BUFIO(2) BUFIO(2)
NAME
bufio, bufiofill - buffered input/output module
SYNOPSIS
include "bufio.m";
bufio := load Bufio Bufio->PATH;
Iobuf: import bufio;
SEEKSTART: con Sys->SEEKSTART;
SEEKRELA: con Sys->SEEKRELA;
SEEKEND: con Sys->SEEKEND;
OREAD: con Sys->OREAD;
OWRITE: con Sys->OWRITE;
ORDWR: con Sys->ORDWR;
EOF: con -1;
ERROR: con -2;
Iobuf: adt {
seek: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, n, where: int): int;
read: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, a: array of byte, n: int): int;
write: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, a: array of byte, n: int): int;
getb: fn(b: self ref Iobuf): int;
getc: fn(b: self ref Iobuf): int;
gets: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, sepchar: int): string;
gett: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, sepstring: string): string;
ungetb: fn(b: self ref Iobuf): int;
ungetc: fn(b: self ref Iobuf): int;
putb: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, b: byte): int;
putc: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, c: int): int;
puts: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, s: string): int;
flush: fn(b: self ref Iobuf): int;
close: fn(b: self ref Iobuf);
setfill: fn(b: self ref Iobuf, f: BufioFill);
};
open: fn(name: string, mode: int): ref Iobuf;
create: fn(name: string, mode, perm: int): ref Iobuf;
fopen: fn(fd: ref Sys->FD, mode: int): ref Iobuf;
sopen: fn(s: string): ref Iobuf;
flush: fn();
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BufioFill: module
{
fill: fn(b: ref Bufio->Iobuf): int;
};
DESCRIPTION
Bufio provides an interface for buffered I/O. A buffer is
an adt which is created with open, fopen, create and sopen.
Open takes two parameters, a filename and a mode. The mode
must be one of OREAD, OWRITE, or ORDWR (also defined in the
Sys module).
Create is similar, but creates a new file if necessary, with
file permissions specified by perm (see create in sys-
open(2)), or truncates an existing file (without changing
its permissions), before opening it in the given mode, and
returning a reference to an Iobuf instance.
Buffered I/O on an already open file is made possible using
fopen, which takes a file descriptor fd and an open mode,
which must be compatible with the mode of the file descrip-
tor.
The file open functions return a ref Iobuf to be used in
subsequent calls. Thus:
lc := bufio->open("/net/tcp/0/local", bufio->OREAD);
addr := lc.gets('\n');
lc = nil;
will open the file /net/tcp/0/local and read a line (includ-
ing the terminating newline character) from this file to
initialize the string variable addr. The file is closed
implicitly by discarding (assigning nil to) the only refer-
ence to its Iobuf.
The function sopen makes the contents of a string s readable
through an Iobuf (it may not be written).
The Bufio library keeps an internal reference to files
opened for writing so that they can be flushed before being
garbage collected. Flushing all dirty files can be done by
calling flush(), usually just before exiting the program.
Otherwise each output file must be flushed or closed indi-
vidually (see below).
The calls implemented by Iobuf are:
seek, read, and write
Each has the same parameters as its complement in
Sys (see sys-seek(2), sys-read(2)). Note that
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SEEKSTART etc. are defined by Bufio as well as by
Sys, for use by seek.
getb Read a single byte from the buffered stream and
return its value as an int.
getc Read a single Unicode character, encoded in UTF
(see utf(6)), and return its value as an int.
gets Read a line, up to and including a character speci-
fied by sepchar, typically a newline. If none is
found, read to the end of the file. The returned
string includes the terminating character.
gett Read characters until one of the characters in
sepstring. The returned string includes the separa-
tor. If none of the separator characters is found,
read to the end of the file.
ungetb, ungetc
Undoes the effect of the last getb or getc, so that
a subsequent read will reread the byte (ungetb), or
reread the byte(s) of a UTF-encoded character
(ungetc)
putb, putc, and puts
Each writes its argument, a byte, a character, or a
string, respectively. Text is encoded in UTF.
setfill Associates a BufioFill module instance f with Iobuf
b; discussed below.
flush Flush remaining data in the buffer, if necessary.
Meaningful only for files opened for writing; has
no effect on files opened for reading.
close Flush remaining data in the buffer, if necessary,
close the associated file, and discard buffers
associated with the file. After close, no further
method calls are allowed on the iobuf adt.
The BufioFill module interface can be ignored by most appli-
cations. It allows an Iobuf to be used to read data from an
arbitrary source. There is no `standard' implementation to
load. Instead, an application using this interface uses a
separate BufioFill module instance such as bufio-
chanfill(2), or provides one itself using sys-self(2). The
resulting module reference is associated, using setfill,
with an Iobuf previously obtained by sopen (the string
parameter limits the buffer space allocated). It is up to
the BufioFill module's implementation how its fill function
replenishes the buffer; it should return the number of bytes
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now in the buffer, or Bufio->EOF.
SOURCE
/appl/lib/bufio.b
SEE ALSO
bufio-chanfill(2), intro(2), sys-open(2), sys-read(2), sys-
seek(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Calls that return a ref type (eg. open, fopen, gets, and
gett) return nil when encountering end of file or errors.
When an error occurs, the error string, printable with the
%r format, will usually be set as a consequence of an error
in the underlying Sys module. The other calls return EOF
upon encountering end of file, and ERROR when encountering
other errors.
BUGS
Bufio maintains a shared internal list that is updated by
each open, fopen, create and close; they may not be used by
two threads concurrently, nor may a given Iobuf instance be
accessed concurrently.
An Iobuf instance must be manipulated by the same module
instance that created it.
The BufioFill interface is subject to change.
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