Kaitai Struct: runtime library for Ruby

This library implements Kaitai Struct API for Ruby.

Kaitai Struct is a declarative language used for describe various binary data structures, laid out in files or in memory: i.e. binary file formats, network stream packet formats, etc.

Further reading:

• About Kaitai Struct
• About API implemented in this library

Installing

Using Gemfile

If your project uses Bundler, just include the line

“em ‘kaitai-struct’

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in your project’s Gemfile.

Using gem install

If you have a RubyGems package manager installed, you can use command

“em install kaitai-struct

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to install this runtime library.

Manually

This library is intentionally kept as very simple, one .rb file. You can just copy it to your project from this repository. Usually you won’t require it directly, it will be loaded by Ruby source code generated by Kaitai Struct compiler.