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authorGian Mario Tagliaretti <gianmt@gnome.org>2009-06-15 23:02:34 +0200
committerGian Mario Tagliaretti <gianmt@gnome.org>2009-06-15 23:03:50 +0200
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Add dpcs for class gio.DataInputStream
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-rw-r--r--docs/Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/pygio-classes.xml1
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/pygio-constants.xml66
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/pygio-datainputstream.xml799
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diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 13d2703..02bd5d1 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ HTML_FILES = \
html/class-giobufferedinputstream.html \
html/class-giobufferedoutputstream.html \
html/class-giocancellable.html \
+ html/class-giodatainputstream.html \
html/class-giodrive.html \
html/class-gioemblem.html \
html/class-gioemblemedicon.html \
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ XML_FILES = \
reference/pygio-bufferedinputstream.xml \
reference/pygio-bufferedoutputstream.xml \
reference/pygio-cancellable.xml \
+ reference/pygio-datainputstream.xml \
reference/pygio-drive.xml \
reference/pygio-emblem.xml \
reference/pygio-emblemedicon.xml \
diff --git a/docs/reference/pygio-classes.xml b/docs/reference/pygio-classes.xml
index 1c59d61..59e5168 100644
--- a/docs/reference/pygio-classes.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/pygio-classes.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
<xi:include href="pygio-bufferedinputstream.xml"/>
<xi:include href="pygio-bufferedoutputstream.xml"/>
<xi:include href="pygio-cancellable.xml"/>
+<xi:include href="pygio-datainputstream.xml"/>
<xi:include href="pygio-drive.xml"/>
<xi:include href="pygio-emblem.xml"/>
<xi:include href="pygio-emblemedicon.xml"/>
diff --git a/docs/reference/pygio-constants.xml b/docs/reference/pygio-constants.xml
index f716e25..343927e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/pygio-constants.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/pygio-constants.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="gio-app-info-constants" endterm="gio-app-info-constants-title"></xref>
<xref linkend="gio-ask-password-flags-constants" endterm="gio-ask-password-flags-constants-title"></xref>
+<xref linkend="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants" endterm="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants-title"></xref>
+<xref linkend="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants" endterm="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants-title"></xref>
<xref linkend="gio-emblem-origin-constants" endterm="gio-emblem-origin-constants-title"></xref>
<xref linkend="gio-error-constants" endterm="gio-error-constants-title"></xref>
<xref linkend="gio-file-attribute-constants" endterm="gio-file-attribute-constants-title"></xref>
@@ -106,6 +108,70 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
+ <refsect2 id="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants">
+ <title id="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants-title">Gio Data Stream Byte Order Constants</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Used to ensure proper endianness of streaming data sources across various machine architectures.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Selects Big Endian byte order.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_BYTE_ORDER_HOST_ENDIAN</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Selects endianness based on host machine's architecture.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_BYTE_ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Selects Little Endian byte order.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants">
+ <title id="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants-title">Gio Data Stream Newline Type Constants</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Used when checking for or setting the line endings for a given file.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_LF</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Selects "LF" line endings, common on most modern UNIX platforms.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_CR</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Selects "CR" line endings.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_CR_LF</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Selects "CR, LF" line ending, common on Microsoft Windows.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>gio.DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_ANY</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>Automatically try to handle any line ending type.</simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
+
<refsect2 id="gio-emblem-origin-constants">
<title id="gio-emblem-origin-constants-title">Gio Emblem Origin Constants</title>
diff --git a/docs/reference/pygio-datainputstream.xml b/docs/reference/pygio-datainputstream.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..403bb3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/pygio-datainputstream.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,799 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<refentry id="class-giodatainputstream">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>gio.DataInputStream</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Data Input Stream</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Synopsis</title>
+
+ <classsynopsis language="python">
+ <ooclass><classname>gio.DataInputStream</classname></ooclass>
+ <ooclass><classname><link linkend="class-giobufferedinputstream">gio.BufferedInputStream</link></classname></ooclass>
+
+ <constructorsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="constructor-giodatainputstream">gio.DataInputStream</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">base_stream</parameter></methodparam>
+ </constructorsynopsis>
+
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte-order">get_byte_order</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-newline-type">get_newline_type</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-byte">read_byte</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-int16">read_int16</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-int32">read_int32</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-int64">read_int64</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-line">read_line</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-line-async">read_line_async</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">callback</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">io_priority</parameter><initializer>glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">user_data</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-line-finish">read_line_finish</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">result</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-uint16">read_uint16</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-uint32">read_uint32</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-uint64">read_uint64</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until">read_until</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">stop_chars</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until-async">read_until_async</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">stop_chars</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">callback</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">io_priority</parameter><initializer>glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">user_data</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until-finish">read_until_finish</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">result</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte-order">set_byte_order</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">order</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-newline-type">set_newline_type</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">type</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+
