Trait mycelium_util::io::Seek

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pub trait Seek {
    // Required method
    fn seek(&mut self, pos: SeekFrom) -> Result<u64>;

    // Provided methods
    fn stream_len(&mut self) -> Result<u64> { ... }
    fn stream_position(&mut self) -> Result<u64> { ... }
}

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The Seek trait provides a cursor which can be moved within a stream of bytes.

The stream typically has a fixed size, allowing seeking relative to either end or the current offset.

Required Methods§

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fn seek(&mut self, pos: SeekFrom) -> Result<u64>

Seek to an offset, in bytes, in a stream.

A seek beyond the end of a stream is allowed, but behavior is defined by the implementation.

If the seek operation completed successfully, this method returns the new position from the start of the stream. That position can be used later with SeekFrom::Start.

§Errors

Seeking to a negative offset is considered an error.

Provided Methods§

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fn stream_len(&mut self) -> Result<u64>

Returns the length of this stream (in bytes).

This method is implemented using up to three seek operations. If this method returns successfully, the seek position is unchanged (i.e. the position before calling this method is the same as afterwards). However, if this method returns an error, the seek position is unspecified.

If you need to obtain the length of many streams and you don’t care about the seek position afterwards, you can reduce the number of seek operations by simply calling seek(SeekFrom::End(0)) and using its return value (it is also the stream length).

Note that length of a stream can change over time (for example, when data is appended to a file). So calling this method multiple times does not necessarily return the same length each time.

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