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Seekable

trait Seekable extends Input with Output

An object for reading and writing to Random Access IO objects such as Files.

In addition to the methods contributed by Input and Output patch, insert and append are provided as more random access style operations.

Note: The methods in Output are always fully destructive. IE write will replace all data in the file, insert, patch or append are your friends if that is not the behaviour you want.

An object for reading and writing to Random Access IO objects such as Files.

In addition to the methods contributed by Input and Output patch, insert and append are provided as more random access style operations.

Note: The methods in Output are always fully destructive. IE write will replace all data in the file, insert, patch or append are your friends if that is not the behaviour you want.

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linear super types: Output, Input, AnyRef, Any
known subclasses: SeekableResource, SeekableByteChannelResource
    since
  1. 1.0

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  1. def != ( arg0 : AnyRef ) : Boolean

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  2. def != ( arg0 : Any ) : Boolean

    o != arg0 is the same as !(o == (arg0)).

    o != arg0 is the same as !(o == (arg0)).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for dis-equality.

    returns

    false if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; true otherwise.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: Any
  3. def ## () : Int

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef → Any
  4. def $asInstanceOf [T0] () : T0

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  5. def $isInstanceOf [T0] () : Boolean

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  6. def == ( arg0 : AnyRef ) : Boolean

    o == arg0 is the same as if (o eq null) arg0 eq null else o.equals(arg0).

    o == arg0 is the same as if (o eq null) arg0 eq null else o.equals(arg0).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for equality.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  7. def == ( arg0 : Any ) : Boolean

    o == arg0 is the same as o.equals(arg0).

    o == arg0 is the same as o.equals(arg0).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for equality.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: Any
  8. def append ( string : String )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Append a string to the end of the Seekable object.

    Append a string to the end of the Seekable object.

    string

    the data to write

    codec

    the codec of the string to be written. The string will be converted to the encoding of codec

  9. def append [T] ( data : T )(implicit converter : OutputConverter[T] ) : Unit

    Append bytes to the end of a file

    Append bytes to the end of a file

    Important: The use of an Array is highly recommended because normally arrays can be more efficiently written using the underlying APIs

    data

    The data to write. This can be any type that has a OutputConverter associated with it. There are predefined $outputConverters for several types. See the OutputConverter object for the predefined types and for objects to simplify implementing custom OutputConverter

    $converterParam

  10. def appendIntsAsBytes ( data : Int* ) : Unit

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes.

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes. In other words just taking the first byte. This is pretty common in Java.io style IO. IE

     outputStream.write(1) 
    

    1 is written as a single byte.

  11. def appendStrings ( strings : Traversable[String] , separator : String = "" )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Append several strings to the end of the Seekable object.

    Append several strings to the end of the Seekable object.

    strings

    The strings to write

    separator

    A string to add between each string. It is not added to the before the first string or after the last.

    codec

    The codec of the strings to be written. The strings will be converted to the encoding of codec

  12. def asInstanceOf [T0] : T0

    This method is used to cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

    This method is used to cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

    Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.asInstanceOf[String] will throw a ClassCastException at runtime, while the expression List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]] will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested typed.

    returns

    the receiver object.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: Any
  13. def byteArray : Array[Byte]

    This method aspires to be the fastest way to read a stream of known length into memory.

    This method aspires to be the fastest way to read a stream of known length into memory.

    definition classes: Input
  14. def bytes : ResourceView[Byte]

    Obtains a Traversable for conveniently processing the resource as bytes.

    Obtains a Traversable for conveniently processing the resource as bytes.

    returns

    an non-strict traversable over all the bytes

    definition classes: Input
  15. def bytesAsInts : ResourceView[Int]

    Obtains a Traversable for conveniently processing the file as Ints.

    Obtains a Traversable for conveniently processing the file as Ints.

    returns

    an non-strict traversable over all the bytes with the bytes being represented as Ints

    definition classes: SeekableInput
  16. def channel ( openOptions : OpenOption* ) : OutputResource[SeekableByteChannel] with InputResource[SeekableByteChannel]

    The underlying channel to write to.

    The underlying channel to write to. The open options indicate the preferred way to interact with the underlying channel.

    attributes: protected abstract
  17. def chars (implicit codec : Codec ) : ResourceView[Char]

    The characters in the object.

    The characters in the object.$

    If the codec is not the same as the source codec (the codec of the underlying data) then the characters will converted to the desired codec.

    codec

    The codec representing the desired encoding of the characters @return an traversable of all the characters

    definition classes: SeekableInput
  18. def clone () : AnyRef

    This method creates and returns a copy of the receiver object.

    This method creates and returns a copy of the receiver object.

    The default implementation of the clone method is platform dependent.

    returns

    a copy of the receiver object.

    attributes: protected[lang]
    definition classes: AnyRef
    annotations: @throws()
  19. def copyData ( output : Output ) : Unit

    Copy all data from this Input object to the Output object as efficiently as possible.

    Copy all data from this Input object to the Output object as efficiently as possible.

    output

    output sink to copy the data to

    definition classes: Input
  20. def eq ( arg0 : AnyRef ) : Boolean

    This method is used to test whether the argument (arg0) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

    This method is used to test whether the argument (arg0) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

    The eq method implements an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalence_relation equivalence relation] on non-null instances of AnyRef: * It is reflexive: for any non-null instance x of type AnyRef, x.eq(x) returns true. * It is symmetric: for any non-null instances x and y of type AnyRef, x.eq(y) returns true if and only if y.eq(x) returns true. * It is transitive: for any non-null instances x, y, and z of type AnyRef if x.eq(y) returns true and y.eq(z) returns true, then x.eq(z) returns true.

    Additionally, the eq method has three other properties. * It is consistent: for any non-null instances x and y of type AnyRef, multiple invocations of x.eq(y) consistently returns true or consistently returns false. * For any non-null instance x of type AnyRef, x.eq(null) and null.eq(x) returns false. * null.eq(null) returns true.

    When overriding the equals or hashCode methods, it is important to ensure that their behavior is consistent with reference equality. Therefore, if two objects are references to each other (o1 eq o2), they should be equal to each other (o1 == o2) and they should hash to the same value (o1.hashCode == o2.hashCode).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for reference equality.

    returns

    true if the argument is a reference to the receiver object; false otherwise.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  21. def equals ( arg0 : Any ) : Boolean

    This method is used to compare the receiver object (this) with the argument object (arg0) for equivalence.

    This method is used to compare the receiver object (this) with the argument object (arg0) for equivalence.

    The default implementations of this method is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalence_relation equivalence relation]: * It is reflexive: for any instance x of type Any, x.equals(x) should return true. * It is symmetric: for any instances x and y of type Any, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true. * It is transitive: for any instances x, y, and z of type AnyRef if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.

    If you override this method, you should verify that your implementation remains an equivalence relation. Additionally, when overriding this method it is often necessary to override hashCode to ensure that objects that are "equal" (o1.equals(o2) returns true) hash to the same scala.Int (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for equality.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

    definition classes: AnyRef → Any
  22. def finalize () : Unit

    This method is called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

    This method is called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

    The details of when and if the finalize method are invoked, as well as the interaction between finalize and non-local returns and exceptions, are all platform dependent.

    attributes: protected[lang]
    definition classes: AnyRef
    annotations: @throws()
  23. def getClass () : java.lang.Class[_]

    Returns a representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    Returns a representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    The nature of the representation is platform dependent.

    returns

    a representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  24. def hashCode () : Int

    Returns a hash code value for the object.

    Returns a hash code value for the object.

    The default hashing algorithm is platform dependent.

    Note that it is allowed for two objects to have identical hash codes (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)) yet not be equal (o1.equals(o2) returns false). A degenerate implementation could always return 0. However, it is required that if two objects are equal (o1.equals(o2) returns true) that they have identical hash codes (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)). Therefore, when overriding this method, be sure to verify that the behavior is consistent with the equals method.

    returns

    the hash code value for the object.

    definition classes: AnyRef → Any
  25. def insert [T] ( position : Long , data : T )(implicit converter : OutputConverter[T] ) : Unit

    Inserts data at a position in the Seekable.

