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1 2 {{alias}} 3 Buffer constructor. 4 5 6 {{alias}}( size ) 7 Allocates a buffer having a specified number of bytes. 8 9 Parameters 10 ---------- 11 size: integer 12 Number of bytes to allocate. 13 14 Returns 15 ------- 16 out: Buffer 17 Buffer instance. 18 19 Examples 20 -------- 21 > var b = new {{alias}}( 4 ) 22 <Buffer> 23 24 25 {{alias}}( buffer ) 26 Copies buffer data to a new Buffer instance. 27 28 Parameters 29 ---------- 30 buffer: Buffer 31 Buffer to copy from. 32 33 Returns 34 ------- 35 out: Buffer 36 Buffer instance. 37 38 Examples 39 -------- 40 > var b1 = new {{alias}}( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] ); 41 > var b2 = new {{alias}}( b1 ) 42 <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 43 44 45 {{alias}}( array ) 46 Allocates a buffer using an array of octets. 47 48 Parameters 49 ---------- 50 array: Array 51 Array of octets. 52 53 Returns 54 ------- 55 out: Buffer 56 Buffer instance. 57 58 Examples 59 -------- 60 > var b = new {{alias}}( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] ) 61 <Buffer>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 62 63 64 {{alias}}( str[, encoding] ) 65 Allocates a buffer containing a provided string. 66 67 Parameters 68 ---------- 69 str: string 70 Input string. 71 72 encoding: string (optional) 73 Character encoding. Default: 'utf8'. 74 75 Returns 76 ------- 77 out: Buffer 78 Buffer instance. 79 80 Examples 81 -------- 82 > var b = new {{alias}}( 'beep boop' ) 83 <Buffer> 84 85 86 TODO: add methods and properties 87 88 89 See Also 90 -------- 91