av/codec/codecutil/lex.go

/*
NAME
  lex.go

AUTHOR
  Trek Hopton <trek@ausocean.org>

LICENSE
  This file is Copyright (C) 2019 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)

  It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
  Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
  option) any later version.

  It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
  for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License in gpl.txt.
  If not, see [GNU licenses](http://www.gnu.org/licenses).
*/

package codecutil

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"
)

// LexBytes reads n bytes from src and writes them to dst every t seconds.
func LexBytes(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader, t time.Duration, n int) error {
	if n <= 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid buffer size: %v", n)
	}
	if t < 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid delay: %v", t)
	}
	var tick <-chan time.Time
	if t > 0 {
		ticker := time.NewTicker(t)
		defer ticker.Stop()
		tick = ticker.C
	}

	buf := make([]byte, n)
	for {
		if t != 0 {
			<-tick
		}
		off, err := src.Read(buf)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		_, err = dst.Write(buf[:off])
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
}