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Source file src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go

     1	// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
     2	// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3	// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4	
     5	package bytes
     6	
     7	// Simple byte buffer for marshaling data.
     8	
     9	import (
    10		"io"
    11		"os"
    12		"utf8"
    13	)
    14	
    15	// A Buffer is a variable-sized buffer of bytes with Read and Write methods.
    16	// The zero value for Buffer is an empty buffer ready to use.
    17	type Buffer struct {
    18		buf       []byte            // contents are the bytes buf[off : len(buf)]
    19		off       int               // read at &buf[off], write at &buf[len(buf)]
    20		runeBytes [utf8.UTFMax]byte // avoid allocation of slice on each WriteByte or Rune
    21		bootstrap [64]byte          // memory to hold first slice; helps small buffers (Printf) avoid allocation.
    22		lastRead  readOp            // last read operation, so that Unread* can work correctly.
    23	}
    24	
    25	// The readOp constants describe the last action performed on
    26	// the buffer, so that UnreadRune and UnreadByte can
    27	// check for invalid usage.
    28	type readOp int
    29	
    30	const (
    31		opInvalid  readOp = iota // Non-read operation.
    32		opReadRune               // Read rune.
    33		opRead                   // Any other read operation.
    34	)
    35	
    36	// Bytes returns a slice of the contents of the unread portion of the buffer;
    37	// len(b.Bytes()) == b.Len().  If the caller changes the contents of the
    38	// returned slice, the contents of the buffer will change provided there
    39	// are no intervening method calls on the Buffer.
    40	func (b *Buffer) Bytes() []byte { return b.buf[b.off:] }
    41	
    42	// String returns the contents of the unread portion of the buffer
    43	// as a string.  If the Buffer is a nil pointer, it returns "<nil>".
    44	func (b *Buffer) String() string {
    45		if b == nil {
    46			// Special case, useful in debugging.
    47			return "<nil>"
    48		}
    49		return string(b.buf[b.off:])
    50	}
    51	
    52	// Len returns the number of bytes of the unread portion of the buffer;
    53	// b.Len() == len(b.Bytes()).
    54	func (b *Buffer) Len() int { return len(b.buf) - b.off }
    55	
    56	// Truncate discards all but the first n unread bytes from the buffer.
    57	// It is an error to call b.Truncate(n) with n > b.Len().
    58	func (b *Buffer) Truncate(n int) {
    59		b.lastRead = opInvalid
    60		if n == 0 {
    61			// Reuse buffer space.
    62			b.off = 0
    63		}
    64		b.buf = b.buf[0 : b.off+n]
    65	}
    66	
    67	// Reset resets the buffer so it has no content.
    68	// b.Reset() is the same as b.Truncate(0).
    69	func (b *Buffer) Reset() { b.Truncate(0) }
    70	
    71	// Grow buffer to guarantee space for n more bytes.
    72	// Return index where bytes should be written.
    73	func (b *Buffer) grow(n int) int {
    74		m := b.Len()
    75		// If buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
    76		if m == 0 && b.off != 0 {
    77			b.Truncate(0)
    78		}
    79		if len(b.buf)+n > cap(b.buf) {
    80			var buf []byte
    81			if b.buf == nil && n <= len(b.bootstrap) {
    82				buf = b.bootstrap[0:]
    83			} else {
    84				// not enough space anywhere
    85				buf = make([]byte, 2*cap(b.buf)+n)
    86				copy(buf, b.buf[b.off:])
    87			}
    88			b.buf = buf
    89			b.off = 0
    90		}
    91		b.buf = b.buf[0 : b.off+m+n]
    92		return b.off + m
    93	}
    94	
    95	// Write appends the contents of p to the buffer.  The return
    96	// value n is the length of p; err is always nil.
    97	func (b *Buffer) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
    98		b.lastRead = opInvalid
    99		m := b.grow(len(p))
   100		copy(b.buf[m:], p)
   101		return len(p), nil
   102	}
   103	
   104	// WriteString appends the contents of s to the buffer.  The return
   105	// value n is the length of s; err is always nil.
   106	func (b *Buffer) WriteString(s string) (n int, err os.Error) {
   107		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   108		m := b.grow(len(s))
   109		return copy(b.buf[m:], s), nil
   110	}
   111	
   112	// MinRead is the minimum slice size passed to a Read call by
   113	// Buffer.ReadFrom.  As long as the Buffer has at least MinRead bytes beyond
   114	// what is required to hold the contents of r, ReadFrom will not grow the
   115	// underlying buffer.
