add Buffer translation to Dish. Cannot work in SyncDish as typeEnums are static. Seeing as they will never be hit in the broswer, shouldnt be an issue

src/core/Dish.mjs

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class Dish {
                 return Dish.FILE;
             case "list<file>":
                 return Dish.LIST_FILE;
+            case "buffer":
+                return Dish.BUFFER;
             default:
                 throw "Invalid data type string. No matching enum.";
         }
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ class Dish {
                 return "File";
             case Dish.LIST_FILE:
                 return "List<File>";
+            case Dish.BUFFER:
+                return "Buffer";
             default:
                 throw "Invalid data type enum. No matching type.";
         }
@@ -266,6 +270,8 @@ class Dish {
             case Dish.LIST_FILE:
                 return this.value instanceof Array &&
                     this.value.reduce((acc, curr) => acc && curr instanceof File, true);
+            case Dish.BUFFER:
+                return this.value instanceof Buffer;
             default:
                 return false;
         }
@@ -284,6 +290,7 @@ class Dish {
             case Dish.BYTE_ARRAY:
             case Dish.STRING:
             case Dish.HTML:
+            case Dish.BUFFER:
                 return this.value.length;
             case Dish.NUMBER:
             case Dish.BIG_NUMBER:
@@ -357,6 +364,12 @@ class Dish {
                     this.type
                 );
                 break;
+            case Dish.BUFFER:
+                newDish.set(
+                    Buffer.from(this.value),
+                    this.type
+                );
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new Error("Cannot clone Dish, unknown type");
         }
@@ -421,6 +434,12 @@ Dish.FILE = 7;
 * @enum
 */
 Dish.LIST_FILE = 8;
+/**
+* Dish data type enum for node Buffer.
+* @readonly
+* @enum
+*/
+Dish.BUFFER = 9;
 
 
 export default Dish;

src/node/SyncDish.mjs

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ class SyncDish extends Dish {
             case Dish.JSON:
                 this.value = this.value ? Utils.strToByteArray(JSON.stringify(this.value)) : [];
                 break;
+            case Dish.BUFFER:
+                this.value = this.value instanceof Buffer ? this.value.buffer : [];
+                break;
             // case Dish.FILE:
             //     this.value = Utils.readFileSync(this.value);
             //     this.value = Array.prototype.slice.call(this.value);
@@ -134,6 +137,10 @@ class SyncDish extends Dish {
                 this.value = JSON.parse(byteArrayToStr(this.value));
                 this.type = Dish.JSON;
                 break;
+            case Dish.BUFFER:
+                this.value = Buffer.from(new Uint8Array(this.value));
+                this.type = Dish.BUFFER;
+                break;
             // case Dish.FILE:
             //     this.value = new File(this.value, "unknown");
             //     break;
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ class SyncDish extends Dish {
                 break;
         }
     }
-
 }
 
+
 export default SyncDish;

src/node/api.mjs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * @license Apache-2.0
  */
 
+import Dish from "../core/Dish";
 import SyncDish from "./SyncDish";
 import Recipe from "./Recipe";
 import OperationConfig from "./config/OperationConfig.json";
@@ -46,11 +47,24 @@ function extractArg(arg) {
  *
  * Argument name matching is case and space insensitive
  * @private
- * @param {Object[]} originalArgs
- * @param {Object} newArgs
+ * @param {Object[]} originalArgs - the operation-s args list
+ * @param {Object} newArgs - any inputted args
  */
 function transformArgs(originalArgs, newArgs) {
-    const allArgs = Object.assign([], originalArgs);
+
+    // Filter out arg values that are list subheadings - they are surrounded in [].
+    // See Strings op for example.
+    const allArgs = Object.assign([], originalArgs).map((a) => {
+        if (Array.isArray(a.value)) {
+            a.value = a.value.filter((v) => {
+                if (typeof v === "string") {
+                    return !v.match(/^\[[\s\S]*\]$/); // Matches anything surrounded in [ ]
+                }
+                return true;
+            });
+        }
+        return a;
+    });
 
     if (newArgs) {
         Object.keys(newArgs).map((key) => {
@@ -90,7 +104,7 @@ const ensureIsDish = function ensureIsDish(input) {
         dish = input;
     } else {
         dish = new SyncDish();
-        const type = SyncDish.typeEnum(input.constructor.name);
+        const type = Dish.typeEnum(input.constructor.name);
         dish.set(input, type);
     }
     return dish;

test/tests/nodeApi/ops.mjs

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Full hash: $2a$10$ODeP1.6fMsb.ENk2ngPUCO7qTGVPyHA9TqDVcyupyed8FjsiF65L6`;
 
     it("bit shift left", () => {
         const result = chef.bitShiftLeft("Keep Your Eyes Peeled");
-        assert.strictEqual(result.toString(), ".ÊÊà@²Þêä@.òÊæ@ ÊÊØÊÈ");
+        assert.strictEqual(result.toString(), "–ÊÊà@²Þêä@ŠòÊæ@ ÊÊØÊÈ");
     }),
 
     it("bitShiftRight: number and option", () => {
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ FROM STATS;`;
     }),
 
     it("strings", () => {
-        const result = chef.strings("smothering ampersand abreast");
+        const result = chef.strings("smothering ampersand abreast", {displayTotal: true});
         const expected = `Total found: 1
 
 smothering ampersand abreast
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ smothering ampersand abreast
     }),
 
     it("to unix timestamp", () => {
-        assert.strictEqual(chef.toUNIXTimestamp("04/01/2001").toString(), "986083200 (Sun 1 April 2001 00:00:00 UTC)");
+        assert.strictEqual(chef.toUNIXTimestamp("04-01-2001").toString(), "986083200 (Sun 1 April 2001 00:00:00 UTC)");
     }),
 
     it("Translate DateTime format", () => {