Added stringArray datatype

lib/protocol.js

@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ var types = {
   'intVector': [readIntVector, IntVectorWriter],
   'byteVector': [readByteVector, ByteVectorWriter],
   'byteVectorArray': [readByteVectorArray, ByteVectorArrayWriter],
+  'stringArray': [readStringArray, StringArrayWriter],
 };
 
 function ByteArray32Writer(value) {
@@ -677,6 +678,24 @@ ByteVectorArrayWriter.prototype.write = function(buffer, offset) {
   });
 }
 
+function StringArrayWriter(value) {
+  this.value = value;
+  this.size = 2;
+  for (var i = 0; i < this.value.length; ++i) {
+    this.value[i] = stringWriter = new StringWriter(this.value[i]);
+    this.size += stringWriter.size;
+  }
+}
+
+StringArrayWriter.prototype.write = function(buffer, offset) {
+  buffer.writeInt16BE(this.value.length, offset);
+  offset += 2;
+  this.value.forEach(function(stringWriter) {
+    stringWriter.write(buffer, offset);
+    offset += stringWriter.size;
+  });
+}
+
 function readIntArray8(buffer, offset) {
   var results = readByte(buffer, offset);
   if (! results) return null;
@@ -954,6 +973,26 @@ function readSlotArray (buffer, offset) {
   };
 }
 
+function readStringArray (buffer, offset) {
+  var results = readShort(buffer, offset);
+  if (! results) return null;
+  var count = results.value;
+  var cursor = offset + results.size;
+
+  var stringArray = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+    results = readString(buffer, cursor);
+    if (! results) return null;
+    stringArray.push(results.value);
+    cursor += results.size;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    value: stringArray,
+    size: cursor - offset,
+  };
+}
+
 function readShort(buffer, offset) {
   if (offset + 2 > buffer.length) return null;
   var value = buffer.readInt16BE(offset);