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41 changes: 41 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/stream.md
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#### Decoding buffers in a Writable Stream

Decoding buffers is a common task, for instance, when using transformers whose
input is a string. This is not a trivial process when using multi-byte
characters encoding, such as UTF-8. The following example shows how to decode
multi-byte strings using `StringDecoder` and [Writable][].

```js
const { Writable } = require('stream');
const { StringDecoder } = require('string_decoder');

class StringWritable extends Writable {
constructor(options) {
super(options);
const state = this._writableState;
this._decoder = new StringDecoder(state.defaultEncoding);
this.data = '';
}
_write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
if (encoding === 'buffer') {
chunk = this._decoder.write(chunk);
}
this.data += chunk;
callback();
}
_final(callback) {
this.data += this._decoder.end();
callback();
}
}

const euro = [[0xE2, 0x82], [0xAC]].map(Buffer.from);
const w = new StringWritable();

w.write('currency: ');
w.write(euro[0]);
w.end(euro[1]);

console.log(w.data); // currency: €
```

### Implementing a Readable Stream

The `stream.Readable` class is extended to implement a [Readable][] stream.
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