zig/lib/std / io/Reader.zig

context: *const anyopaque,
readFn: *const fn (context: *const anyopaque, buffer: []u8) anyerror!usize,

Error

pub const Error = anyerror;

read()

Returns the number of bytes read. It may be less than buffer.len. If the number of bytes read is 0, it means end of stream. End of stream is not an error condition.

pub fn read(self: Self, buffer: []u8) anyerror!usize {
    return self.readFn(self.context, buffer);
}

readAll()

Returns the number of bytes read. If the number read is smaller than buffer.len, it means the stream reached the end. Reaching the end of a stream is not an error condition.

pub fn readAll(self: Self, buffer: []u8) anyerror!usize {
    return readAtLeast(self, buffer, buffer.len);
}

readAtLeast()

Returns the number of bytes read, calling the underlying read function the minimal number of times until the buffer has at least len bytes filled. If the number read is less than len it means the stream reached the end. Reaching the end of the stream is not an error condition.

pub fn readAtLeast(self: Self, buffer: []u8, len: usize) anyerror!usize {
    assert(len <= buffer.len);
    var index: usize = 0;
    while (index < len) {
        const amt = try self.read(buffer[index..]);
        if (amt == 0) break;
        index += amt;
    }
    return index;
}

readNoEof()

If the number read would be smaller than buf.len, error.EndOfStream is returned instead.

pub fn readNoEof(self: Self, buf: []u8) anyerror!void {
    const amt_read = try self.readAll(buf);
    if (amt_read < buf.len) return error.EndOfStream;
}

readAllArrayList()

Appends to the std.ArrayList contents by reading from the stream until end of stream is found. If the number of bytes appended would exceed max_append_size, error.StreamTooLong is returned and the std.ArrayList has exactly max_append_size bytes appended.

pub fn readAllArrayList(
    self: Self,
    array_list: *std.ArrayList(u8),
    max_append_size: usize,
) anyerror!void {
    return self.readAllArrayListAligned(null, array_list, max_append_size);
}

readAllArrayListAligned()

pub fn readAllArrayListAligned(
    self: Self,
    comptime alignment: ?u29,
    array_list: *std.ArrayListAligned(u8, alignment),
    max_append_size: usize,
) anyerror!void {
    try array_list.ensureTotalCapacity(@min(max_append_size, 4096));
    const original_len = array_list.items.len;
    var start_index: usize = original_len;
    while (true) {
        array_list.expandToCapacity();
        const dest_slice = array_list.items[start_index..];
        const bytes_read = try self.readAll(dest_slice);
        start_index += bytes_read;

        if (start_index - original_len > max_append_size) {
            array_list.shrinkAndFree(original_len + max_append_size);
            return error.StreamTooLong;
        }

        if (bytes_read != dest_slice.len) {
            array_list.shrinkAndFree(start_index);
            return;
        }

        // This will trigger ArrayList to expand superlinearly at whatever its growth rate is.
        try array_list.ensureTotalCapacity(start_index + 1);
    }
}

readAllAlloc()

Allocates enough memory to hold all the contents of the stream. If the allocated memory would be greater than max_size, returns error.StreamTooLong. Caller owns returned memory. If this function returns an error, the contents from the stream read so far are lost.

pub fn readAllAlloc(self: Self, allocator: mem.Allocator, max_size: usize) anyerror![]u8 {
    var array_list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
    defer array_list.deinit();
    try self.readAllArrayList(&array_list, max_size);
    return try array_list.toOwnedSlice();
}

readUntilDelimiterArrayList()

Deprecated: use streamUntilDelimiter with ArrayList's writer instead. Replaces the std.ArrayList contents by reading from the stream until delimiter is found. Does not include the delimiter in the result. If the std.ArrayList length would exceed max_size, error.StreamTooLong is returned and the std.ArrayList is populated with max_size bytes from the stream.

pub fn readUntilDelimiterArrayList(
    self: Self,
    array_list: *std.ArrayList(u8),
    delimiter: u8,
    max_size: usize,
) anyerror!void {
    array_list.shrinkRetainingCapacity(0);
    try self.streamUntilDelimiter(array_list.writer(), delimiter, max_size);
}

readUntilDelimiterAlloc()

Deprecated: use streamUntilDelimiter with ArrayList's writer instead. Allocates enough memory to read until delimiter. If the allocated memory would be greater than max_size, returns error.StreamTooLong. Caller owns returned memory. If this function returns an error, the contents from the stream read so far are lost.

pub fn readUntilDelimiterAlloc(
    self: Self,
    allocator: mem.Allocator,
    delimiter: u8,
    max_size: usize,
) anyerror![]u8 {
    var array_list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
    defer array_list.deinit();
    try self.streamUntilDelimiter(array_list.writer(), delimiter, max_size);
    return try array_list.toOwnedSlice();
}

readUntilDelimiter()

