Add string support

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 1b132ac..be4c587 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ class TestViewState(object):
         vs.raw = b'\xff\x01\x67'
         assert vs.decode() is True
 
+    def test_parse_string_value(self):
+        vs = ViewState()
+        s = 'abcdefghij'
+        vs.raw = b'\xff\x01\x05\x0a' + s.encode()
+        assert vs.decode() == s
+
     def test_parse_simple_pair(self):
         vs = ViewState()
         vs.raw = b'\xff\x01\x0f\x67\x68'
@@ -40,6 +46,8 @@ class TestViewState(object):
         assert vs.decode() == (True, (False, 0))
         vs.raw = b'\xff\x01\x0f\x0f\x67\x68\x66'
         assert vs.decode() == ((True, False), 0)
+        vs.raw = b'\xff\x01\x0f\x0f\x67\x05\x061q2w3e\x66'
+        assert vs.decode() == ((True, '1q2w3e'), 0)
 
     def test_parse_unknown(self):
         vs = ViewState()
diff --git a/viewstate/core.py b/viewstate/core.py
index e060a11..fb78743 100644
--- a/viewstate/core.py
+++ b/viewstate/core.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ CONSTS = {
 def parse_const(b):
     return CONSTS.get(b, None)
 
+def parse_string(b):
+    n = b[0]
+    s = b[1:n+1]
+    return s.decode(), b[n+1:]
+
 def parse_pair(b):
     first, remain = _parse(b)
     second, remain = _parse(remain)
@@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ def _parse(b):
 
     if 100 <= b[0] <= 104:
         return parse_const(b[0]), b[1:]
+    elif b[0] == 0x5:
+        return parse_string(b[1:])
     elif b[0] == 0xf:
         return parse_pair(b[1:])
     else: