Inheritance diagram for ConduitSource:
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int | reader (void[] dst) |
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void | bind (IConduitSource next) |
void | unbind () |
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IConduitSource | next |
Filters are chained together such that the last filter added is the first one invoked. It is the responsibility of each filter to invoke the next link in the chain; for example:
class MungingInputFilter : FilterInput { int reader (void[] dst) { // read the next X bytes int count = next.reader (dst); // set everything to '*' ! dst[0..count] = '*'; // say how many we read return count; } }
Notice how this filter invokes the 'next' instance before munging the content ... the far end of the chain is where the original IConduit reader is attached, so it will get invoked eventually assuming each filter invokes 'next'. If the next reader fails it will return IConduit.Eof, as should your filter (or throw an IOException). From a client perspective, filters are attached like this:
FileConduit fc = new FileConduit (...); fc.attach (new ZipInputFilter); fc.attach (new MungingInputFilter);
Again, the last filter attached is the first one invoked when a block of content is actually read. Each filter has two additional methods that it may use to control behavior:
The first method is invoked when the filter is attached to a conduit, while the second is invoked just before the conduit is closed. Both of these may be overridden by the filter for whatever purpose desired.
Note that an input filter can choose to sidestep reading from the conduit (per the usual case), and produce its input from somewhere else entirely. This mechanism supports the notion of 'piping' between multiple conduits, or between a conduit and something else entirely; it's a bridging mechanism.
Definition at line 366 of file Conduit.d.
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conduit-specific reader Reimplemented from IConduitSource. Referenced by testConduitFilters(). |
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Reimplemented from IConduitSource. |
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Reimplemented from IConduitSource. Definition at line 390 of file Conduit.d. References IConduitSource::unbind(). |
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