std::io::Write - Rust
Description: API documentation for the Rust `Write` trait in crate `std`.
Keywords: rust, rustlang, rust-lang, Write

# Trait std::io::Write 1.0.0 [−] [src]

    pub trait Write {
        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize>;
        fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()>;

        fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> { ... }
        fn write_fmt(&mut self, fmt: Arguments) -> Result<()> { ... }
        fn by_ref(&mut self) -> &mut Self where Self: Sized { ... }
    }

A trait for objects which are byte-oriented sinks.

Implementors of the `Write` trait are sometimes called 'writers'.

Writers are defined by two required methods, `write()` and `flush()`:

- The `write()` method will attempt to write some data into the object, returning how many bytes were successfully written.

- The `flush()` method is useful for adaptors and explicit buffers themselves for ensuring that all buffered data has been pushed out to the 'true sink'.

Writers are intended to be composable with one another. Many implementors throughout `std::io` take and provide types which implement the `Write` trait.

# Examples

    use std::io::prelude::*;
    use std::fs::File;

    let mut buffer = File::create("foo.txt")?;

    buffer.write(b"some bytes")?;Run

## Required Methods

### `fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize>`

Write a buffer into this object, returning how many bytes were written.

This function will attempt to write the entire contents of `buf`, but the entire write may not succeed, or the write may also generate an error. A call to `write` represents at most one attempt to write to any wrapped object.

Calls to `write` are not guaranteed to block waiting for data to be written, and a write which would otherwise block can be indicated through an `Err` variant.

If the return value is `Ok(n)` then it must be guaranteed that `0 <= n <= buf.len()`. A return value of `0` typically means that the underlying object is no longer able to accept bytes and will likely not be able to in the future as well, or that the buffer provided is empty.

# Errors

Each call to `write` may generate an I/O error indicating that the operation could not be completed. If an error is returned then no bytes in the buffer were written to this writer.

It is not considered an error if the entire buffer could not be written to this writer.

# Examples

    use std::io::prelude::*;
    use std::fs::File;

    let mut buffer = File::create("foo.txt")?;

    buffer.write(b"some bytes")?;Run

### `fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()>`

Flush this output stream, ensuring that all intermediately buffered contents reach their destination.

# Errors

It is considered an error if not all bytes could be written due to I/O errors or EOF being reached.

# Examples

    use std::io::prelude::*;
    use std::io::BufWriter;
    use std::fs::File;

    let mut buffer = BufWriter::new(File::create("foo.txt")?);

    buffer.write(b"some bytes")?;
    buffer.flush()?;Run

## Provided Methods

### `fn write_all(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()>`

Attempts to write an entire buffer into this write.

This method will continuously call `write` while there is more data to write. This method will not return until the entire buffer has been successfully written or an error occurs. The first error generated from this method will be returned.

# Errors

This function will return the first error that `write` returns.

# Examples

    use std::io::prelude::*;
    use std::fs::File;

    let mut buffer = File::create("foo.txt")?;

    buffer.write_all(b"some bytes")?;Run

### `fn write_fmt(&mut self, fmt: Arguments) -> Result<()>`

Writes a formatted string into this writer, returning any error encountered.

This method is primarily used to interface with the `format_args!` macro, but it is rare that this should explicitly be called. The `write!` macro should be favored to invoke this method instead.

This function internally uses the `write_all` method on this trait and hence will continuously write data so long as no errors are received. This also means that partial writes are not indicated in this signature.

# Errors

This function will return any I/O error reported while formatting.

# Examples

    use std::io::prelude::*;
    use std::fs::File;

    let mut buffer = File::create("foo.txt")?;

    // this call
    write!(buffer, "{:.*}", 2, 1.234567)?;
    // turns into this:
    buffer.write_fmt(format_args!("{:.*}", 2, 1.234567))?;Run

### `fn by_ref(&mut self) -> &mut Self where Self: Sized`

Creates a "by reference" adaptor for this instance of `Write`.

The returned adaptor also implements `Write` and will simply borrow this current writer.

# Examples

    use std::io::Write;
    use std::fs::File;

    let mut buffer = File::create("foo.txt")?;

    let reference = buffer.by_ref();

    // we can use reference just like our original buffer
    reference.write_all(b"some bytes")?;Run

## Implementors

- `impl Write for File`
- `impl<'a> Write for &'a File`
- `impl<W: Write> Write for BufWriter<W>`
- `impl<W: Write> Write for LineWriter<W>`
- `impl<'a> Write for std::io::Cursor<&'a mut [u8]>`
- `impl Write for std::io::Cursor<Vec<u8>>`
- `impl Write for std::io::Cursor<Box<[u8]>>`
- `impl<'a, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'a mut W`
- `impl<W: Write + ?Sized> Write for Box<W>`
- `impl<'a> Write for &'a mut [u8]`
- `impl Write for Vec<u8>`
- `impl Write for Sink`
- `impl Write for Stdout`
- `impl<'a> Write for StdoutLock<'a>`
- `impl Write for Stderr`
- `impl<'a> Write for StderrLock<'a>`
- `impl Write for TcpStream`
- `impl<'a> Write for &'a TcpStream`
- `impl Write for ChildStdin`
- `impl Write for UnixStream`
- `impl<'a> Write for &'a UnixStream`

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