What is AZOTH?

• Nicolas Cannasse's Haxe supports Alchemy opcodes. Our fastmem.as interface is intentionally made similar to Haxe flash.Memory API (Unfortunately the order of parameters for set methods are reversed).
• Joa Ebert also has some tools with similar functionality as Azoth and more.

1. Use fastmem class in your project.
   • Copy the class AS file/folders to a folder where you can include it in your project. (For Flash, you can copy the fastmem.as file to com\buraks\utils\ folder to the folder you have your FLA file).
   • import com.buraks.utils.fastmem
   • You must be able to target at least SWF version 10. (For Flash, this is CS4 or later).
2. Select a ByteArray using fastSelectMem method. Access the ByteArray as 'memory', using fastmem methods. Use fastDeselectMem when you are finished.
   • Length of the ByteArray must be at least ApplicationDomain.MIN_DOMAIN_MEMORY_LENGTH (1024 bytes).
   • Make sure to select the ByteArray each time before a body of actions that access the ByteArray as memory. Deselect the ByteArray when you are done. Select and Deselect calls should be coupled.
   • Access to the ByteArray is little endian. You can select a big endian ByteArray and use it as long as you are aware of this fact, for example when copying some data, where this can be safely ignored.
   • The performance benefits are achieved by using only one ByteArray at a time. It's not a good idea to make use of several ByteArrays, selecting each and copying data between them. With a single ByteArray, you may need to do your own memory management.
3. Compile your SWF file.
4. Use Azoth.exe to inject Alchemy opcodes.
   • You can run Azoth from the command-line. For this, start/run cmd, use it like azoth yourswf.swf. If you can afford not to see the result, you can simply drag and drop your SWF onto azoth.exe.

	/***********************************
	 Regular ByteArray usage
	***********************************/
	//mem is a ByteArray, at least 1024 bytes, little endian
	var mem = new ByteArray();
	mem.length=1024;
	mem.endian = Endian.LITTLE_ENDIAN;
	
	//write 1234 at postion 555
	mem.position=555;
	mem.writeInt(1234);
	
	//write 5678 at postion 999
	mem.position=999;
	mem.writeInt(5678);
		
	/***********************************
	 ByteArray Usage via fastmem class
	***********************************/
	//use fastmem class
	import com.buraks.utils.fastmem;
	
	//mem is a ByteArray, at least 1024 bytes, little endian
	var mem = new ByteArray();
	mem.length=1024;
	mem.endian = Endian.LITTLE_ENDIAN;
	
	//No need to create a fastmem instance, all methods are static
	
	//select the ByteArray
	fastmem.fastSelectMem(mem);
	
	//write 1234 at postion 555
	fastmem.fastSetI32(1234,555);
	
	//write 5678 at postion 999
	fastmem.fastSetI32(5678,999);
	
	//Deselect the ByteArray
	fastmem.fastDeselectMem();

• When using Flash CS4 or CS5, in AS3 publish settings, Strict Mode must be selected. (FOL - no change planned).

 Azoth 1.05 (azoth105.zip 353KB)
Includes azoth.exe, fastmem.as and a sample CS4 FLA file with compiled and injected SWFs.

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