/*
* Copyright (c) 2008 - 2010
* Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
*
* All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of ObjFW. It may be distributed under the terms of the
* Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE included in
* the packaging of this file.
*/
#import "OFObject.h"
@class OFString;
/**
* \brief A base class for different types of streams.
*/
@interface OFStream: OFObject
{
char *cache;
size_t cache_len;
}
/**
* Returns a boolean whether the end of the stream has been reached.
*
* IMPORTANT: Do *NOT* override this in subclasses! Override
* atEndOfStreamWithoutCache instead, as otherwise, you *WILL* break caching and
* thus get broken results!
*
* \return A boolean whether the end of the stream has been reached
*/
- (BOOL)atEndOfStream;
/**
* Returns a boolean whether the end of the stream has been reached without
* looking at the cache.
*
* IMPORTANT: Do *NOT* use this! Use atEndOfCache instead, as this is *ONLY*
* for being overriden in subclasses!
*
* \return A boolean whether the end of the stream has been reached
*/
- (BOOL)atEndOfStreamWithoutCache;
/**
* Reads from the stream into a buffer.
*
* IMPORTANT: Do *NOT* override this in subclasses! Override
* readNBytesWithoutCache:intoBuffer: instead, as otherwise, you *WILL* break
* caching and thus get broken results!
*
* \param buf The buffer into which the data is read
* \param size The size of the data that should be read.
* The buffer MUST be at least size big!
* \return The number of bytes read
*/
- (size_t)readNBytes: (size_t)size
intoBuffer: (char*)buf;
/**
* Reads from the stream into a buffer without looking at the cache.
*
* IMPORTANT: Do *NOT* use this! Use readNBytes:intoBuffer: instead, as this is
* *ONLY* for being overriden in subclasses!
*
* \param buf The buffer into which the data is read
* \param size The size of the data that should be read.
* The buffer MUST be at least size big!
* \return The number of bytes read
*/
- (size_t)readNBytesWithoutCache: (size_t)size
intoBuffer: (char*)buf;
/**
* Read until a newline, \\0 or end of stream occurs.
*
* \return The line that was read, autoreleased, or nil if the end of the
* stream has been reached.
*/
- (OFString*)readLine;
/**
* Read with the specified encoding until a newline, \\0 or end of stream
* occurs.
*
* \param encoding The encoding used by the stream
* \return The line that was read, autoreleased, or nil if the end of the
* stream has been reached.
*/
- (OFString*)readLineWithEncoding: (enum of_string_encoding)encoding;
/**
* Read until the specified string or \\0 is found or the end of stream occurs.
*
* \param delimiter The delimiter
* \return The line that was read, autoreleased, or nil if the end of the
* stream has been reached.
*/
- (OFString*)readTillDelimiter: (OFString*)delimiter;
/**
* Read until the specified string or \\0 is found or the end of stream occurs.
*
* \param delimiter The delimiter
* \param encoding The encoding used by the stream
* \return The line that was read, autoreleased, or nil if the end of the
* stream has been reached.
*/
- (OFString*)readTillDelimiter: (OFString*)delimiter
withEncoding: (enum of_string_encoding)encoding;
/**
* Writes from a buffer into the stream.
*
* \param buf The buffer from which the data is written to the stream
* \param size The size of the data that should be written
* \return The number of bytes written
*/
- (size_t)writeNBytes: (size_t)size
fromBuffer: (const char*)buf;
/**
* Writes a string into the stream, without the trailing zero.
*
* \param str The string from which the data is written to the stream
* \return The number of bytes written
*/
- (size_t)writeString: (OFString*)str;
/**
* Closes the stream.
*/
- close;
@end