Move code around, read header into int/string

src/FIT.jl

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 module FIT
-
 export greet_package
-export read_header
+export read_header, FITHeader
+
 include("functions.jl")
 include("header.jl")
 
+using .header
+
 end
 
+using .FIT
+open("test.FIT", "r") do f
+    h = FIT.read_header(f)
+end

src/bytes.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+"""
+    read_data_size(size::Vector{UInt8})::Real
+
+FIT headers have a data size field, with 4 bytes.
+"""
+function byte_vec_to_int(byte_vec::Vector{UInt8})::Integer
+    result::Integer = 0
+    byte_vec = Int64.(byte_vec)
+
+    for i ∈ 0:length(byte_vec) - 1
+        result += byte_vec[1 + i] << (8 * i)
+    end
+    return result
+end
+
+"""
+    byte_vec_to_string(byte_vec::Vector{UInt8})::AbstractString
+
+Given the byte vec, create a String
+"""
+function byte_vec_to_string(byte_vec::Vector{UInt8})::AbstractString
+    String(Char.(byte_vec))
+end
+
+# byte_vec_to_string(UInt8.(collect("ABC")))

src/header.jl

@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-struct FITHeader
-    sz::UInt8
-    protocol::UInt8
-    version::AbstractVector{<:Real}
-    size::Real
-    type::AbstractVector{<:Real}
-    crc::AbstractVector{<:Real}
-end
+
 
 """
     length in bytes
 """
+
+module header
+
+export FITHeader, read_header
+include("bytes.jl")
+
 const DATA_SIZE_LENGTH = 4
 
+struct FITHeader
+    sz::UInt8
+    protocol::UInt8
+    version::Integer
+    size::Integer
+    type::String
+    crc::AbstractVector{<:Real}
+end
+
 """
     read_header(fit_file::IOStream)
 
@@ -20,31 +28,12 @@ Read the header of the given fit file, and return a FITHeader struct
 function read_header(fit_file::IOStream)::FITHeader
     sz = read(fit_file, 1; all=false)[1]
     protocol = read(fit_file, 1; all=false)[1]
-    version = read(fit_file, 2; all=false)
-    size = read_data_size!(read(fit_file, 4; all=false))
-    type = read(fit_file, 4; all=false)
+    version = byte_vec_to_int(read(fit_file, 2; all=false))
+    size = byte_vec_to_int(read(fit_file, 4; all=false))
+    type = byte_vec_to_string(read(fit_file, 4; all=false))
     crc = read(fit_file, 2; all=false)
 
     FITHeader(sz, protocol, version, size, type, crc)
 end
 
-"""
-    read_data_size(size::Vector{UInt8})::Real
-
-FIT headers have a data size field, with 4 bytes.
-"""
-function read_data_size!(size::Vector{UInt8})::Real
-    data_size::Int64 = 0
-    size = Int64.(size)
-
-    for i ∈ 0:length(size) - 1
-        data_size += size[1 + i] << (8 * i)
-    end
-    data_size
-end
-
-function test_read_header()
-    open("test.FIT", "r") do f
-        read_header(f)
-    end
 end