Implemented TES4 file header record

Wrote ESPReader and ESPWriter which inherit from BinaryReader and BinaryWriter
Modified how generic records write out there subrecords to XML
Added simple subrecord class to hold simple data like byte[] or int

Author: CGarrison89

ESPSharp/ESPReader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace ESPSharp
+{
+    public class ESPReader : BinaryReader
+    {
+        public ESPReader(Stream stream)
+            : base(stream, Utility.WesternEncoding) { }
+
+        public string ReadTag()
+        {
+            return Utility.SanitizeTag(new string(ReadChars(4)));
+        }
+
+        public string PeekTag()
+        {
+            string peek = ReadTag();
+            BaseStream.Seek(-4, SeekOrigin.Current);
+
+            return peek;
+        }
+
+        public string ReadNullTermString(int length)
+        {
+            string outString = new string(ReadChars(length - 1));
+            ReadByte();
+            return outString;
+        }
+
+        public T ReadSimpleSubrecord<T>()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+}

ESPSharp/ESPSharp.csproj

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="EnumsAndFlags\GameSettingType.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ESPReader.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ESPWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Groups\CellGroup.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Groups\CellPersistentChildren.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Groups\CellTemporaryChildren.cs" />
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Records\GameSetting.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Subrecord.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Subrecords\PluginHeader.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Subrecords\SimpleSubrecord.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Subrecords\UndecodedSubrecord.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utility.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Zlib.cs" />

ESPSharp/ESPWriter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace ESPSharp
+{
+    public class ESPWriter : BinaryWriter
+    {
+        public ESPWriter(Stream stream)
+            :base(stream, Utility.WesternEncoding){}
+
+        public void WriteTag(string Tag)
+        {
+            Write(Utility.DesanitizeTag(Tag));
+        }
+    }
+}

ESPSharp/ElderScrollsPlugin.cs

@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ public static ElderScrollsPlugin ReadXML(string sourceFolder)
             return outPlug;
         }
 
-        public void WriteBinary(BinaryWriter writer)
+        public void WriteBinary(ESPWriter writer)
         {
             Header.WriteBinary(writer);
 
             foreach (var group in Groups)
                 group.WriteBinary(writer);
         }
 
-        public void ReadBinary(BinaryReader reader)
+        public void ReadBinary(ESPReader reader)
         {
             Header = Record.CreateRecord(reader);
             Header.ReadBinary(reader);

ESPSharp/Extensions.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ public static FormID ToFormID(this XElement ele)
             return uint.Parse(ele.Value, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
         }
 
+        public static ulong ToUInt64(this XElement ele)
+        {
+            return ulong.Parse(ele.Value);
+        }
+
+        public static long ToInt64(this XElement ele)
+        {
+            return long.Parse(ele.Value);
+        }
+
         public static uint ToUInt32(this XElement ele)
         {
             return uint.Parse(ele.Value);
@@ -54,6 +64,11 @@ public static byte ToByte(this XElement ele)
             return byte.Parse(ele.Value);
         }
 
+        public static char ToChar(this XElement ele)
+        {
+            return char.Parse(ele.Value);
+        }
+
         public static sbyte ToSByte(this XElement ele)
         {
             return sbyte.Parse(ele.Value);
@@ -68,26 +83,20 @@ public static byte[] ToBytes(this XElement ele)
         {
             return Convert.FromBase64String(ele.Value);
         }
-        #endregion
-
-        #region BinaryReaderExtensions
-        public static string PeekTag(this BinaryReader reader)
-        {
-            string peek = reader.ReadTag();
-            reader.BaseStream.Seek(-4, SeekOrigin.Current);
-
-            return peek;
-        }
 
-        public static string ReadTag(this BinaryReader reader)
+        public static char[] ToChars(this XElement ele)
         {
-            return Utility.SanitizeTag(new string(reader.ReadChars(4)));
+            return ele.Value.ToArray();
         }
         #endregion
 
         public static string ToBase64(this byte[] bytes)
         {
             return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
         }
+        public static string ToHex(this byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            return bytes.ToBase64();
+        }
     }
 }

ESPSharp/Group.cs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public static Group ReadXML(string sourceFolder)
             return outGroup;
         }
 
-        public void WriteBinary(BinaryWriter writer)
+        public void WriteBinary(ESPWriter writer)
         {
             writer.Write(Utility.DesanitizeTag(Tag).ToCharArray());
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public void WriteBinary(BinaryWriter writer)
             writer.BaseStream.Seek(dataEnd, SeekOrigin.Begin);
         }
 
-        public void ReadBinary(BinaryReader reader)
+        public void ReadBinary(ESPReader reader)
         {
             Tag = reader.ReadTag();
             Size = reader.ReadUInt32() - 24;
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ public void ReadBinary(BinaryReader reader)
             }
         }
 
-        public abstract void WriteTypeData(BinaryWriter writer);
-        public abstract void ReadTypeData(BinaryReader reader);
+        public abstract void WriteTypeData(ESPWriter writer);
+        public abstract void ReadTypeData(ESPReader reader);
         public abstract XElement WriteTypeDataXML();
         public abstract void ReadTypeDataXML(XElement element);
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public static Group CreateGroup(GroupType type)
             return outGroup;
         }
 
-        public static Group CreateGroup(BinaryReader reader)
+        public static Group CreateGroup(ESPReader reader)
         {
             reader.BaseStream.Seek(12, SeekOrigin.Current);
 

ESPSharp/Groups/CellGroup.cs

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ public CellGroup()
             type = GroupType.CellGroup;
         }
 
-        public override void WriteTypeData(BinaryWriter writer)
+        public override void WriteTypeData(ESPWriter writer)
         {
             writer.Write(Cell);
         }
 
-        public override void ReadTypeData(BinaryReader reader)
+        public override void ReadTypeData(ESPReader reader)
         {
             Cell = reader.ReadUInt32();
         }

ESPSharp/Groups/ExteriorCellBlock.cs

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ public ExteriorCellBlock()
             type = GroupType.ExteriorCellBlock;
         }
 
-        public override void WriteTypeData(BinaryWriter writer)
+        public override void WriteTypeData(ESPWriter writer)
         {
             writer.Write(CoordY);
             writer.Write(CoordX);
         }
 
-        public override void ReadTypeData(BinaryReader reader)
+        public override void ReadTypeData(ESPReader reader)
         {
             CoordY = reader.ReadInt16();
             CoordX = reader.ReadInt16();

ESPSharp/Groups/InteriorCellBlock.cs

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ public InteriorCellBlock()
             type = GroupType.InteriorCellBlock;
         }
 
-        public override void WriteTypeData(BinaryWriter writer)
+        public override void WriteTypeData(ESPWriter writer)
         {
             writer.Write(Index);
         }
 
-        public override void ReadTypeData(BinaryReader reader)
+        public override void ReadTypeData(ESPReader reader)
         {
             Index = reader.ReadInt32();
         }

ESPSharp/Groups/TopGroup.cs

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ public TopGroup()
             type = GroupType.TopGroup;
         }
 
-        public override void WriteTypeData(BinaryWriter writer)
+        public override void WriteTypeData(ESPWriter writer)
         {
             writer.Write(RecordType.ToCharArray());
         }
 
-        public override void ReadTypeData(BinaryReader reader)
+        public override void ReadTypeData(ESPReader reader)
         {
             RecordType = reader.ReadTag();
         }