+ </classsynopsis>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Ancestry</title>
+
+<synopsis>+-- <link linkend="class-gobject">gobject.GObject</link>
+ +-- <link linkend="class-gioinputstream">gio.InputStream</link>
+ +-- <link linkend="class-giofilterinputstream">gio.FilterInputStream</link>
+ +-- <link linkend="class-giobufferedinputstream">gio.BufferedInputStream</link>
+ +-- <link linkend="class-giodatainputstream">gio.DataInputStream</link>
+</synopsis>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="properties-giodatainputstream">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream Properties</title>
+
+ <blockquote role="properties">
+ <informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none">
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec column="1" colwidth="1in"/>
+ <colspec column="2" colwidth="1in"/>
+ <colspec column="3" colwidth="4in"/>
+ <tbody>
+ <row valign="top">
+ <entry>"byte-order"</entry>
+ <entry>Read - Write</entry>
+ <entry>The byte order. Default value: gio.DATA_STREAM_BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row valign="top">
+ <entry>"newline-type"</entry>
+ <entry>Read - Write</entry>
+ <entry>The accepted types of line ending. Default value: gio.DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_LF.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </blockquote>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="class-giodatainputstream"><classname>gio.DataInputStream</classname></link>
+ implements <link linkend="class-gioinputstream"><classname>gio.InputStream</classname></link>
+ and includes functions for reading structured data directly from a binary input stream.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="constructor-giodatainputstream">
+ <title>Constructor</title>
+
+ <programlisting><constructorsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>gio.DataInputStream</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">base_stream</parameter></methodparam>
+ </constructorsynopsis></programlisting>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>base_stream</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a
+ <link linkend="class-gioinputstream"><classname>gio.InputStream</classname></link>.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a new
+ <link linkend="class-giodatainputstream"><classname>gio.DataInputStream</classname></link>
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ Creates a new <link linkend="class-giodatainputstream"><classname>gio.DataInputStream</classname></link>
+ from the given base_stream.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Methods</title>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte-order">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>get_byte_order</methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the stream's current
+ <xref linkend="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants" endterm="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants-title"></xref>.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>get_byte_order</methodname>() method gets the byte
+ order for the data input stream.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--get-newline-type">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.get_newline_type</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>get_newline_type</methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara><xref linkend="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants" endterm="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants-title"></xref>
+ for the given stream.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>get_newline_type</methodname>() method gets the current
+ newline type for the stream.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-byte">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_byte</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_byte</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>an unsigned 8-bit/1-byte value read from the
+ stream or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_byte</methodname>() method reads an unsigned 8-bit/1-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-int16">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_int16</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_int16</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a signed 16-bit/2-byte value read from stream or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_int16</methodname>() method reads a 16-bit/2-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</link></methodname>()
+ and
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled by
+ triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
+ the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-int32">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_int32</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_int32</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a signed 32-bit/4-byte value read from the stream
+ or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_int32</methodname>() method reads a signed 32-bit/4-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</link></methodname>()
+ and
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled by
+ triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
+ the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-int64">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_int64</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_int64</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a signed 64-bit/8-byte value read from the stream
+ or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_int64</methodname>() method reads a signed 64-bit/8-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</link></methodname>()
+ and
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled by
+ triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
+ the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-line">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_line</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_line</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a string with the line that was read in (without the newlines).
+ Set length to a gsize to get the length of the read line. On an error, it will return
+ <literal>None</literal> and error will be set. If there's no content to read, it
+ will still return <literal>None</literal>, but error won't be set.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_line</methodname>() reads a line from the data input stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can
+ be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread.
+ If the operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be
+ returned. If an operation was partially finished when the operation was
+ cancelled the partial result will be returned, without an error.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-line-async">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_line_async</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_line_async</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">callback</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">io_priority</parameter><initializer>glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">user_data</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>callback</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>io_priority</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the
+ <xref linkend="glib-priority-constants" endterm="glib-priority-constants-title"></xref>
+ of the request.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.</simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>user_data</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the data to pass to callback function.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_line_async</methodname>() method is the asynchronous version of
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-line">gio.DataInputStream.read_line</link></methodname>().
