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    Default QDataStream to QByteArray and ViceVersa

    Qt Code:
    1. QByteArray data = QByteArray::fromHex("200000008305370FFFFFF630500008E");
    2. QDataStream dataStreamToReadFrom(&data, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
    3. QByteArray convertedData;
    4. dataStreamToReadFrom >> convertedData;
    5.  
    6. QString Str = data.toHex();
    7. QString convertedStr = convertedData.toHex();
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    Here Str and convertedStr are not same. Why?

    I want to bothe QByteArray data and converted Data to be the same. How to achieve that.?
    Last edited by d_stranz; 24th March 2021 at 21:12. Reason: missing [code] tags

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    Default Re: QDataStream to QByteArray and ViceVersa

    What do you try to achieve? Why do you think that both should be the same? QDataStream has an internal stream format so it adds some bits and bytes to your data so it knows what kind of data it is.

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    Default Re: QDataStream to QByteArray and ViceVersa

    QDataStream is, in general, expecting to be reading a data stream created by another QDataStream. If just want to read raw bytes then use QIODevice directly.

    The QDataStream output of a QByteArray contains bytes other than just the content of the array. Consequently, when asked to read a QByteArray it expects those extra bytes. QByteArray serialises the size of the array as a 32-bit integer before the content itself so the receiver can know where the data ends.
    Qt Code:
    1. #include <QCoreApplication>
    2. #include <QDataStream>
    3. #include <QBuffer>
    4. #include <QDebug>
    5.  
    6. int main(int argc, char **argv)
    7. {
    8. QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
    9.  
    10. // Load a test QByteArray with 8 bytes
    11. QByteArray payload = QByteArray::fromHex("3031323334353637");
    12.  
    13. // Serialise it using QDataStream
    14. QBuffer buffer;
    15. buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
    16. QDataStream out(&buffer);
    17. out << payload;
    18.  
    19. // What went into the buffer?
    20. qDebug() << buffer.buffer().toHex();
    21.  
    22. // Output: "000000083031323334353637"
    23. return 0;
    24. }
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    In your example the input hex string is 31 digits (odd) and QByteArray has assumed a leading zero. The data array contains bytes (hex): 02 00 00 00 08 30 53 70 ff ff ff 63 05 00 00 8e
    The first four bytes will be consumed as a size (a very big one), and the content will start at 0x08.
    On my machine convertedStr is empty, probably because the input stream was exhausted before 0x02000000 bytes could be read.

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    Default Re: QDataStream to QByteArray and ViceVersa

    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisW67 View Post
    QDataStream is, in general, expecting to be reading a data stream created by another QDataStream. If just want to read raw bytes then use QIODevice directly.

    The QDataStream output of a QByteArray contains bytes other than just the content of the array. Consequently, when asked to read a QByteArray it expects those extra bytes. QByteArray serialises the size of the array as a 32-bit integer before the content itself so the receiver can know where the data ends.
    Qt Code:
    1. #include <QCoreApplication>
    2. #include <QDataStream>
    3. #include <QBuffer>
    4. #include <QDebug>
    5.  
    6. int main(int argc, char **argv)
    7. {
    8. QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
    9.  
    10. // Load a test QByteArray with 8 bytes
    11. QByteArray payload = QByteArray::fromHex("3031323334353637");
    12.  
    13. // Serialise it using QDataStream
    14. QBuffer buffer;
    15. buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
    16. QDataStream out(&buffer);
    17. out << payload;
    18.  
    19. // What went into the buffer?
    20. qDebug() << buffer.buffer().toHex();
    21.  
    22. // Output: "000000083031323334353637"
    23. return 0;
    24. }
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    In your example the input hex string is 31 digits (odd) and QByteArray has assumed a leading zero. The data array contains bytes (hex): 02 00 00 00 08 30 53 70 ff ff ff 63 05 00 00 8e
    The first four bytes will be consumed as a size (a very big one), and the content will start at 0x08.
    On my machine convertedStr is empty, probably because the input stream was exhausted before 0x02000000 bytes could be read.
    Thanks, ChrisW67 for a detailed explanation, but I have a different use case.

    In my code, I have to pass a QByteArray to a generic API which is taking QDataStream as a parameter. In that API I need to again deserialize the QDataStream to QByteArray.

    Something like
    Qt Code:
    1. void readContainer(QDataStream* stream)
    2. {
    3. //Here I need to read QByteArray from QDataStream
    4. QByteArray convertedData;
    5. stream>> convertedData;
    6. //print converted data.
    7. //But the data is coming as empty for me
    8. }
    9.  
    10. int main()
    11. {
    12. QByteArray data = QByteArray::fromHex("200000008305370FFFFFF630500008E");
    13. QDataStream dataStreamToReadFrom(&data, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
    14. readContainer(dataStreamToReadFrom);
    15. return 0;
    16. }
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    Default Re: QDataStream to QByteArray and ViceVersa

    Then you should create the data via QDataStream. You can't simply throw some random bytes to QDataStream and hope it's properly decoded afterwards.

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    Default Re: QDataStream to QByteArray and ViceVersa

    Quote Originally Posted by alokraj001 View Post
    Thanks, ChrisW67 for a detailed explanation, but I have a different use case.

    In my code, I have to pass a QByteArray to a generic API which is taking QDataStream as a parameter. In that API I need to again deserialize the QDataStream to QByteArray.
    A QDataStream object is not the data, nor does it contain the data, it merely decodes a set of bytes provided to it. You need to construct a correct set of bytes to provide it.

    Assuming you are expecting the "other end" to receive exactly the bytes you have in your code:
    Qt Code:
    1. QByteArray payload = QByteArray::fromHex("0200000008305370FFFFFF630500008E");
    2. // Serialise it using QDataStream
    3. QBuffer buffer;
    4. buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
    5. QDataStream out(&buffer);
    6. out << payload;
    7. buffer.close();
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    Then buffer contains the bytes you need to transmit, and
    Qt Code:
    1. if (buffer.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
    2. QDataStream passThis(&buffer);
    3. readContainer(passThis);
    4. }
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    should get the bytes there.

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