Remove nodejs Buffer from nifti1 and nifti2 toArrayBuffer

__tests__/nifti1.spec.ts

@@ -64,5 +64,14 @@ describe("NIFTI-Reader-JS", function () {
       let cloneText = JSON.stringify(clone);
       expect(cloneText).to.equal(niftiHeaderText);
     });
+
+    it("description, aux_file, intent_name and magic are preserved", function () {
+      bytes = nifti1!.toArrayBuffer();
+      clone = readHeader(bytes);
+      expect(clone!.description).to.equal(nifti1!.description);
+      expect(clone!.aux_file).to.equal(nifti1!.aux_file);
+      expect(clone!.intent_name).to.equal(nifti1!.intent_name);
+      expect(clone!.magic).to.equal(nifti1!.magic);
+    });
   });
 });

__tests__/nifti2-gz.spec.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import { Utils } from "../src/utilities";
 import { NIFTI2 } from "../src/nifti2";
 
+function parseJSONFromBytes(bytes: Uint8Array): any {
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  const jsonString = decoder.decode(bytes);
+  return JSON.parse(jsonString);
+}
+
 const buf = fs.readFileSync("./data/avg152T1_LR_nifti2.nii.gz");
 let data = Utils.toArrayBuffer(buf);
 let nifti2: NIFTI1 | NIFTI2 | null;
@@ -71,5 +77,14 @@ describe("NIFTI-Reader-JS", function () {
       let cloneText = JSON.stringify(clone);
       expect(cloneText).to.equal(niftiHeaderText);
     });
+
+    it("description, aux_file, intent_name and magic are preserved", function() {
+      bytes = nifti2!.toArrayBuffer();
+      clone = readHeader(bytes); 
+      expect(clone!.description).to.equal(nifti2!.description);
+      expect(clone!.aux_file).to.equal(nifti2!.aux_file);
+      expect(clone!.intent_name).to.equal(nifti2!.intent_name);
+      expect(clone!.magic).to.equal(nifti2!.magic);
+    });
   });
 });

src/nifti1.ts

@@ -1288,8 +1288,8 @@ import { Utils } from "./utilities";
       // glmax, glmin are unused
 
       // descrip and aux_file
-      byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.description), 148);
-      byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.aux_file), 228);
+      byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.description), 148);
+      byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.aux_file), 228);
 
       // qform_code, sform_code
       view.setInt16(252, this.qform_code, this.littleEndian);
@@ -1313,8 +1313,8 @@ import { Utils } from "./utilities";
       }
 
       // intent_name and magic
-      byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.intent_name), 328);
-      byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.magic), 344);
+      byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.intent_name), 328);
+      byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.magic), 344);
 
       // add our extension data
       if (includeExtensions) {

src/nifti2.ts

@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ export class NIFTI2 {
     view.setInt32(0, 540, this.littleEndian);
 
     // magic
-    byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.magic), 4);
+    byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.magic), 4);
 
     // datatype
     view.setInt16(12, this.datatypeCode, this.littleEndian);
@@ -558,10 +558,10 @@ export class NIFTI2 {
     view.setBigInt64(232, BigInt(this.slice_end), this.littleEndian);
 
     // descrip
-    byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.description), 240);
+    byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.description), 240);
 
     // aux_file
-    byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.aux_file), 320);
+    byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.aux_file), 320);
 
     // qform_code
     view.setInt32(344, this.qform_code, this.littleEndian);
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class NIFTI2 {
     //  intent_code
     view.setInt32(504, this.intent_code, this.littleEndian);
     //  intent_name
-    byteArray.set(Buffer.from(this.intent_name), 508);
+    byteArray.set(new TextEncoder().encode(this.intent_name), 508);
     // dim_info
     view.setUint8(524, this.dim_info);