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A field inside a <a href="../Struct.html">Struct</a>.
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A field&#8217;s value is considered to be either:
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<li>array of format when <tt>counter &amp;&amp; format.is_a? Class</tt>

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        <dt>C</dt>
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                <li><a href="#M000153">countee=</a>,</li>
                
                <li><a href="#M000152">counter=</a></li>
                
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                <li><a href="#M000154">factory</a></li>
                
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                <li><a href="#M000156">load_9p</a></li>
                
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                <li><a href="#M000148">new</a></li>
                
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                <li><a href="#M000155">to_9p</a></li>
                
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        <li><span class="type">MODULE</span> <a href="Field/CounteeField.html">Rumai::IXP::Struct::Field::CounteeField</a></li>
        
        <li><span class="type">MODULE</span> <a href="Field/CounterField.html">Rumai::IXP::Struct::Field::CounterField</a></li>
        
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            <td class='attr-name'>name</td>
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            <td class='attr-name'>format</td>
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            <td class='attr-name'>counter</td>
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            <td class='attr-name'>countee</td>
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                    <a name="M000154"></a><b>factory</b>(format)
                    
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Returns a <a href="Field.html">Field</a> class that best represents the
given format.
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                        | <a href="http://github.com/sunaku/rumai/blob/5fcf09b89976a53dd9346e335a1803b337e0c447/lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb#L187" target="_blank" class="github_url">on GitHub</a>
                        
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                        <pre><span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb, line 187</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">factory</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">format</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">format</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-constant">String</span>
            <span class="ruby-constant">StringField</span>

          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">format</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Class</span>
            <span class="ruby-constant">ClassField</span>

          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">format</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">8</span>
            <span class="ruby-constant">Integer8Field</span>

          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
            <span class="ruby-constant">Field</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span></pre>
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                    <a name="M000148"></a><b>new</b>(name, format = nil, counter = nil)
                    
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<dt>name</dt><dd>unique (among all fields in a struct) name for the field

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<dt>format</dt><dd>number of bytes, a class, or nil

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<dt>counter</dt><dd>field which counts the length of this field&#8217;s value

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                        <pre><span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb, line 156</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">initialize</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">name</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">format</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">nil</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">counter</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">nil</span>
          <span class="ruby-ivar">@name</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">name</span>
          <span class="ruby-ivar">@format</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">format</span>
          <span class="ruby-ivar">@countee</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">nil</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">counter</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">counter</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span></pre>
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                    <a name="M000153"></a><b>countee=</b>(field)
                    
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Sets the countee for this field (implying that this field counts the length
of the given field).
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                        <pre><span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb, line 178</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">countee=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">field</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@countee</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">field</span>
            <span class="ruby-identifier">extend</span> <span class="ruby-constant">CounterField</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span></pre>
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                    <a name="M000152"></a><b>counter=</b>(field)
                    
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Sets the counter for this field (implying that the length of this field is
counted by the given field).
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                        | <a href="http://github.com/sunaku/rumai/blob/5fcf09b89976a53dd9346e335a1803b337e0c447/lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb#L167" target="_blank" class="github_url">on GitHub</a>
                        
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                        <pre><span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb, line 167</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">counter=</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">field</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@counter</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">field</span>
            <span class="ruby-identifier">extend</span> <span class="ruby-constant">CounteeField</span>
            <span class="ruby-ivar">@counter</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">countee</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span></pre>
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                    <a name="M000156"></a><b>load_9p</b>(stream, field_values)
                    
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Populates this object with information taken from the given 9P2000 byte
stream.
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                        <pre><span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb, line 213</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">load_9p</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">stream</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">field_values</span>
          <span class="ruby-identifier">field_values</span>[<span class="ruby-ivar">@name</span>] = <span class="ruby-identifier">value_from_9p</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">stream</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span></pre>
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                    <a name="M000155"></a><b>to_9p</b>(field_values)
                    
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Transforms this object into a string of 9P2000 bytes.
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                        <pre><span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/rumai/ixp/message.rb, line 205</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">to_9p</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">field_values</span>
          <span class="ruby-identifier">value_to_9p</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">field_values</span>[<span class="ruby-ivar">@name</span>]
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span></pre>
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