IRISLIB database
FileBinary Class Reference
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Public Member Functions

_.Library.Status OnClose ()
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Close</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Integer FileBinarySize ()
 Return the current size of the file in bytes.
 
_.Library.Status Flush ()
 Flush any output in the stream not already saved.
 
_.Library.Status LinkToFile (_.Library.String filename)
 This method lets you connect a file stream to a file called filename without. More...
 
_.Library.Status MoveToEnd ()
 Move to the end of the stream so the next <METHDO>Write</METHOD> will be appended to the end. More...
 
_.Library.Status OutputToDevice (_.Library.Integer len)
 Write out len characters of the stream to the current device starting from the current position. More...
 
_.Library.RawString Read (_.Library.Integer len, _.Library.Status sc)
 Reads up to len characters from the current position. More...
 
_.Library.RawString ReadLine (_.Library.Integer len, _.Library.Status sc, _.Library.Boolean eol, _.Library.String term)
 Read a line from the file. More...
 
_.Library.Status Rewind ()
 Go back to the start of the stream.
 
_.Library.Integer SizeGet ()
 Return the current size of the data stream.
 
_.Library.Status Write (_.Library.RawString data)
 Appends the string data to the stream and advances the. More...
 
_.Library.Status WriteLine (_.Library.RawString data)
 Appends the string data along with a line terminator to the stream and advances the. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Object
_.Library.Status AcquireLock (locktype)
 Acquires a lock for the current instance. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnAfterSave (_.Library.Boolean insert)
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Save</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnBeforeSave (_.Library.Boolean insert)
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Save</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnOpen ()
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Open</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnReload ()
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Reload</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnRollBack ()
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Save</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status Clear ()
 Clear the contents of this Stream from permanent storage. More...
 
_.Library.Status CopyFrom (_.Stream.Object source)
 Copies the contents of source into this Stream. More...
 
_.Library.Status CopyFromAndSave (_.Stream.Object source)
 Copy the stream from source into the current stream ignoring anything already in the current stream. More...
 
_.Library.Integer FindAt (_.Library.Integer position, _.Library.RawString target, _.Library.RawString tmpstr, _.Library.Boolean caseinsensitive)
 Find the first occurrence of target in the stream, starting the search at position. More...
 
_.Library.String GetStreamId ()
 Returns an full id value (including class name) with which the Stream implementation has stored. More...
 
_.Library.Status InputFromDevice (_.Library.Integer len, _.Library.Integer timeout)
 Input len characters from the current device into the stream. More...
 
_.Library.Boolean MoveTo (_.Library.Integer position)
 Move to this position in the stream. More...
 
_.Library.Status OutputToDeviceAt (_.Library.Integer position, _.Library.Integer length)
 Output the stream to the current device starting at position of length. More...
 
_.Library.RawString ReadLine (_.Library.Integer len, _.Library.Status sc, _.Library.Boolean eol)
 Read a line from the stream. More...
 
_.Library.String ReadSQL (_.Library.Integer start, _.Library.Integer end)
 SQL specific method for reading stream data.
 
_.Library.Status SerializeToSyncSet (_.SYNC.SyncSet ss, _.Library.Integer iPtr, _.Library.String property)
 SerializeToSyncSet copies the stream value from the current object to the sync set global. More...
 
_.Library.Status SyncStreamIn (_.SYNC.SyncSet ss, _.Library.Integer iPtr, _.Library.String property)
 SyncStreamIn copies the stream value from the sync set global into the current object.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from RegisteredObject
_.Library.Status OnAddToSaveSet (_.Library.Integer depth, _.Library.Integer insert, _.Library.Integer callcount)
 This callback method is invoked when the current object is added to the SaveSet,. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnConstructClone (_.Library.RegisteredObject object, _.Library.Boolean deep, _.Library.String cloned)
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>ConstructClone</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnNew ()
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>New</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnValidateObject ()
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>ValidateObject</METHOD> method to. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

_.Library.String DefaultStreamDir (_.Library.Boolean skip)
 Return the default directory to use for streams if none specified.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from Object
_.Library.String GetLockReference (_.Library.String pLocation, _.Library.String pId)
 Returns the global reference used to lock the current stream object. More...
 
_.Library.Status OnDelete (_.Library.ObjectIdentity oid)
 This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Delete</METHOD> method to. More...
 
_.Library.String IsCharacter ()
 Return true if this is a character stream and false if it is a binary stream.
 
_.Library.Boolean StreamOIDIsNull (_.Library.ObjectIdentity soid)
 Return true if this stream oid is a null stream and false if the stream is not null.
 

Public Attributes

 CanonicalFilename
 Read only property that returns the canonical filename if the file is open and "" if the file is not open. More...
 
 Filename
 The filename that this stream is currently using. More...
 
 LineTerminator
 For file streams the line will terminate on any of the characters set in the LineTerminator, it does not support. More...
 
 ReadSize
 While reading this holds the file size. More...
 
 RemoveOnClose
 If true then remove the permanent file as well as any temp file when this object is closed. More...
 
- Public Attributes inherited from Object
 AtEnd
 The AtEnd property is set to true (1) when, during a read,. More...
 