    Inserts data at a position in the Seekable. The actual position in the Seekable where the data is inserted depends on the type of data being written. For example if Longs are being written then position calculated as position * 8

    Important: The use of an Array is highly recommended because normally arrays can be more efficiently written using the underlying APIs

    position

    The position where the data is inserted into the Seekable. The actual position in the Seekable where the data is inserted depends on the type of data being written. For example if Longs are being written then position calculated as position * 8

    data

    The data to write. This can be any type that has a OutputConverter associated with it. There are predefined $outputConverters for several types. See the OutputConverter object for the predefined types and for objects to simplify implementing custom OutputConverter

    $converterParam

  26. def insert ( position : Long , string : String )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Inserts a string at a position in the Seekable.

    Inserts a string at a position in the Seekable. This is a potentially inefficient because of the need to count characters. If the codec is not a fixed sized codec (for example UTF8) each character must be converted in the file up to the point of insertion.

    position

    The position in the file to perform the insert. A position of 2 will insert the character after the second character (not byte).

    string

    The string that will be inserted into the Seekable

    codec

    The codec to use for determining the location for inserting the string and for encoding the string as bytes

  27. def insertIntsAsBytes ( position : Long , data : Int* ) : Unit

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes.

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes. In other words just taking the first byte. This is pretty common in Java.io style IO. IE

     outputStream.write(1) 
    

    1 is written as a single byte.

  28. def isInstanceOf [T0] : Boolean

    This method is used to test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

    This method is used to test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

    Note that the test result of the test is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.isInstanceOf[String] will return false, while the expression List(1).isInstanceOf[List[String]] will return true. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested typed.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is an instance of erasure of type T0; false otherwise.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: Any
  29. def lines ( terminator : Terminator = new Terminators.Auto() , includeTerminator : Boolean = false )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : ResourceView[String]

    Obtain an non-strict traversable for iterating through the lines in the object

    Obtain an non-strict traversable for iterating through the lines in the object

    If the codec is not the same as the source codec (the codec of the underlying data) then the characters will converted to the desired codec.

    terminator

    The strategy for determining the end of line Default is to auto-detect the EOL

    includeTerminator

    if true then the line will end with the line terminator Default is false

    @return a non-strict traversable for iterating through all the lines

    codec

    The codec representing the desired encoding of the characters

    definition classes: Input
  30. def ne ( arg0 : AnyRef ) : Boolean

    o.ne(arg0) is the same as !(o.eq(arg0)).

    o.ne(arg0) is the same as !(o.eq(arg0)).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for reference dis-equality.

    returns

    false if the argument is not a reference to the receiver object; true otherwise.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  31. def notify () : Unit

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  32. def notifyAll () : Unit

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  33. def patch [T] ( position : Long , data : T , overwrite : Overwrite )(implicit converter : OutputConverter[T] ) : Unit

    Update a portion of the file content at the declared location.

    Update a portion of the file content at the declared location. This is the most flexible of the random access methods but is also (probably) the trickiest to fully understand. That said it behaves (almost) identical to a scala.collection.Seq.patch method, so if you understand that you should not have difficulty understanding this method.

    Important: The use of an Array is highly recommended because normally arrays can be more efficiently written using the underlying APIs

    To append data the position must >= size

    If the position is within the file but the position + bytes.length is beyond the end of the file the file will be enlarged so that the entire string can fit in the file

    The write begins at the position indicated. So if position = 0 then the write will begin at the first byte of the file.

    position

    The start position of the update starting at 0. The position must be within the file or == size (for appending)

    data

    The data to write. This can be any type that has a OutputConverter associated with it. There are predefined $outputConverters for several types. See the OutputConverter object for the predefined types and for objects to simplify implementing custom OutputConverter

    overwrite

    The strategy that dictates how many characters/bytes/units are overwritten $converterParam

  34. def patch ( position : Long , string : String , overwrite : Overwrite )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Update a portion of the file content at the declared location.

    Update a portion of the file content at the declared location. This is the most flexible of the random access methods but is also (probably) the trickiest to fully understand. That said it behaves (almost) identical to a scala.collection.Seq.patch method, so if you understand that you should not have difficulty understanding this method.

    If the position is beyond the end of the file a BufferUnderflow Exception will be thrown

    If the position is within the file but the position + string.getBytes(codec).length is beyond the end of the file the file will be enlarged so that the entire string can fit in the file

    The write begins at the position indicated. So if position = 0 then the write will begin at the first byte of the file.

    position

    The start position of the update starting at 0. The position is the position'th character in the file using the codec for decoding the file The position must be within the file.

    string

    The string to write to the file starting at position.

    overwrite

    The strategy that dictates how many characters/bytes/units are overwritten

    codec

    The codec to use for decoding the underlying data into characters

  35. def patchIntsAsBytes ( position : Long , overwrite : Overwrite , data : Int* ) : Unit

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes.

