//! This module contains a few traits and blanket implementations
-//! for (de)serializing and writing/reading numeric data to/from the disc.
+//! for (de)serializing and writing/reading data to/from the disc.
//! To use it you should import the `Load` and `Store` traits and use the
//! `load_from` and `write_to` methods.
//!
//! # Example
//!
-//! ```
-//! use stud_rust_base::io::*;
+//! ```no_run
+//! # use stud_rust_base::io::*;
//!
-//! fn test() {
-//! let head = Vec::<u32>::load_from("head_file_name").expect("could not read head");
-//! let lat = Vec::<f32>::load_from("node_latitude_file_name").expect("could not read lat");
-//! head.write_to("output_file").expect("could not write head");
-//! }
+//! let head = Vec::<u32>::load_from("head_file_name")?;
+//! let lat = Vec::<f32>::load_from("node_latitude_file_name")?;
+//! head.write_to(&"output_file")?;
+//! # Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
//! ```
-use std::fs;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
-use std::io::Result;
-use std::mem;
-use std::slice;
+use std::{
+ fs::{metadata, File},
+ io::{prelude::*, Result},
+ mem,
+ path::Path,
+ slice,
+};
/// A trait which allows accessing the data of an object as a slice of bytes.
/// The bytes should represent a serialization of the object and allow
}
}
+impl<T: Copy> DataBytes for Vec<T> {
+ fn data_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+ &self[..].data_bytes()
+ }
+}
+
impl<T: Copy> DataBytesMut for [T] {
fn data_bytes_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
let num_bytes = self.len() * mem::size_of::<T>();
}
/// A trait which extends the `DataBytes` trait and exposes a method to write objects to disk.
-pub trait Store : DataBytes {
- /// Writes the serialized object to the file with the given filename
- fn write_to(&self, filename: &str) -> Result<()> {
- File::create(filename)?.write_all(self.data_bytes())
+pub trait Store: DataBytes {
+ /// Writes the serialized object to the file with the given path
+ fn write_to(&self, path: &dyn AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
+ File::create(path)?.write_all(self.data_bytes())
}
}
impl<T> Store for [T] where [T]: DataBytes {}
/// A trait to load serialized data back into objects.
-pub trait Load : DataBytesMut + Sized {
+pub trait Load: DataBytesMut + Sized {
/// This method must create an object of the correct size for serialized data with the given number of bytes.
/// It should not be necessary to call this method directly.
fn new_with_bytes(num_bytes: usize) -> Self;
/// This method will load serialized data from the disk, create an object of the appropriate size,
/// deserialize the bytes into the object and return the object.
- fn load_from(filename: &str) -> Result<Self> {
- let metadata = fs::metadata(filename)?;
- let mut file = File::open(filename)?;
+ fn load_from<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self> {
+ let metadata = metadata(path.as_ref())?;
+ let mut file = File::open(path)?;
let mut object = Self::new_with_bytes(metadata.len() as usize);
assert_eq!(metadata.len() as usize, object.data_bytes_mut().len());