2The Feather Modules

The Falcon Standard Module Suite goes under the name of "feathers".

This module set is the one officially distributed together with the standrad installation of Falcon.

So, modules declared as Feathers are granted to be directly available at topmost module load hierarcy in any Falcon standard distribution.

Contents of this module

• 2.1bufext
  • 2.1.1Memory Buffers - Easy memory management
    • 2.1.1.1Class BitBuf - Flexible memory buffer optimized for bit-precise binary mangling
    • 2.1.1.2Class ByteBuf - Flexible memory buffer optimized for binary mangling
    • 2.1.1.3Class ByteBufBigEndian - A specialized ByteBuf that stores data in big endian.
    • 2.1.1.4Class ByteBufLittleEndian - A specialized ByteBuf that stores data in little endian.
    • 2.1.1.5Class ByteBufNativeEndian - A specialized ByteBuf that stores data in native endian.
    • 2.1.1.6Class ByteBufReverseEndian - A specialized ByteBuf that stores data in reversed endian.
  • 2.1.2Class BufferError - Error generated by buffer I/O related failures.
• 2.2Reflexive compiler
  • 2.2.1Class Compiler - Main interface to the reflexive compiler.
  • 2.2.2Class ICompiler - Interaface to incremental evaluator.
  • 2.2.3Class Module - Handle to loaded modules.
  • 2.2.4Class _BaseCompiler - Abstract base class for the Compiler and ICompiler classes.
• 2.3Configuration file parser
  • 2.3.1Class ConfParser - Interface to configuration files.
• 2.4Functional extensions
  • 2.4.1Functions
• 2.5Hashing algorighms
  • 2.5.1Checksums - Classes providing checksum functions
    • 2.5.1.1Class Adler32 - Calculates a 32 bits long Adler32 checksum
    • 2.5.1.2Class CRC32 - Calculates a 32 bits long CRC32 checksum
  • 2.5.2Strong hashes - Classes providing strong hashes, suitable for cryptography
    • 2.5.2.1Class RIPEMD160Hash - Calculates a 160 bits long RIPEMD-160 hash (RIPEMD family)
    • 2.5.2.2Class RIPEMD256Hash - Calculates a 256 bits long RIPEMD-256 hash (RIPEMD family)
    • 2.5.2.3Class RIPEMD320Hash - Calculates a 320 bits long RIPEMD-320 hash (RIPEMD family)
    • 2.5.2.4Class SHA224Hash - Calculates a 224 bits long SHA-224 hash (SHA-2 family)
    • 2.5.2.5Class SHA256Hash - Calculates a 256 bits long SHA-256 hash (SHA-2 family)
    • 2.5.2.6Class SHA384Hash - Calculates a 384 bits long SHA-384 hash (SHA-2 family)
    • 2.5.2.7Class SHA512Hash - Calculates a 512 bits long SHA-512 hash (SHA-2 family)
    • 2.5.2.8Class TigerHash - Calculates a 192 bits long Tiger hash
    • 2.5.2.9Class WhirlpoolHash - Calculates a 512 bits long Whirlpool hash
  • 2.5.3Weak hashes - Classes providing weak / deprecated hashes
    • 2.5.3.1Class MD2Hash - Calculates a 128 bits long MD2 (Message Digest 2) hash
    • 2.5.3.2Class MD4Hash - Calculates a 128 bits long MD4 (Message Digest 4) hash
    • 2.5.3.3Class MD5Hash - Calculates a 128 bits long MD5 (Message Digest 5) hash
    • 2.5.3.4Class RIPEMD128Hash - Calculates a 128 bits long RIPEMD-128 hash (RIPEMD family)
    • 2.5.3.5Class SHA1Hash - Calculates a 160 bits long SHA-1 hash
  • 2.5.4Class HashBase - Base class for each hash algorithm, specialized for overloading.
  • 2.5.5Functions
• 2.6JSON support
  • 2.6.1Class JSONError - Error generated after error conditions on JSON operations.
  • 2.6.2Functions
• 2.7Logging facility
  • 2.7.1Object GeneralLog - General logging area.
  • 2.7.2Class LogArea - Collection of log channels.
  • 2.7.3Class LogChannel - Abstract class receiving log requests from log areas.
  • 2.7.4Class LogChannelFiles - Log channel sending logs to a set of (possibly) rotating local files.
  • 2.7.5Class LogChannelStream - Logs on an open stream.
  • 2.7.6Class LogChannelSyslog - Logs on the local system logger facility.
  • 2.7.7Functions
• 2.8Uncommon math functions
  • 2.8.1Functions
• 2.9Minimal XML support.
  • 2.9.1Class MXMLDocument - Encapsulates a complete XML document.
  • 2.9.2Class MXMLError - Error raised by the MXML module in case of problems.
  • 2.9.3Class MXMLNode - Minimal entity of the XML document.
  • 2.9.4Enum MXMLErrorCode - Enumeartion listing the possible numeric error codes raised by MXML.
  • 2.9.5Enum MXMLStyle - Document serialization options.
  • 2.9.6Enum MXMLType - Node types.
• 2.10External process interface
  • 2.10.1Class Process - Execute and control child processes.
  • 2.10.2Class ProcessEnum - Provides a list of currently executed process.
  • 2.10.3Class ProcessError - Error generated by process related system failures.
  • 2.10.4Functions
• 2.11Regular Expression
  • 2.11.1Class Regex - Regular expression binding encapsulation.
  • 2.11.2Class RegexError - Error generated by regular expression compilation and execution errors.
• 2.12Low level IP networking.
  • 2.12.1Class NetError - Error generated by network related system failures.
  • 2.12.2Class Socket - TCP/IP networking base class.
  • 2.12.3Class TCPServer - Encapsulates a TCP network service provider.
  • 2.12.4Class TCPSocket - Provides full TCP connectivity.
  • 2.12.5Class UDPSocket - UDP (datagram) manager.
  • 2.12.6Functions
  • 2.12.7Enum NetErrorCode - Network failure error categories.
• 2.13Multithreading
  • 2.13.1Falcon multithreading model.
  • 2.13.2Multithreading safety
  • 2.13.3Threading module and VM Interruption protocol
  • 2.13.4Waitings - Wating functions and methods.
  • 2.13.5Class Barrier - Gate controlling the transit of threads for certain operations.
  • 2.13.6Class Event - Signaler of relevant processing conditions.
  • 2.13.7Class Grant - Grant for exclusive access to shared resources.
  • 2.13.8Class JoinError - Error generated when trying to wait for a unwaitable thread.
  • 2.13.9Class SyncCounter - Implements a synchronization counter (semaphore).
  • 2.13.10Class SyncQueue - Signaler of relevant processing conditions.
  • 2.13.11Class Thread - Parallel agent main class.
  • 2.13.12Class ThreadError - Error generated by thread related problems.
  • 2.13.13Class Threading - Access to static method that can be used to access threading functionalities.
  • 2.13.14Class Waitable - Base abstract class for synchronization Structures.
• 2.14ZLib basic binding.
  • 2.14.1Class ZLib - ZLib encapsulation interface.
  • 2.14.2Class ZLibError - Error generated by errors in the ZLib module.
  • 2.14.3Enum ZLibErrorCode - Error codes generated by ZLib methods.