Struct zbox::File
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pub struct File { /* fields omitted */ }
A reference to an open file in the repository.
An instance of a File
can be read and/or written depending on what options
it was opened with. Files also implement Seek
to alter the logical cursor
that the file contains internally.
Files are automatically closed when they go out of scope.
As Zbox internally cached file content, it is no need to use buffered
reader, such as BufReader<R>
.
Examples
Create a new file and write bytes to it:
use std::io::prelude::*; let mut file = repo.create_file("/foo.txt")?; file.write_all(b"Hello, world!")?; file.finish()?;
Read the content of a file into a String
:
use std::io::prelude::*; let mut file = repo.open_file("/foo.txt")?; let mut content = String::new(); file.read_to_string(&mut content)?; assert_eq!(content, "Hello, world!");
Versioning
File
contents support up to 255 revision versions. Version
is
immutable once it is created.
By default, the maximum number of versions of a File
is 10
, which is
configurable by version_limit
. After reaching this limit, the oldest
Version
will be automatically deleted after adding a new one.
Version number starts from 1
and continuously increases by 1.
Writing
The file content is cached internally for deduplication and will be handled
automatically, thus calling flush
is not recommendated.
File
is multi-versioned, each time updating the content will create a new
permanent Version
. There are two ways of writing data:
Multi-part Write
This is done by updating
File
usingWrite
trait. After all writing operations,finish
must be called to create a new version.Examples
use std::io::prelude::*; let mut file = OpenOptions::new().create(true).open(&mut repo, "/foo.txt")?; file.write_all(b"foo ")?; file.write_all(b"bar")?; file.finish()?; let mut content = String::new(); file.read_to_string(&mut content)?; assert_eq!(content, "foo bar");
Single-part Write
This can be done by calling
write_once
, which will callfinish
internally to create a new version.Examples
use std::io::Read; let mut file = OpenOptions::new().create(true).open(&mut repo, "/foo.txt")?; file.write_once(b"foo bar")?; let mut content = String::new(); file.read_to_string(&mut content)?; assert_eq!(content, "foo bar");
Reading
As File
contains multiple versions, Read
operation must be
associated with a version. By default, the latest version is binded for
reading. To read a specific version, a VersionReader
, which supports
Read
trait, can be used.
File
internally maintain a reader, which will be opened for current
version when it is used at first time. Once the reader is opened,
subsequent write operations have no effect on it. So be carefull when
doing both reading and writing at the same time.
Examples
Read multiple versions using VersionReader
.
use std::io::prelude::*; let mut file = OpenOptions::new().create(true).open(&mut repo, "/foo.txt")?; file.write_once(b"foo")?; file.write_once(b"bar")?; // get latest version number let curr_ver = file.curr_version(); let mut rdr = file.version_reader(curr_ver)?; let mut content = String::new(); rdr.read_to_string(&mut content)?; assert_eq!(content, "bar"); let mut rdr = file.version_reader(curr_ver - 1)?; let mut content = String::new(); rdr.read_to_string(&mut content)?; assert_eq!(content, "foo");
Read the file content while it is in writing, notice that the read is not affected by the following write.
use std::io::prelude::*; let mut file = OpenOptions::new().create(true).open(&mut repo, "/foo.txt")?; file.write_once(&[1, 2, 3, 4])?; let mut buf = [0; 2]; file.read_exact(&mut buf)?; assert_eq!(&buf[..], &[1, 2]); // create a new version file.write_once(&[5, 6, 7])?; // notice this read still continues on previous version file.read_exact(&mut buf)?; assert_eq!(&buf[..], &[3, 4]);
Methods
impl File
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fn metadata(&self) -> Metadata
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Queries metadata about the underlying file.
fn history(&self) -> Vec<Version>
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Returns a list of all the file content versions.
fn curr_version(&self) -> usize
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Returns the current content version number.
fn version_reader(&self, ver_num: usize) -> Result<VersionReader>
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Return reader of specified version.
The returned reader implements Read
trait. To get the version
number, firstly call history
to get the list of all versions and
then choose the version number from it.
fn finish(&mut self) -> Result<()>
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Complete multi-part write to create a new version.
Errors
Calling this function without writing data before will return
Error::NotWrite
error.
fn write_once(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()>
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Single-part write to create a new version.
This function provides a convenient way of combining Write
and
finish
.
fn set_len(&mut self, len: usize) -> Result<()>
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Truncates or extends the underlying file, create a new version of
content which size to become size
.
If the size is less than the current content size, then the new
content will be shrunk. If it is greater than the current content size,
then the content will be extended to size
and have all of the
intermediate data filled in with 0s.
Errors
This function will return an error if the file is not opened for writing or not finished writing.
Trait Implementations
impl Read for File
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fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize>
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Pull some bytes from this source into the specified buffer, returning how many bytes were read. Read more
unsafe fn initializer(&self) -> Initializer
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read_initializer
)Determines if this Read
er can work with buffers of uninitialized memory. Read more
fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize, Error>
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Read all bytes until EOF in this source, placing them into buf
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fn read_to_string(&mut self, buf: &mut String) -> Result<usize, Error>
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Read all bytes until EOF in this source, placing them into buf
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fn read_exact(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error>
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Read the exact number of bytes required to fill buf
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fn by_ref(&mut self) -> &mut Self
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Creates a "by reference" adaptor for this instance of Read
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fn bytes(self) -> Bytes<Self>
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Transforms this Read
instance to an [Iterator
] over its bytes. Read more
fn chars(self) -> Chars<Self>
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🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (io
)
the semantics of a partial read/write of where errors happen is currently unclear and may change
Transforms this Read
instance to an [Iterator
] over [char
]s. Read more
fn chain<R>(self, next: R) -> Chain<Self, R> where
R: Read,
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R: Read,
Creates an adaptor which will chain this stream with another. Read more
fn take(self, limit: u64) -> Take<Self>
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Creates an adaptor which will read at most limit
bytes from it. Read more
impl Write for File
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fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize>
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Write a buffer into this object, returning how many bytes were written. Read more
fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()>
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Flush this output stream, ensuring that all intermediately buffered contents reach their destination. Read more
fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error>
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Attempts to write an entire buffer into this write. Read more
fn write_fmt(&mut self, fmt: Arguments) -> Result<(), Error>
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Writes a formatted string into this writer, returning any error encountered. Read more
fn by_ref(&mut self) -> &mut Self
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Creates a "by reference" adaptor for this instance of Write
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impl Seek for File
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fn seek(&mut self, pos: SeekFrom) -> Result<u64>
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Seek to an offset, in bytes, in a stream. Read more