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v0

v0.6.0

Oct 21, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const FormatJavaClass

v0.5.0

Oct 1, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const EncodingUTF32BE

+ const EncodingUTF32LE

+ const FormatLFSPointer

+ type Options struct

+ Prefix bool

+ TextControls string

type Result

+ func DetectWithOptions(data []byte, options Options) Result

+ type TextValidator struct

+ func (v *TextValidator) Write(data []byte) (int, error)

+ func (v TextValidator) Result(options Options) Result

v0.4.0

Sep 17, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const EncodingUTF16BE

+ const EncodingUTF16LE

+ const EncodingUTF8

v0.3.1

Sep 4, 2026

v0.3.0

Aug 31, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const FormatJSON

+ const FormatPHAR

v0.2.0

Aug 3, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const FormatAR

+ const FormatBZIP2

+ const FormatCFBF

+ const FormatELF

+ const FormatGIF

+ const FormatGZIP

+ const FormatHTML

+ const FormatJPEG

+ const FormatMachO

+ const FormatPDF

+ const FormatPE

+ const FormatPNG

+ const FormatSVG

+ const FormatTAR

+ const FormatText

+ const FormatWASM

+ const FormatXML

+ const FormatXZ

+ const FormatZIP

+ const FormatZstd

v0.1.0

Jul 31, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type Kind string

+ const KindBinary

+ const KindText

+ const KindUnknown

+ type Reason string

+ const ReasonInvalidText

+ const ReasonNeedMore

+ const ReasonNone

+ type Result struct

+ Encoding string

+ Format string

+ Kind Kind

+ MIME string

+ NeedBytes int

+ Reason Reason

+ func Detect(data []byte) Result

+ func DetectPrefix(prefix []byte) Result