Deprecated: use streamUntilDelimiter with FixedBufferStream's writer instead. Reads from the stream until specified byte is found. If the buffer is not large enough to hold the entire contents, error.StreamTooLong is returned. If end-of-stream is found, error.EndOfStream is returned. Returns a slice of the stream data, with ptr equal to buf.ptr. The delimiter byte is written to the output buffer but is not included in the returned slice.

pub fn readUntilDelimiter(self: Self, buf: []u8, delimiter: u8) anyerror![]u8 {
    var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(buf);
    try self.streamUntilDelimiter(fbs.writer(), delimiter, fbs.buffer.len);
    const output = fbs.getWritten();
    buf[output.len] = delimiter; // emulating old behaviour
    return output;
}

readUntilDelimiterOrEofAlloc()

Deprecated: use streamUntilDelimiter with ArrayList's (or any other's) writer instead. Allocates enough memory to read until delimiter or end-of-stream. If the allocated memory would be greater than max_size, returns error.StreamTooLong. If end-of-stream is found, returns the rest of the stream. If this function is called again after that, returns null. Caller owns returned memory. If this function returns an error, the contents from the stream read so far are lost.

pub fn readUntilDelimiterOrEofAlloc(
    self: Self,
    allocator: mem.Allocator,
    delimiter: u8,
    max_size: usize,
) anyerror!?[]u8 {
    var array_list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
    defer array_list.deinit();
    self.streamUntilDelimiter(array_list.writer(), delimiter, max_size) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.EndOfStream => if (array_list.items.len == 0) {
            return null;
        },
        else => |e| return e,
    };
    return try array_list.toOwnedSlice();
}

readUntilDelimiterOrEof()

Deprecated: use streamUntilDelimiter with FixedBufferStream's writer instead. Reads from the stream until specified byte is found. If the buffer is not large enough to hold the entire contents, error.StreamTooLong is returned. If end-of-stream is found, returns the rest of the stream. If this function is called again after that, returns null. Returns a slice of the stream data, with ptr equal to buf.ptr. The delimiter byte is written to the output buffer but is not included in the returned slice.

pub fn readUntilDelimiterOrEof(self: Self, buf: []u8, delimiter: u8) anyerror!?[]u8 {
    var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(buf);
    self.streamUntilDelimiter(fbs.writer(), delimiter, fbs.buffer.len) catch |err| switch (err) {
        error.EndOfStream => if (fbs.getWritten().len == 0) {
            return null;
        },

        else => |e| return e,
    };
    const output = fbs.getWritten();
    buf[output.len] = delimiter; // emulating old behaviour
    return output;
}

streamUntilDelimiter()

Appends to the writer contents by reading from the stream until delimiter is found. Does not write the delimiter itself. If optional_max_size is not null and amount of written bytes exceeds optional_max_size, returns error.StreamTooLong and finishes appending. If optional_max_size is null, appending is unbounded.

pub fn streamUntilDelimiter(
    self: Self,
    writer: anytype,
    delimiter: u8,
    optional_max_size: ?usize,
) anyerror!void {
    if (optional_max_size) |max_size| {
        for (0..max_size) |_| {
            const byte: u8 = try self.readByte();
            if (byte == delimiter) return;
            try writer.writeByte(byte);
        }
        return error.StreamTooLong;
    } else {
        while (true) {
            const byte: u8 = try self.readByte();
            if (byte == delimiter) return;
            try writer.writeByte(byte);
        }
        // Can not throw `error.StreamTooLong` since there are no boundary.
    }
}

skipUntilDelimiterOrEof()

Reads from the stream until specified byte is found, discarding all data, including the delimiter. If end-of-stream is found, this function succeeds.

pub fn skipUntilDelimiterOrEof(self: Self, delimiter: u8) anyerror!void {
    while (true) {
        const byte = self.readByte() catch |err| switch (err) {
            error.EndOfStream => return,
            else => |e| return e,
        };
        if (byte == delimiter) return;
    }
}

readByte()

Reads 1 byte from the stream or returns error.EndOfStream.

pub fn readByte(self: Self) anyerror!u8 {
    var result: [1]u8 = undefined;
    const amt_read = try self.read(result[0..]);
    if (amt_read < 1) return error.EndOfStream;
    return result[0];
}

readByteSigned()

Same as readByte except the returned byte is signed.

pub fn readByteSigned(self: Self) anyerror!i8 {
    return @as(i8, @bitCast(try self.readByte()));
}

readBytesNoEof()

Reads exactly num_bytes bytes and returns as an array. num_bytes must be comptime-known

pub fn readBytesNoEof(self: Self, comptime num_bytes: usize) anyerror![num_bytes]u8 {
    var bytes: [num_bytes]u8 = undefined;
    try self.readNoEof(&bytes);
    return bytes;
}

readIntoBoundedBytes()

Reads bytes until bounded.len is equal to num_bytes, or the stream ends.

