def readData(self, rawstring, datatype):
"""Read the data part of the message coming from stream
Arguments:
rawstring -- raw data bytes
datatype -- data type
Return value:
the data read
"""
data = rawstring[:-1] #remove last NULL byte
if datatype == ERROR:
return data
elif datatype == STRING or datatype == DOUBLE:
# try to convert data to a more appropriate type
try:
data = int(data)
except:
try:
data = float(data)
except:
pass
return data
elif datatype == ASSOC:
return rawtodictonary(rawstring)
elif SpecArray.isArrayType(datatype):
#Here we read cols and rows... which are *supposed* to be received in the header!!!
#better approach: data contains this information (since it is particular to that data type)
return SpecArray.SpecArray(rawstring, datatype, self.rows,
self.cols)
else:
raise TypeError
