Copyright	(c) The University of Glasgow 2008
License	see libraries/base/LICENSE
Maintainer	cvs-ghc@haskell.org
Stability	internal
Portability	non-portable (GHC Extensions)
Safe Haskell	Trustworthy
Language	Haskell2010

GHC.IO.BufferedIO

Description

Class of buffered IO devices

Synopsis

class BufferedIO dev where
- newBuffer :: dev -> BufferState -> IO (Buffer Word8)
- fillReadBuffer :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Int, Buffer Word8)
- fillReadBuffer0 :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Maybe Int, Buffer Word8)
- emptyWriteBuffer :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Buffer Word8)
- flushWriteBuffer :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Buffer Word8)
- flushWriteBuffer0 :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Int, Buffer Word8)
readBuf :: RawIO dev => dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Int, Buffer Word8)
readBufNonBlocking :: RawIO dev => dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Maybe Int, Buffer Word8)
writeBuf :: RawIO dev => dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Buffer Word8)
writeBufNonBlocking :: RawIO dev => dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Int, Buffer Word8)

Documentation

class BufferedIO dev where Source #

The purpose of BufferedIO is to provide a common interface for I/O devices that can read and write data through a buffer. Devices that implement BufferedIO include ordinary files, memory-mapped files, and bytestrings. The underlying device implementing a Handle must provide BufferedIO.

Minimal complete definition

newBuffer, fillReadBuffer, fillReadBuffer0, flushWriteBuffer, flushWriteBuffer0

Methods

newBuffer :: dev -> BufferState -> IO (Buffer Word8) Source #

allocate a new buffer. The size of the buffer is at the discretion of the device; e.g. for a memory-mapped file the buffer will probably cover the entire file.

fillReadBuffer :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Int, Buffer Word8) Source #

reads bytes into the buffer, blocking if there are no bytes available. Returns the number of bytes read (zero indicates end-of-file), and the new buffer.

fillReadBuffer0 :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Maybe Int, Buffer Word8) Source #

reads bytes into the buffer without blocking. Returns the number of bytes read (Nothing indicates end-of-file), and the new buffer.

emptyWriteBuffer :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Buffer Word8) Source #

Prepares an empty write buffer. This lets the device decide how to set up a write buffer: the buffer may need to point to a specific location in memory, for example. This is typically used by the client when switching from reading to writing on a buffered read/write device.

There is no corresponding operation for read buffers, because before reading the client will always call fillReadBuffer.

flushWriteBuffer :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Buffer Word8) Source #

Flush all the data from the supplied write buffer out to the device. The returned buffer should be empty, and ready for writing.

flushWriteBuffer0 :: dev -> Buffer Word8 -> IO (Int, Buffer Word8) Source #

Flush data from the supplied write buffer out to the device without blocking. Returns the number of bytes written and the remaining buffer.