10.0.37

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@push.rocks/smartfile",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "10.0.35",
+  "version": "10.0.37",
   "description": "offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs",
   "main": "dist_ts/index.js",
   "typings": "dist_ts/index.d.ts",

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartfile',
-  version: '10.0.35',
+  version: '10.0.37',
   description: 'offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs'
 }

ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * @param contentString
    */
   public setContentsFromString(contentString: string, encodingArg: 'utf8' | 'binary' = 'utf8') {
-    this.contents = new Buffer(contentString, encodingArg);
+    this.contents = Buffer.from(contentString, encodingArg);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -289,4 +289,14 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
     const newFileString = await editFuncArg(this.contentBuffer.toString());
     this.contentBuffer = Buffer.from(newFileString);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a ReadableStream from the file's content buffer
+   */
+  public getStream(): plugins.stream.Readable {
+    const stream = new plugins.stream.Readable();
+    stream.push(this.contentBuffer); // Push the content buffer to the stream
+    stream.push(null); // Push null to signify the end of the stream (EOF)
+    return stream;
+  }
 }