@types/ref-struct/README.md

TypeScript definitions for ref-struct

# Installation
> `npm install --save @types/ref-struct`

# Summary
This package contains type definitions for ref-struct (https://github.com/TooTallNate/ref-struct).

# Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/ref-struct.
## [index.d.ts](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/ref-struct/index.d.ts)
````ts
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.
 */
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. */
declare var StructType: {
    new(fields?: object, opt?: object): StructType;
    new(fields?: any[]): StructType;
    (fields?: object, opt?: object): StructType;
    (fields?: any[]): StructType;
};

export = StructType;

````

### Additional Details
 * Last updated: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:11:36 GMT
 * Dependencies: [@types/ref](https://npmjs.com/package/@types/ref)

# Credits
These definitions were written by [Paul Loyd](https://github.com/loyd).