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+//          Copyright Ferdinand Majerech 2014.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+/// Backward compatibility with std.stream (which was used by D:YAML API in the past).
+module dyaml.streamcompat;
+
+
+import std.stream;
+
+import tinyendian;
+
+
+/// A streamToBytes wrapper that allocates memory using the GC.
+///
+/// See_Also: streamToBytes
+ubyte[] streamToBytesGC(Stream stream) @trusted nothrow
+{
+    try return stream.streamToBytes(new ubyte[stream.available]);
+    catch(Exception e)
+    {
+        assert(false, "Unexpected exception in streamToBytesGC: " ~ e.msg);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Read all data from a std.stream.Stream into an array of bytes.
+///
+/// Params:
+///
+/// stream = Stream to read from. Must be readable and seekable.
+/// memory = Memory to use. Must be long enough to store the entire stream
+///          (memory.length >= stream.available).
+///
+/// Returns: A slice of memory containing all contents of the stream on success.
+///          NULL if unable to read the entire stream.
+ubyte[] streamToBytes(Stream stream, ubyte[] memory) @system nothrow
+{
+    try
+    {
+        assert(stream.readable && stream.seekable,
+                "Can't read YAML from a stream that is not readable and seekable");
+        assert(memory.length >= stream.available,
+                "Not enough memory passed to streamToBytes");
+
+        auto buffer = memory[0 .. stream.available];
+        size_t bytesRead = 0;
+        for(; bytesRead < buffer.length;)
+        {
+            // Returns 0 on eof
+            const bytes = stream.readBlock(&buffer[bytesRead], buffer.length - bytesRead);
+            // Reached EOF before reading buffer.length bytes.
+            if(bytes == 0) { return null; }
+            bytesRead += bytes;
+        }
+        return buffer;
+    }
+    catch(Exception e)
+    {
+        assert(false, "Unexpected exception in streamToBytes " ~ e.msg);
+    }
+}