System.IO.ByteBuffer

store-0.4.2: Fast binary serialization

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Language | Haskell2010

System.IO.ByteBuffer

Contents

- Allocation and Deallocation
- Query for number of available bytes
- Feeding new input
- Consuming bytes from the buffer
- Exceptions

Description

A `ByteBuffer` is a simple buffer for bytes. It supports two operations: refilling with the contents of a `ByteString`, and consuming a fixed number of bytes.

It is implemented as a pointer, together with counters that keep track of the offset and the number of bytes in the buffer. Note that the counters are simple `IORef`s, so `ByteBuffer`s are not thread-safe!

A `ByteBuffer` is constructed by `new` with a given starting length, and will grow (by repeatedly multiplying its size by 1.5) whenever it is being fed a `ByteString` that is too large.

Synopsis

- type ByteBuffer = IORef (Either ByteBufferException BBRef)
- new :: MonadIO m => Maybe Int -> m ByteBuffer
- free :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m ()
- with :: (MonadIO m, MonadBaseControl IO m) => Maybe Int -> (ByteBuffer -> m a) -> m a
- totalSize :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m Int
- isEmpty :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m Bool
- availableBytes :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m Int
- copyByteString :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> ByteString -> m ()
- fillFromFd :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> Fd -> Int -> m Int
- consume :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> Int -> m (Either Int ByteString)
- unsafeConsume :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> Int -> m (Either Int (Ptr Word8))
- data ByteBufferException = ByteBufferException {
  - _bbeLocation :: !String
  - _bbeException :: !String
  }

# Documentation

type ByteBuffer = IORef (Either ByteBufferException BBRef) #

# Allocation and Deallocation

new #

Arguments

:: MonadIO m |
=> Maybe Int | Size of buffer to allocate. If `Nothing`, use the default value of 4MB
-> m ByteBuffer | The byte buffer.

Allocates a new ByteBuffer with a given buffer size filling from the given FillBuffer.

Note that `ByteBuffer`s created with `new` have to be deallocated explicitly using `free`. For automatic deallocation, consider using `with` instead.

free :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m () #

Free a byte buffer.

with #

Arguments

:: (MonadIO m, MonadBaseControl IO m) |
=> Maybe Int | Initial length of the `ByteBuffer`. If `Nothing`, use the default value of 4MB.
-> (ByteBuffer -> m a) |
-> m a |

Perform some action with a bytebuffer, with automatic allocation and deallocation.

# Query for number of available bytes

totalSize :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m Int #

isEmpty :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m Bool #

availableBytes :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> m Int #

Number of available bytes in a `ByteBuffer` (that is, bytes that have been copied to, but not yet read from the `ByteBuffer`.

# Feeding new input

copyByteString :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> ByteString -> m () #

Copy the contents of a `ByteString` to a `ByteBuffer`.

If necessary, the `ByteBuffer` is enlarged and/or already consumed bytes are dropped.

fillFromFd :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> Fd -> Int -> m Int #

Will read at most n bytes from the given `Fd`, in a non-blocking fashion. This function is intended to be used with non-blocking `Socket`s, such the ones created by the `network` package.

Returns how many bytes could be read non-blockingly.

# Consuming bytes from the buffer

consume :: MonadIO m => ByteBuffer -> Int -> m (Either Int ByteString) #

As `unsafeConsume`, but instead of returning a `Ptr` into the contents of the `ByteBuffer`, it returns a `ByteString` containing the next `n` bytes in the buffer. This involves allocating a new `ByteString` and copying the `n` bytes to it.

unsafeConsume #

Arguments

:: MonadIO m |
=> ByteBuffer |
-> Int | n
-> m (Either Int (Ptr Word8)) | Will be `Left missing` when there are only `n-missing` bytes left in the `ByteBuffer`.

Try to get a pointer to `n` bytes from the `ByteBuffer`.

Note that the pointer should be used before any other actions are performed on the `ByteBuffer`. It points to some address within the buffer, so operations such as enlarging the buffer or feeding it new data will change the data the pointer points to. This is why this function is called unsafe.

# Exceptions

data ByteBufferException #

Exception that is thrown when an invalid `ByteBuffer` is being used that is no longer valid.

A `ByteBuffer` is considered to be invalid if

- it has explicitly been freed
- an Exception has occured during an operation that modified it

Constructors

ByteBufferException |
Fields _bbeLocation :: !String function name that caused the exception _bbeException :: !String printed representation of the exception

Instances

Eq ByteBufferException # |
Methods (==) :: ByteBufferException -> ByteBufferException -> Bool # (/=) :: ByteBufferException -> ByteBufferException -> Bool #
Show ByteBufferException # |
Methods showsPrec :: Int -> ByteBufferException -> ShowS # show :: ByteBufferException -> String # showList :: [ByteBufferException] -> ShowS #
Exception ByteBufferException # |
Methods toException :: ByteBufferException -> SomeException # fromException :: SomeException -> Maybe ByteBufferException # displayException :: ByteBufferException -> String #