   116	const MinRead = 512
   117	
   118	// ReadFrom reads data from r until EOF and appends it to the buffer.
   119	// The return value n is the number of bytes read.
   120	// Any error except os.EOF encountered during the read
   121	// is also returned.
   122	func (b *Buffer) ReadFrom(r io.Reader) (n int64, err os.Error) {
   123		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   124		// If buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
   125		if b.off >= len(b.buf) {
   126			b.Truncate(0)
   127		}
   128		for {
   129			if cap(b.buf)-len(b.buf) < MinRead {
   130				var newBuf []byte
   131				// can we get space without allocation?
   132				if b.off+cap(b.buf)-len(b.buf) >= MinRead {
   133					// reuse beginning of buffer
   134					newBuf = b.buf[0 : len(b.buf)-b.off]
   135				} else {
   136					// not enough space at end; put space on end
   137					newBuf = make([]byte, len(b.buf)-b.off, 2*(cap(b.buf)-b.off)+MinRead)
   138				}
   139				copy(newBuf, b.buf[b.off:])
   140				b.buf = newBuf
   141				b.off = 0
   142			}
   143			m, e := r.Read(b.buf[len(b.buf):cap(b.buf)])
   144			b.buf = b.buf[0 : len(b.buf)+m]
   145			n += int64(m)
   146			if e == os.EOF {
   147				break
   148			}
   149			if e != nil {
   150				return n, e
   151			}
   152		}
   153		return n, nil // err is EOF, so return nil explicitly
   154	}
   155	
   156	// WriteTo writes data to w until the buffer is drained or an error
   157	// occurs. The return value n is the number of bytes written; it always
   158	// fits into an int, but it is int64 to match the io.WriterTo interface.
   159	// Any error encountered during the write is also returned.
   160	func (b *Buffer) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (n int64, err os.Error) {
   161		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   162		if b.off < len(b.buf) {
   163			m, e := w.Write(b.buf[b.off:])
   164			b.off += m
   165			n = int64(m)
   166			if e != nil {
   167				return n, e
   168			}
   169			// otherwise all bytes were written, by definition of
   170			// Write method in io.Writer
   171		}
   172		// Buffer is now empty; reset.
   173		b.Truncate(0)
   174		return
   175	}
   176	
   177	// WriteByte appends the byte c to the buffer.
   178	// The returned error is always nil, but is included
   179	// to match bufio.Writer's WriteByte.
   180	func (b *Buffer) WriteByte(c byte) os.Error {
   181		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   182		m := b.grow(1)
   183		b.buf[m] = c
   184		return nil
   185	}
   186	
   187	// WriteRune appends the UTF-8 encoding of Unicode
   188	// code point r to the buffer, returning its length and
   189	// an error, which is always nil but is included
   190	// to match bufio.Writer's WriteRune.
   191	func (b *Buffer) WriteRune(r int) (n int, err os.Error) {
   192		if r < utf8.RuneSelf {
   193			b.WriteByte(byte(r))
   194			return 1, nil
   195		}
   196		n = utf8.EncodeRune(b.runeBytes[0:], r)
   197		b.Write(b.runeBytes[0:n])
   198		return n, nil
   199	}
   200	
   201	// Read reads the next len(p) bytes from the buffer or until the buffer
   202	// is drained.  The return value n is the number of bytes read.  If the
   203	// buffer has no data to return, err is os.EOF even if len(p) is zero;
   204	// otherwise it is nil.
   205	func (b *Buffer) Read(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
   206		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   207		if b.off >= len(b.buf) {
   208			// Buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
   209			b.Truncate(0)
   210			return 0, os.EOF
   211		}
   212		n = copy(p, b.buf[b.off:])
   213		b.off += n
   214		if n > 0 {
   215			b.lastRead = opRead
   216		}
   217		return
   218	}
   219	
   220	// Next returns a slice containing the next n bytes from the buffer,
   221	// advancing the buffer as if the bytes had been returned by Read.
   222	// If there are fewer than n bytes in the buffer, Next returns the entire buffer.
   223	// The slice is only valid until the next call to a read or write method.
   224	func (b *Buffer) Next(n int) []byte {
   225		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   226		m := b.Len()
   227		if n > m {
   228			n = m
   229		}
   230		data := b.buf[b.off : b.off+n]
   231		b.off += n
   232		if n > 0 {
   233			b.lastRead = opRead
   234		}
   235		return data
   236	}
   237	
   238	// ReadByte reads and returns the next byte from the buffer.
