# vinyl-bufferstream

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Deal with [vinyl file](https://github.com/wearefractal/vinyl) contents, regardless of whether it is Buffer/Stream

```javascript
var through = require('through2');
var VinylBufferStream = require('vinyl-bufferstream');

function yourGulpPlugin() {
  var vinylBufferStream = new VinylBufferStream(function(buf, done) {
    syncOrAsyncFn(buf, done); 
  });

  return through.obj(function(file, enc, cb) {
    vinylBufferStream(file, function(err, contents) {
      if (err) {
        self.emit('error', err);
      } else {
        file.contents = contents;
        self.push(file);
      }
      cb();
    });
  });
}
```

## Installation

[Use npm.](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install)

```sh
npm install vinyl-bufferstream
```

## API

```javascript
var VinylBufferStream = require('vinyl-bufferstream');
```

### vinylBufferStream = new VinylBufferStream(*transformFunction*)

(`new` operator is optional.)

*transformFunction*: `Function`  
Return: `Function`

The argument must be a function taking a [`Buffer`][buffer] and a callback function as its first and second argument, which calls the callback function with passing [Node](http://nodejs.org/)-style callback arguments (`error, result`).

#### vinylBufferStream(*file*, *callback*)

*file*: `Object` ([vinyl file](https://github.com/wearefractal/vinyl#file) object)  
*callback*: `Function`

When the [`file.contents`](https://github.com/wearefractal/vinyl#optionscontents) is a [`Buffer`][buffer], it will call the *transformFunction* with passing file.contents to the first argument.

When the `file.contents` is a [`Stream`][buffer], it will call the *transformFunction* with passing the buffered stream of file.contents to the first argument.

When the `file.contents` is a [`Stream`][stream], it won't call the *transformFunction*.

##### callback(err, contents)

*error*: `Error` or `null`  
*contents*: [`Buffer`][buffer] or [`Stream`][stream]

When the `file.contents` is a [`Buffer`][buffer], *contents* will be a result that *transformFunction* produces.

When the `file.contents` is a [`Stream`][stream], *contents* will be a stream that emits a data *transformFunction* produces.

When the `file.contents` is `null`, *contents* will be `null`.

```javascript
var gulp = require('gulp');
var SVGO = require('svgo');
var through = require('through2');
var VinylBufferStream = require('vinyl-bufferstream');

function svgminPlugin(options) {
  var svgo = new SVGO(options);
  var vinylBufferStream = new VinylBufferStream(function(buf, done) {
    svgo.optimize(String(buf), function(result) {
      if (result.error) {
        done(result.error);
        return;
      }
      done(null, result.data);
    });
  });

  return through.obj(function(file, enc, cb) {
    vinylBufferStream(file, function(err, contents) {
      if (err) {
        self.emit('error', err);
      } else {
        file.contents = contents;
        self.push(file);
      }
      cb();
    });
  });
}

gulp.task('buffer', function() {
  return gulp.src('*.svg')
    .pipe(svgminPlugin())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dest'));
});

gulp.task('stream', function() {
  return gulp.src('*.svg', {buffer: false})
    .pipe(svgminPlugin())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dest'));
});
```

## License

Copyright (c) 2014 - 2015 [Shinnosuke Watanabe](https://github.com/shinnn)

Licensed under [the MIT License](./LICENSE).

[buffer]: https://iojs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_class_buffer
[stream]: https://iojs.org/api/stream.html