3 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 013989c..3c89b5e 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,5 +3,30 @@
 version = 4
 
 [[package]]
+name = "bytes"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "gats"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b3cff922bd51709b605d9ead9aa71031d81447142d828eb4a6eba76fe619f9b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio"
+version = "1.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff360e02eab121e0bc37a2d3b4d4dc622e6eda3a8e5253d5435ecf5bd4c68408"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index d8b03fe..e945f0b 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", optional = true, features = ["io-util"] }
+
+[features]
+tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index 2ccc2cf..6f52702 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ use std::num::FpCategory;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use std::vec::Vec;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt,AsyncWriteExt,AsyncRead,AsyncWrite};
+
 /// Represents a value in a Gats structure.
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
 pub enum Value {
@@ -395,6 +398,17 @@ impl Value {
             Err(e) => Err(e),
         }
     }
+    
+    #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+    pub async fn write_packet_async<W>(&self, w: &mut W) -> Result<(), Error>
+    where
+        W: AsyncWrite + Unpin
+    {
+        match self.to_packet() {
+            Ok(body) => w.write_all(&body).await,
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+        }
+    }
 
     pub fn bytes_to_read(r: &[u8]) -> Result<BytesToRead, Error> {
         if r.len() < 5 {
@@ -468,6 +482,35 @@ impl Value {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+    pub async fn read_packet_async<R>(r: &mut R) -> Result<Value, Error>
+    where
+        R: AsyncRead + Unpin
+    {
+        let mut buf = Vec::<u8>::new();
+        let mut fill = 0usize;
+        loop {
+            match Value::bytes_to_read(&buf) {
+                Ok(BytesToRead::Estimate(size)) => {
+                    buf.resize(size, 0u8);
+                    let amount = r.read(&mut buf[fill..]).await?;
+                    fill += amount;
+                }
+                Ok(BytesToRead::Final(size)) => {
+                    buf.resize(size, 0u8);
+                    let amount = r.read(&mut buf[fill..]).await?;
+                    fill += amount;
+                    if fill == size {
+                        return Value::from_packet(&buf);
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<i64> for Value {
@@ -649,4 +692,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(v == v2);
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+    #[test]
+    fn async_test() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }