a> has a single public attribute
- <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">msg</span></code> containing the description of the error.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py exception">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="xdrlib.ConversionError">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">exception</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">xdrlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ConversionError</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#xdrlib.ConversionError" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Class derived from <a class="reference internal" href="#xdrlib.Error" title="xdrlib.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Error</span></code></a>. Contains no additional instance variables.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>Here is an example of how you would catch one of these exceptions:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">xdrlib</span>
- <span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">xdrlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Packer</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pack_double</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">8.01</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">except</span> <span class="n">xdrlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ConversionError</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">instance</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'packing the double failed:'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">instance</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">msg</span><span class="p">)</span>
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