 Id
 Id is the unique identifier for a stream within the Location. More...
 
 LastModified
 LastModified is a read-only property containing the <class>TimeStamp</class> of More...
 
 Size
 Size is a read-only property containing the current size of the stream (in bytes More...
 

Private Member Functions

_.Library.Integer IsModified ()
 Returns true (1) if a property of this instance has been modified, otherwise false (0). More...
 
_.Library.Boolean IsNull ()
 Returns true if this is a "NULL" stream; that is, a stream which has never. More...
 
_.Library.Status LocationSet (_.Library.String dir)
 Note that setting the <property>Location</property> will cause a few things to happen. More...
 
_.Library.Status NormalizeObject ()
 Normalizes all of an object's property values by invoking the data type Normalize methods. More...
 
_.Library.Integer ObjectModified ()
 This method is somewhat similar to IsModified but it also checks to see if swizzled. More...
 

Static Private Member Functions

_.Library.Boolean Exists (_.Library.ObjectIdentity soid)
 Checks to see if the object identified by the OID oid exists in the extent. More...
 
_.Library.Boolean ObjectIsNull (_.Library.ObjectIdentity soid)
 Return true if this stream oid is a null stream and false if the stream is not null.
 

Private Attributes

 __CurrFile
 Full path name of currently opened file. More...
 
 __MakePermLoc
 If true then when saving this file we need to move it to the default permanent location. More...
 
 __Mode
   More...
 
 __NormalizedDirectory
 Normalized form of the directory. More...
 
 __ReadMode
 Mode the device is opened in, either with terminators as delimitors or not. More...
 
 __TempFile
 Name of file (without directory) containing temporary stream. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Attributes inherited from Object
 DEFAULTCONCURRENCY = None
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from RegisteredObject
 CAPTION = None
 Optional name used by the Form Wizard for a class when generating forms. More...
 
 JAVATYPE = None
 The Java type to be used when exported.
 
 PROPERTYVALIDATION = None
 This parameter controls the default validation behavior for the object. More...
 

Detailed Description

For information on this class, see Working with Streams.

Stream class that stores binary data in files. For example, the following code opens a file binary stream, points it at a particular file on the filesystem, and then reads it in chunks of 32,000 bytes:

Set stream=##class(Stream.FileBinary).New() Set sc=stream.LinkToFile("c:\myfile.txt") While 'stream.AtEnd { Set line=stream.Read() ; Process the chunk here }

Member Function Documentation

◆ Exists()

_.Library.Boolean Exists ( _.Library.ObjectIdentity  soid)
staticprivate

Checks to see if the object identified by the OID oid exists in the extent.

<p>Returns <CLASS>%Boolean</CLASS> TRUE is it exists, FALSE if it does not.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ IsModified()

_.Library.Integer IsModified ( )
private

Returns true (1) if a property of this instance has been modified, otherwise false (0).

A TRUE result does not necessarily mean that any property has actually been changed. If IsModified() returns false then the object has not been modified. There are some situations where we simply cannot efficiently detect a change in value. In these cases we will set the modified status of the property.

Reimplemented from RegisteredObject.

Reimplemented in FileCharacter.

◆ IsNull()

_.Library.Boolean IsNull ( )
private

Returns true if this is a "NULL" stream; that is, a stream which has never.

been written to and saved and has no stream attributes. This is used by the InterSystems IRIS ODBC server.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ LocationSet()

_.Library.Status LocationSet ( _.Library.String  dir)
private

Note that setting the <property>Location</property> will cause a few things to happen.

It will delete any temporary file that may have been created. It will not touch any permanent file that this object was associated with, if you wish to delete this pre-existing permanent file then call <method>Clear</method> passing '1' as the argument before setting the Location. It then marks this object as pointing to a null stream in the new directory you specified.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ NormalizeObject()

_.Library.Status NormalizeObject ( )
private

Normalizes all of an object's property values by invoking the data type Normalize methods.

Many data types may allow many different representations of the same value. 
Normalization converts a value to its cannonical, or <em>normalized</em>, form.

Reimplemented from RegisteredObject.

◆ ObjectModified()

_.Library.Integer ObjectModified ( )
private

This method is somewhat similar to IsModified but it also checks to see if swizzled.

references would cause the object to become modified should they be serialized. This works on the assumption that a reference to a persistent object will never be modified if the ID has already been assigned. For references to serial objects, a call to ObjectModified indicates whether or not the serialized value is different. If the reference to a swizzled object is different from the initial object state then the $$$objModAll macro will already return true. Reference the <property>Set code.

Returns true (1) if this instance has been modified, otherwise false (0).

Reimplemented from RegisteredObject.

Reimplemented in FileCharacter.

◆ OnClose()

_.Library.Status OnClose ( )

This callback method is invoked by the <METHOD>Close</METHOD> method to.

provide notification that the current object is being closed.

The return value of this method is ignored.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ LinkToFile()

_.Library.Status LinkToFile ( _.Library.String  filename)

This method lets you connect a file stream to a file called filename without.

making a copy of it. If the file does not already exist it will still allow you to link to this file, and IsNull() will return true until you write to this file.

