An OO equivalent of the internal FILEHANDLE variable and associated _sys_* functions. More...

#include <FileHandle.h>

Inherited by FileLike, and LocalFileHandle.

Public Member Functions
virtual ssize_t	write (const void *buffer, size_t length)=0
	Write the contents of a buffer to the file.
virtual int	close ()=0
	Close the file.
virtual ssize_t	read (void *buffer, size_t length)=0
	Function read Reads the contents of the file into a buffer.
virtual int	isatty ()=0
	Check if the handle is for a interactive terminal device.
virtual off_t	lseek (off_t offset, int whence)=0
	Move the file position to a given offset from a given location.
virtual int	fsync ()=0
	Flush any buffers associated with the FileHandle, ensuring it is up to date on disk.
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	lock ()
	Acquire exclusive access to this object.
virtual void	unlock ()
	Release exclusive access to this object.

Detailed Description

An OO equivalent of the internal FILEHANDLE variable and associated _sys_* functions.

FileHandle is an abstract class, needing at least sys_write and sys_read to be implmented for a simple interactive device.

No one ever directly tals to/instanciates a FileHandle - it gets created by FileSystem, and wrapped up by stdio.

Synchronization level: Set by subclass

Definition at line 46 of file FileHandle.h.

Member Function Documentation

Write the contents of a buffer to the file.

Parameters:

buffer	the buffer to write from
length	the number of characters to write

Returns:: The number of characters written (possibly 0) on success, -1 on error.

Implemented in Stream.