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IO::Sized

Inherits IO / Reference / Object

An IO that wraps another IO, setting a limit for the number of bytes that can be read.

io = IO::Memory.new "abcde"
sized = IO::Sized.new(io, read_size: 3)

sized.gets_to_end # => "abc"
sized.gets_to_end # => ""
io.gets_to_end    # => "de"

Constructors

new(io : IO, read_size : Int, sync_close : Bool = false)

Creates a new IO::Sized which wraps io, and can read a maximum of read_size bytes. If sync_close is set, calling #close calls #close on the underlying IO.

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Instance methods

close

Closes this IO.

IO defines this is a no-op method, but including types may override.

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closed?

Returns true if this IO is closed.

IO defines returns false, but including types may override.

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peek

Peeks into this IO, if possible.

It returns:

  • nil if this IO isn't peekable at this moment or at all
  • an empty slice if it is, but EOF was reached
  • a non-empty slice if some data can be peeked

The returned bytes are only valid data until a next call to any method that reads from this IO is invoked.

By default this method returns nil, but IO implementations that provide buffering or wrap other IOs should override this method.

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read(slice : Bytes) : Int32

Reads at most slice.size bytes from this IO into slice. Returns the number of bytes read, which is 0 if and only if there is no more data to read (so checking for 0 is the way to detect end of file).

io = IO::Memory.new "hello"
slice = Bytes.new(4)
io.read(slice) # => 4
slice          # => Bytes[104, 101, 108, 108]
io.read(slice) # => 1
slice          # => Bytes[111, 101, 108, 108]
io.read(slice) # => 0
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read_byte

Reads a single byte from this IO. Returns nil if there is no more data to read.

io = IO::Memory.new "a"
io.read_byte # => 97
io.read_byte # => nil
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read_remaining

The number of remaining bytes to be read.

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read_remaining=(read_remaining : UInt64)

The number of remaining bytes to be read.

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skip(bytes_count) : Nil
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sync_close=(sync_close : Bool)

If #sync_close? is true, closing this IO will close the underlying IO.

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sync_close?

If #sync_close? is true, closing this IO will close the underlying IO.

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write(slice : Bytes) : NoReturn

Writes the contents of slice into this IO.

io = IO::Memory.new
slice = Bytes.new(4) { |i| ('a'.ord + i).to_u8 }
io.write(slice)
io.to_s # => "abcd"
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