Do object.Image.LinkToFile("\temp\image.jpg") Do object.Save()

The method as its name suggests creates a LINK to an EXISTING file. So this is a 'shared public' file, as it can be shared by several instances of a class, or even several classes. Using the <method>CopyFrom</method> method, on the contrary, creates a 'private' image, not sharable by other instances/classes, so these two methods are really different.

The problems with shared public images are that several instances are all allowed to update and even delete the image, causing problems for other instances.

For example, if dog #2 has image 'test.gif', I can also assign that image to dog #5 or even person #24 If I change the image for dog #5, then the image is changed in place to another image, thus upsetting dog#2 and person#24. If I delete dog#5, the image is also deleted and thus dog#2 and person#24 are changed.

Also note that if there is currently some temporary data in the old stream when the <method>LinkToFile</method> is called this temporary data will be removed before the stream is linked to this filename.

◆ MoveToEnd()

_.Library.Status MoveToEnd ( )

Move to the end of the stream so the next <METHDO>Write</METHOD> will be appended to the end.

This allows you to read from a stream, then MoveToEnd() and append new data, where just calling <METHOD>Write</METHOD> after a read will clear the stream before writing new data.

Returns a <CLASS>Status</CLASS> value indicating success or failure.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ OutputToDevice()

_.Library.Status OutputToDevice ( _.Library.Integer  len)

Write out len characters of the stream to the current device starting from the current position.

This

method is optimised for performance by the various sub classes. If len is omitted or set to -1 then it will write out the entire stream starting at the beginning.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ Read()

Reads up to len characters from the current position.

in the stream. The current position is advanced by the number of characters read. Upon exit, len is set to the actual number of characters read. If a read occurs when the stream position is at the end of the stream, len will be set to -1 and <method>Read</method> will return a null string (""). If no len is passed in, ie. '<method>Read</method>()' then it is up to the Read implementation as to how much data to return. Some stream classes use this to optimize the amount of data returned to align this with the underlying storage of the stream.

You must call <method>Rewind</method> if you want to read a stream from the beginning again. Calling <method>Read</method> after <method>Write</method> implicitly ends the <method>Write</method> operation and rewinds to the start of the stream.

Returns a string up to len characters long. The byref argument sc will return a Status if any error occurred during the read.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ ReadLine()

Read a line from the file.

Note that besides the normal ReadLine arguments this can also be passed a term which

will return the terminator that completed the line if we read in a whole line.

◆ Write()

Appends the string data to the stream and advances the.

current stream position by the number of characters in data.

Note that a write operation immediately following a read or rewind will clear out the existing data in the stream.

Returns a <CLASS>Status</CLASS> value indicating success or failure.

Reimplemented from Object.

◆ WriteLine()

Appends the string data along with a line terminator to the stream and advances the.

current stream position by the number of characters in data plus the line terminator.

Returns a <CLASS>Status</CLASS> value indicating success or failure.

Reimplemented from Object.

Member Data Documentation

◆ CanonicalFilename

CanonicalFilename

Read only property that returns the canonical filename if the file is open and "" if the file is not open.

 

◆ __CurrFile

__CurrFile
private

Full path name of currently opened file.

Equal to "" if no file is open.

 

◆ Filename

Filename

The filename that this stream is currently using.

If you set this property to update the file we will write to/read from this operation can fail if for example the directory specified does not exist. To detect this failure either check the Status return code of the <method>FilenameSet</method> or if using 'Set stream.Filename=newname' then check objlasterror after the call to see if it reported an error.  

◆ LineTerminator

LineTerminator

For file streams the line will terminate on any of the characters set in the LineTerminator, it does not support.

multi-character line terminators because it uses the ObjectScript file behavior which terminates on any of the characters.
Also for FileCharacterStream even if you set this when you call <method>WriteLine</method> as the file was opened in 'S' mode it will normalize the line terminator as the data is being written, so for example if you set LineTerminator to $char(13,10) on Unix systems when you call <method>WriteLine</method> it will only write $char(10) to the file.  

◆ __MakePermLoc

__MakePermLoc
private

If true then when saving this file we need to move it to the default permanent location.

 

◆ __Mode

__Mode
private

 

 

◆ __NormalizedDirectory

__NormalizedDirectory
private

Normalized form of the directory.

This is used for access to the file (as it adds the

extra '/' if needed), but it stores the <Property>Location</Property> in the Id as this may be a relative path.  

◆ __ReadMode

__ReadMode
private

Mode the device is opened in, either with terminators as delimitors or not.

 

◆ ReadSize

ReadSize

While reading this holds the file size.

 

◆ RemoveOnClose

RemoveOnClose

If true then remove the permanent file as well as any temp file when this object is closed.

If you call Save on a stream where RemoveOnClose is true it will set this to false as if you explicitly save the stream you no longer want it to be removed when the object is closed. In order to make sure Save always runs the logic to reset the flag setting this to true causes IsModified/ObjectModified to return true.  

◆ __TempFile

__TempFile
private

Name of file (without directory) containing temporary stream.