var Buffer = require('safe-buffer').Buffer | |
module.exports = function (thing, encoding, name) { | |
if (Buffer.isBuffer(thing)) { | |
return thing | |
} else if (typeof thing === 'string') { | |
return Buffer.from(thing, encoding) | |
} else if (ArrayBuffer.isView(thing)) { | |
return Buffer.from(thing.buffer) | |
} else { | |
throw new TypeError(name + ' must be a string, a Buffer, a typed array or a DataView') | |
} | |
} |