   239	// If no byte is available, it returns error os.EOF.
   240	func (b *Buffer) ReadByte() (c byte, err os.Error) {
   241		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   242		if b.off >= len(b.buf) {
   243			// Buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
   244			b.Truncate(0)
   245			return 0, os.EOF
   246		}
   247		c = b.buf[b.off]
   248		b.off++
   249		b.lastRead = opRead
   250		return c, nil
   251	}
   252	
   253	// ReadRune reads and returns the next UTF-8-encoded
   254	// Unicode code point from the buffer.
   255	// If no bytes are available, the error returned is os.EOF.
   256	// If the bytes are an erroneous UTF-8 encoding, it
   257	// consumes one byte and returns U+FFFD, 1.
   258	func (b *Buffer) ReadRune() (r int, size int, err os.Error) {
   259		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   260		if b.off >= len(b.buf) {
   261			// Buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
   262			b.Truncate(0)
   263			return 0, 0, os.EOF
   264		}
   265		b.lastRead = opReadRune
   266		c := b.buf[b.off]
   267		if c < utf8.RuneSelf {
   268			b.off++
   269			return int(c), 1, nil
   270		}
   271		r, n := utf8.DecodeRune(b.buf[b.off:])
   272		b.off += n
   273		return r, n, nil
   274	}
   275	
   276	// UnreadRune unreads the last rune returned by ReadRune.
   277	// If the most recent read or write operation on the buffer was
   278	// not a ReadRune, UnreadRune returns an error.  (In this regard
   279	// it is stricter than UnreadByte, which will unread the last byte
   280	// from any read operation.)
   281	func (b *Buffer) UnreadRune() os.Error {
   282		if b.lastRead != opReadRune {
   283			return os.NewError("bytes.Buffer: UnreadRune: previous operation was not ReadRune")
   284		}
   285		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   286		if b.off > 0 {
   287			_, n := utf8.DecodeLastRune(b.buf[0:b.off])
   288			b.off -= n
   289		}
   290		return nil
   291	}
   292	
   293	// UnreadByte unreads the last byte returned by the most recent
   294	// read operation.  If write has happened since the last read, UnreadByte
   295	// returns an error.
   296	func (b *Buffer) UnreadByte() os.Error {
   297		if b.lastRead != opReadRune && b.lastRead != opRead {
   298			return os.NewError("bytes.Buffer: UnreadByte: previous operation was not a read")
   299		}
   300		b.lastRead = opInvalid
   301		if b.off > 0 {
   302			b.off--
   303		}
   304		return nil
   305	}
   306	
   307	// ReadBytes reads until the first occurrence of delim in the input,
   308	// returning a slice containing the data up to and including the delimiter.
   309	// If ReadBytes encounters an error before finding a delimiter,
   310	// it returns the data read before the error and the error itself (often os.EOF).
   311	// ReadBytes returns err != nil if and only if the returned data does not end in
   312	// delim.
   313	func (b *Buffer) ReadBytes(delim byte) (line []byte, err os.Error) {
   314		i := IndexByte(b.buf[b.off:], delim)
   315		size := i + 1
   316		if i < 0 {
   317			size = len(b.buf) - b.off
   318			err = os.EOF
   319		}
   320		line = make([]byte, size)
   321		copy(line, b.buf[b.off:])
   322		b.off += size
   323		return
   324	}
   325	
   326	// ReadString reads until the first occurrence of delim in the input,
   327	// returning a string containing the data up to and including the delimiter.
   328	// If ReadString encounters an error before finding a delimiter,
   329	// it returns the data read before the error and the error itself (often os.EOF).
   330	// ReadString returns err != nil if and only if the returned data does not end
   331	// in delim.
   332	func (b *Buffer) ReadString(delim byte) (line string, err os.Error) {
   333		bytes, err := b.ReadBytes(delim)
   334		return string(bytes), err
   335	}
   336	
   337	// NewBuffer creates and initializes a new Buffer using buf as its initial
   338	// contents.  It is intended to prepare a Buffer to read existing data.  It
   339	// can also be used to size the internal buffer for writing.  To do that,
   340	// buf should have the desired capacity but a length of zero.
   341	func NewBuffer(buf []byte) *Buffer { return &Buffer{buf: buf} }
   342	
   343	// NewBufferString creates and initializes a new Buffer using string s as its
   344	// initial contents.  It is intended to prepare a buffer to read an existing
   345	// string.
   346	func NewBufferString(s string) *Buffer {
   347		return &Buffer{buf: []byte(s)}
   348	}

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