Puma::Pipe Class Reference

#include <Puma/Pipe.h>

Inheritance diagram for Puma::Pipe:

Description

Pipe between an input source and an output sink.

Warning

This class is not used and may disappear without notice.

Public Member Functions
	Pipe (int buffer_size)
	Constructor.
	~Pipe ()
	Destructor.
int	read (char *buffer, int n)
	Read n bytes from the internal buffer into the given string buffer.
int	write (const char *buffer, int n)
	Write n bytes from the given buffer into the internal source buffer.
int	free ()
	Get the number of bytes left in the internal buffer.
bool	full ()
	Check if the internal buffer is full.
Public Member Functions inherited from Puma::Source
	Source ()
	Constructs an empty source object.
virtual	~Source ()
	Destroys the source object.
virtual int	size ()
	Get the size of the source.
Public Member Functions inherited from Puma::Sink
virtual	~Sink ()
	Destructor.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Pipe()

Puma::Pipe::Pipe

(

int

buffer_size

)

Constructor.

Parameters

buffer_size

Source buffer size.

~Pipe()

Puma::Pipe::~Pipe

(

)

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

free()

int Puma::Pipe::free

(

)

Get the number of bytes left in the internal buffer.

Returns

The free space in the internal buffer.

full()

bool Puma::Pipe::full ( )

inlinevirtual

Check if the internal buffer is full.

Returns

True if no space left in the internal buffer.

Reimplemented from Puma::Sink.

read()

int Puma::Pipe::read ( char * buffer, int n )

virtual

Read n bytes from the internal buffer into the given string buffer.

Parameters

buffer	The string used as buffer for the bytes read.
n	The number of bytes to read.

Returns

The number of bytes read, or -1 in case of errors.

Implements Puma::Source.

write()

int Puma::Pipe::write ( const char * buffer, int n )

virtual

Write n bytes from the given buffer into the internal source buffer.

Parameters

buffer	The bytes to write.
n	The number of bytes to write.

Returns

The number of bytes written.

Implements Puma::Sink.