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Trait async_std::io::prelude::ReadExt

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pub trait ReadExt: Read {
    fn read<'a>(&'a mut self, buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> ReadFuture<'a, Self>
    where
        Self: Unpin,
    { ... }
    fn read_vectored<'a>(
        &'a mut self, 
        bufs: &'a mut [IoSliceMut<'a>]
    ) -> ReadVectoredFuture<'a, Self>
    where
        Self: Unpin,
    { ... }
    fn read_to_end<'a>(
        &'a mut self, 
        buf: &'a mut Vec<u8>
    ) -> ReadToEndFuture<'a, Self>
    where
        Self: Unpin,
    { ... }
    fn read_to_string<'a>(
        &'a mut self, 
        buf: &'a mut String
    ) -> ReadToStringFuture<'a, Self>
    where
        Self: Unpin,
    { ... }
    fn read_exact<'a>(
        &'a mut self, 
        buf: &'a mut [u8]
    ) -> ReadExactFuture<'a, Self>
    where
        Self: Unpin,
    { ... }
    fn take(self, limit: u64) -> Take<Self>
    where
        Self: Sized,
    { ... }
    fn by_ref(&mut self) -> &mut Self
    where
        Self: Sized,
    { ... }
    fn bytes(self) -> Bytes<Self>
    where
        Self: Sized,
    { ... }
    fn chain<R: Read>(self, next: R) -> Chain<Self, R>
    where
        Self: Sized,
    { ... }
}
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Extension methods for Read.

Provided Methods

Reads some bytes from the byte stream.

Returns the number of bytes read from the start of the buffer.

If the return value is Ok(n), then it must be guaranteed that 0 <= n <= buf.len(). A nonzero n value indicates that the buffer has been filled in with n bytes of data. If n is 0, then it can indicate one of two scenarios:

  1. This reader has reached its “end of file” and will likely no longer be able to produce bytes. Note that this does not mean that the reader will always no longer be able to produce bytes.
  2. The buffer specified was 0 bytes in length.
Examples
use async_std::fs::File;
use async_std::prelude::*;

let mut file = File::open("a.txt").await?;

let mut buf = vec![0; 1024];
let n = file.read(&mut buf).await?;

Like read, except that it reads into a slice of buffers.

Data is copied to fill each buffer in order, with the final buffer written to possibly being only partially filled. This method must behave as a single call to read with the buffers concatenated would.

The default implementation calls read with either the first nonempty buffer provided, or an empty one if none exists.

Reads all bytes from the byte stream.

All bytes read from this stream will be appended to the specified buffer buf. This function will continuously call read to append more data to buf until read returns either Ok(0) or an error.

If successful, this function will return the total number of bytes read.

Examples
use async_std::fs::File;
use async_std::prelude::*;

let mut file = File::open("a.txt").await?;

let mut buf = Vec::new();
file.read_to_end(&mut buf).await?;

Reads all bytes from the byte stream and appends them into a string.

If successful, this function will return the number of bytes read.

If the data in this stream is not valid UTF-8 then an error will be returned and buf will be left unmodified.

Examples
use async_std::fs::File;
use async_std::prelude::*;

let mut file = File::open("a.txt").await?;

let mut buf = String::new();
file.read_to_string(&mut buf).await?;

Reads the exact number of bytes required to fill buf.

This function reads as many bytes as necessary to completely fill the specified buffer buf.

No guarantees are provided about the contents of buf when this function is called, implementations cannot rely on any property of the contents of buf being true. It is recommended that implementations only write data to buf instead of reading its contents.

If this function encounters an “end of file” before completely filling the buffer, it returns an error of the kind ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof. The contents of buf are unspecified in this case.

If any other read error is encountered then this function immediately returns. The contents of buf are unspecified in this case.

If this function returns an error, it is unspecified how many bytes it has read, but it will never read more than would be necessary to completely fill the buffer.

Examples
use async_std::fs::File;
use async_std::prelude::*;

let mut file = File::open("a.txt").await?;

let mut buf = vec![0; 10];
file.read_exact(&mut buf).await?;

Creates an adaptor which will read at most limit bytes from it.

This function returns a new instance of Read which will read at most limit bytes, after which it will always return EOF (Ok(0)). Any read errors will not count towards the number of bytes read and future calls to read may succeed.

Examples

Files implement Read:

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

let f = File::open("foo.txt").await?;
let mut buffer = [0; 5];

// read at most five bytes
let mut handle = f.take(5);

handle.read(&mut buffer).await?;

Creates a “by reference” adaptor for this instance of Read.

The returned adaptor also implements Read and will simply borrow this current reader.

Examples

Files implement Read:

use async_std::prelude::*;
use async_std::fs::File;

let mut f = File::open("foo.txt").await?;
let mut buffer = Vec::new();
let mut other_buffer = Vec::new();

{
    let reference = f.by_ref();

    // read at most 5 bytes
    reference.take(5).read_to_end(&mut buffer).await?;

} // drop our &mut reference so we can use f again

// original file still usable, read the rest
f.read_to_end(&mut other_buffer).await?;

Transforms this Read instance to a Stream over its bytes.

The returned type implements Stream where the Item is Result<u8, io::Error>. The yielded item is Ok if a byte was successfully read and Err otherwise. EOF is mapped to returning None from this iterator.

Examples

Files implement Read:

use async_std::prelude::*;
use async_std::fs::File;

let f = File::open("foo.txt").await?;
let mut s = f.bytes();

while let Some(byte) = s.next().await {
    println!("{}", byte.unwrap());
}

Creates an adaptor which will chain this stream with another.

The returned Read instance will first read all bytes from this object until EOF is encountered. Afterwards the output is equivalent to the output of next.

Examples

Files implement Read:

use async_std::prelude::*;
use async_std::fs::File;

let f1 = File::open("foo.txt").await?;
let f2 = File::open("bar.txt").await?;

let mut handle = f1.chain(f2);
let mut buffer = String::new();

// read the value into a String. We could use any Read method here,
// this is just one example.
handle.read_to_string(&mut buffer).await?;

Implementors