ref-struct.d.ts

// Type definitions for ref-struct
// Project: https://github.com/TooTallNate/ref-struct
// Definitions by: Paul Loyd <https://github.com/loyd>
// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped

/// <reference path="../node-ffi/node-ffi-buffer.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="../ref/ref.d.ts" />

declare module "ref-struct" {
	import ref = require('ref');

	/**
	 * This is the `constructor` of the Struct type that gets returned.
	 *
	 * Invoke it with `new` to create a new Buffer instance backing the struct.
	 * Pass it an existing Buffer instance to use that as the backing buffer.
	 * Pass in an Object containing the struct fields to auto-populate the
	 * struct with the data.
	 *
	 * @constructor
	 */
	interface StructType extends ref.Type {
		/** Pass it an existing Buffer instance to use that as the backing buffer. */
		new (arg: Buffer, data?: {}): any;
		new (data?: {}): any;
		/** Pass it an existing Buffer instance to use that as the backing buffer. */
		(arg: Buffer, data?: {}): any;
		(data?: {}): any;

		fields: {[key: string]: {type: ref.Type}};

		/**
		 * Adds a new field to the struct instance with the given name and type.
		 * Note that this function will throw an Error if any instances of the struct
		 * type have already been created, therefore this function must be called at the
		 * beginning, before any instances are created.
		 */
		defineProperty(name: string, type: ref.Type): void;

		/**
		 * Adds a new field to the struct instance with the given name and type.
		 * Note that this function will throw an Error if any instances of the struct
		 * type have already been created, therefore this function must be called at the
		 * beginning, before any instances are created.
		 */
		defineProperty(name: string, type: string): void;

		/**
		 * Custom for struct type instances.
		 * @override
		 */
		toString(): string;
	}

	/** The struct type meta-constructor. */
	var StructType: {
		new (fields?: {}): StructType;
		new (fields?: any[]): StructType;
		(fields?: {}): StructType;
		(fields?: any[]): StructType;
	}

export = StructType;
}