+ It is an error to have two outstanding calls to this function.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For the synchronous version of this function, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-line">gio.DataInputStream.read_line</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled
+ by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was
+ cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be set
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-line-finish">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_line_finish</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_line_finish</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">result</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">result</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="class-gioasyncresult"><classname>gio.AsyncResult</classname></link>.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a string with the line that was read in (without the newlines).
+ On an error, it will return <literal>None</literal> and error will be set.
+ If there's no content to read, it will still return <literal>None</literal>,
+ but error won't be set.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_line_finish</methodname>() method finishes an asynchronous
+ file append operation started with
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-line-async">gio.DataInputStream.read_line_async</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-uint16">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_uint16</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_uint16</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a signed 16-bit/2-byte value read from stream or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_uint16</methodname>() method reads a 16-bit/2-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</link></methodname>()
+ and
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled by
+ triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
+ the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-uint32">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_uint32</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_uint32</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a signed 32-bit/4-byte value read from the stream
+ or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_uint32</methodname>() method reads a signed 32-bit/4-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</link></methodname>()
+ and
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled by
+ triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
+ the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-uint64">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_uint64</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_uint64</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a signed 64-bit/8-byte value read from the stream
+ or 0 if an error occurred.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_uint64</methodname>() method reads a signed 64-bit/8-byte value from stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--get-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.get_byte_order</link></methodname>()
+ and
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte_order">gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled by
+ triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
+ the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-until">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_until</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_until</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">stop_chars</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">stop_chars</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>characters to terminate the read.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a string with the data that was read before encountering
+ any of the stop characters. This function will return NULL on an error.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_until</methodname>() reads a string from the data input
+ stream, up to the first occurrence of any of the stop characters.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-until-async">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_until_async</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_until_async</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">stop_chars</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">callback</parameter></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">io_priority</parameter><initializer>glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">cancellable</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">user_data</parameter><initializer>None</initializer></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">stop_chars</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>characters to terminate the read.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>callback</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>io_priority</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the
+ <xref linkend="glib-priority-constants" endterm="glib-priority-constants-title"></xref>
+ of the request.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>cancellable</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>optional
+ <link linkend="class-giocancellable"><classname>gio.Cancellable</classname></link>
+ object, <literal>None</literal> to ignore.</simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>user_data</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the data to pass to callback function.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_until_async</methodname>() method it's the asynchronous version of
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until">gio.DataInputStream.read_until</link></methodname>().
+ It is an error to have two outstanding calls to this function.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For the synchronous version of this function, see
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until">gio.DataInputStream.read_until</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If cancellable is not <literal>None</literal>, then the operation can be cancelled
+ by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was
+ cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be set
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until-finish">gio.DataInputStream.read_until_finish</link></methodname>()
+ to get the result of the operation.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--read-until-finish">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.read_until_finish</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>read_until_finish</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">result</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">result</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="class-gioasyncresult"><classname>gio.AsyncResult</classname></link>.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a string with the data that was read before encountering
+ any of the stop characters. This function will return <literal>None</literal> on an error.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>read_until_finish</methodname>() method finishes an asynchronous
+ file append operation started with
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giodatainputstream--read-until-async">gio.DataInputStream.read_until_async</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--set-byte-order">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.set_byte_order</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>set_byte_order</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">order</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">order</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a
+ <xref linkend="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants" endterm="gio-data-stream-byte-order-constants-title"></xref> to set.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>set_byte_order</methodname>() method sets the byte order for
+ the given stream. All subsequent reads from the stream will be read in the given order.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giodatainputstream--set-newline-type">
+ <title>gio.DataInputStream.set_newline_type</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>set_newline_type</methodname>
+ <methodparam><parameter role="keyword">type</parameter></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter role="keyword">type</parameter>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a
+ <xref linkend="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants" endterm="gio-data-stream-newline-type-constants-title"></xref> to set.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>set_newline_type</methodname>() method sets the newline type for the stream.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ Note that using gio.DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_ANY is slightly unsafe. If a
+ read chunk ends in "CR" we must read an additional byte to know if this is
+ "CR" or "CR LF", and this might block if there is no more data availible.
+ </note>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>