* it is assumed that num_bytes will not exceed bounded.capacity()

pub fn readIntoBoundedBytes(
    self: Self,
    comptime num_bytes: usize,
    bounded: *std.BoundedArray(u8, num_bytes),
) anyerror!void {
    while (bounded.len < num_bytes) {
        // get at most the number of bytes free in the bounded array
        const bytes_read = try self.read(bounded.unusedCapacitySlice());
        if (bytes_read == 0) return;

        // bytes_read will never be larger than @TypeOf(bounded.len)
        // due to `self.read` being bounded by `bounded.unusedCapacitySlice()`
        bounded.len += @as(@TypeOf(bounded.len), @intCast(bytes_read));
    }
}

readBoundedBytes()

Reads at most num_bytes and returns as a bounded array.

pub fn readBoundedBytes(self: Self, comptime num_bytes: usize) anyerror!std.BoundedArray(u8, num_bytes) {
    var result = std.BoundedArray(u8, num_bytes){};
    try self.readIntoBoundedBytes(num_bytes, &result);
    return result;
}

readInt()

pub inline fn readInt(self: Self, comptime T: type, endian: std.builtin.Endian) anyerror!T {
    const bytes = try self.readBytesNoEof(@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits, 8));
    return mem.readInt(T, &bytes, endian);
}

readVarInt()

pub fn readVarInt(
    self: Self,
    comptime ReturnType: type,
    endian: std.builtin.Endian,
    size: usize,
) anyerror!ReturnType {
    assert(size <= @sizeOf(ReturnType));
    var bytes_buf: [@sizeOf(ReturnType)]u8 = undefined;
    const bytes = bytes_buf[0..size];
    try self.readNoEof(bytes);
    return mem.readVarInt(ReturnType, bytes, endian);
}

SkipBytesOptions

Optional parameters for skipBytes

pub const SkipBytesOptions = struct {
    buf_size: usize = 512,
};

// `num_bytes` is a `u64` to match `off_t`

skipBytes()

Reads num_bytes bytes from the stream and discards them

pub fn skipBytes(self: Self, num_bytes: u64, comptime options: SkipBytesOptions) anyerror!void {
    var buf: [options.buf_size]u8 = undefined;
    var remaining = num_bytes;

    while (remaining > 0) {
        const amt = @min(remaining, options.buf_size);
        try self.readNoEof(buf[0..amt]);
        remaining -= amt;
    }
}

isBytes()

Reads slice.len bytes from the stream and returns if they are the same as the passed slice

pub fn isBytes(self: Self, slice: []const u8) anyerror!bool {
    var i: usize = 0;
    var matches = true;
    while (i < slice.len) : (i += 1) {
        if (slice[i] != try self.readByte()) {
            matches = false;
        }
    }
    return matches;
}

readStruct()

pub fn readStruct(self: Self, comptime T: type) anyerror!T {
    // Only extern and packed structs have defined in-memory layout.
    comptime assert(@typeInfo(T).Struct.layout != .Auto);
    var res: [1]T = undefined;
    try self.readNoEof(mem.sliceAsBytes(res[0..]));
    return res[0];
}

readStructBig()

pub fn readStructBig(self: Self, comptime T: type) anyerror!T {
    var res = try self.readStruct(T);
    if (native_endian != std.builtin.Endian.big) {
        mem.byteSwapAllFields(T, &res);
    }
    return res;
}

readEnum()

Reads an integer with the same size as the given enum's tag type. If the integer matches an enum tag, casts the integer to the enum tag and returns it. Otherwise, returns an error.InvalidValue. TODO optimization taking advantage of most fields being in order

pub fn readEnum(self: Self, comptime Enum: type, endian: std.builtin.Endian) anyerror!Enum {
    const E = error{
        InvalidValue,
    };
    const type_info = @typeInfo(Enum).Enum;
    const tag = try self.readInt(type_info.tag_type, endian);

    inline for (std.meta.fields(Enum)) |field| {
        if (tag == field.value) {
            return @field(Enum, field.name);
        }
    }

    return E.InvalidValue;
}

const std = @import("../std.zig");
const Self = @This();
const math = std.math;
const assert = std.debug.assert;
const mem = std.mem;
const testing = std.testing;
const native_endian = @import("builtin").target.cpu.arch.endian();

test {
    _ = @import("Reader/test.zig");
}