/*
* Copyright (c) 2008
* Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
*
* All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of libobjfw. 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 <stdio.h>
#import <sys/types.h>
#import "OFObject.h"
#import "OFStream.h"
/**
* The OFFile class provides functions to read, write and manipulate files.
*/
@interface OFFile: OFObject <OFStream>
{
FILE *fp;
}
/**
* \param path The path to the file to open as a C string
* \param mode The mode in which the file should be opened as a C string
* \return A new OFFile
*/
+ newWithPath: (const char*)path
andMode: (const char*)mode;
/**
* Changes the mode of a file.
*
* \param path The path to the file of which the mode should be changed as a
* C string
* \param mode The new mode for the file
* \return A boolean whether the operation succeeded
*/
+ (BOOL)changeModeOfFile: (const char*)path
toMode: (mode_t)mode;
/**
* Changes the owner of a file.
*
* \param path The path to the file of which the owner should be changed as a
* C string
* \param owner The new owner for the file
* \param group The new group for the file
* \return A boolean whether the operation succeeded
*/
+ (BOOL)changeOwnerOfFile: (const char*)path
toOwner: (uid_t)owner
andGroup: (gid_t)group;
/**
* Deletes a file.
*
* \param path The path to the file of which should be deleted as a C string
* \return A boolean whether the operation succeeded
*/
+ (BOOL)delete: (const char*)path;
/**
* Hardlinks a file.
*
* \param src The path to the file of which should be linked as a C string
* \param dest The path to where the file should be linked as a C string
* \return A boolean whether the operation succeeded
*/
+ (BOOL)link: (const char*)src
to: (const char*)dest;
/**
* Symlinks a file.
*
* \param src The path to the file of which should be symlinked as a C string
* \param dest The path to where the file should be symlinked as a C string
* \return A boolean whether the operation succeeded
*/
+ (BOOL)symlink: (const char*)src
to: (const char*)dest;
/**
* Initializes an already allocated OFFile.
*
* \param path The path to the file to open as a C string
* \param mode The mode in which the file should be opened as a C string
* \return An initialized OFFile
*/
- initWithPath: (const char*)path
andMode: (const char*)mode;
- free;
/**
* \return A boolean whether the end of the file has been reached
*/
- (BOOL)atEndOfFile;
/**
* Reads from the file into a buffer.
*
* \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 * nitems big!
* \param nitems nitem The number of items to read
* The buffer MUST be at least size * nitems big!
* \return The number of bytes read
*/
- (size_t)readNItems: (size_t)nitems
ofSize: (size_t)size
intoBuffer: (uint8_t*)buf;
/**
* Reads from the file into a new buffer.
*
* \param size The size of the data that should be read
* \param nitem The number of items to read
* \return A new buffer with the data read.
* It is part of the memory pool of the OFFile.
*/
- (uint8_t*)readNItems: (size_t)nitems
ofSize: (size_t)size;
/**
* Writes from a buffer into the file.
*
* \param buf The buffer from which the data is written to the file
* \param size The size of the data that should be written
* \param nitem The number of items to write
* \return The number of bytes written
*/
- (size_t)writeNItems: (size_t)nitems
ofSize: (size_t)size
fromBuffer: (const uint8_t*)buf;
@end