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes. In other words just taking the first byte. This is pretty common in Java.io style IO. IE

     outputStream.write(1) 
    

    1 is written as a single byte.

  36. def size : Option[Long]

    The number of bytes that can be read from the underlying resource.

    The number of bytes that can be read from the underlying resource.

    if length == None then it is not possible to determine the number of bytes in advance.

    attributes: abstract
    definition classes: Input
  37. def slurpString (implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : String

    Loads all the characters into memory.

    Loads all the characters into memory. There is no protection against loading very large files/amounts of data.

    If the codec is not the same as the source codec (the codec of the underlying data) then the characters will converted to the desired codec.

    codec

    The codec representing the desired encoding of the characters

    definition classes: Input
  38. def synchronized [T0] ( arg0 : ⇒ T0 ) : T0

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
  39. def tempFile () : Input with Output

    Create a temporary file to use for performing certain operations.

    Create a temporary file to use for performing certain operations. It should be as efficient as possible to copy from the temporary file to this Seekable and vice-versa. Can be overridden for performance

    attributes: protected
  40. def toString () : String

    Returns a string representation of the object.

    Returns a string representation of the object.

    The default representation is platform dependent.

    returns

    a string representation of the object.

    definition classes: AnyRef → Any
  41. def truncate ( position : Long ) : Unit

    Truncate/Chop the Seekable to the number of bytes declared by the position param

    Truncate/Chop the Seekable to the number of bytes declared by the position param

  42. def truncateString ( position : Long )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Truncate/Chop the Seekable to the number of bytes declared by the position param.

    Truncate/Chop the Seekable to the number of bytes declared by the position param. In this method each position is one character instead of bytes.

  43. def underlyingOutput : OutputResource[OutputStream]

    attributes: protected
    definition classes: SeekableOutput
  44. def wait () : Unit

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
    annotations: @throws()
  45. def wait ( arg0 : Long , arg1 : Int ) : Unit

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
    annotations: @throws()
  46. def wait ( arg0 : Long ) : Unit

    attributes: final
    definition classes: AnyRef
    annotations: @throws()
  47. def write ( string : String )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Writes a string.

    Writes a string.

    string

    the data to write

    codec

    the codec of the string to be written. The string will be converted to the encoding of sourceCodec Default is sourceCodec

    definition classes: Output
  48. def write [T] ( data : T )(implicit writer : OutputConverter[T] ) : Unit

    Write data to the underlying object.

    Write data to the underlying object. In the case of writing ints and bytes it is often recommended to write arrays of data since normally the underlying object can write arrays of bytes or integers most efficiently.

    Since Characters require a codec to write to an OutputStream characters cannot be written with this method unless a OutputWriterFunction.CharFunction object is provided as the writer.

    data

    The data to write to underlying object. Any data that has a resolvable OutputConverter can be written. See the OutputConverter object for the defined OutputConverter implementations and classes to assist implementing more.

    writer

    The strategy used to write the data to the underlying object. Many standard data-types are implicitly resolved and do not need to be supplied

    definition classes: Output
      see also:
    1. #writeChars for more on writing characters

  49. def writeChars ( characters : TraversableOnce[Char] )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    definition classes: Output
  50. def writeIntsAsBytes ( data : Int* ) : Unit

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes.

    Since the OutputConverter object defined for writing Ints encodes Ints using 4 bytes this method is provided to simply write an array of Ints as if they are Bytes. In other words just taking the first byte. This is pretty common in Java.io style IO. IE

     outputStream.write(1) 
    

    1 is written as a single byte.

    definition classes: Output
  51. def writeStrings ( strings : Traversable[String] , separator : String = "" )(implicit codec : Codec = Codec.default ) : Unit

    Write several strings.

    Write several strings.

    strings

    The data to write

    separator

    A string to add between each string. It is not added to the before the first string or after the last.

    codec

    The codec of the strings to be written. The strings will be converted to the encoding of sourceCodec

    definition classes: Output

Inherited from Output

Inherited from Input

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