Writing Data to an NSOutputStream in Swift 3

Question

The solution of this question no longer works with Swift 3.

There is no longer a property bytes of Data (formerly NSData.

Answer 1

Martin R, thank you for your answer. That was a foundation for a complete solution. Here it is:

extension OutputStream {

    /// Write String to outputStream
    ///
    /// - parameter string:                The string to write.
    /// - parameter encoding:              The String.Encoding to use when writing the string. This will default to UTF8.
    /// - parameter allowLossyConversion:  Whether to permit lossy conversion when writing the string.
    ///
    /// - returns:                         Return total number of bytes written upon success. Return -1 upon failure.

    func write(_ string: String, encoding: String.Encoding = String.Encoding.utf8, allowLossyConversion: Bool = true) -> Int {
        if let data = string.data(using: encoding, allowLossyConversion: allowLossyConversion) {
            var bytesRemaining = data.count
            var totalBytesWritten = 0

            while bytesRemaining > 0 {
                let bytesWritten = data.withUnsafeBytes {
                    self.write(
                        $0.advanced(by: totalBytesWritten),
                        maxLength: bytesRemaining
                    )
                }
                if bytesWritten < 0 {
                    // "Can not OutputStream.write(): \(self.streamError?.localizedDescription)"
                    return -1
                } else if bytesWritten == 0 {
                    // "OutputStream.write() returned 0"
                    return totalBytesWritten
                }

                bytesRemaining -= bytesWritten
                totalBytesWritten += bytesWritten
            }

            return totalBytesWritten
        }

        return -1
    }
}