Class ATextInputStream
Unit
classwork
Declaration
type ATextInputStream = class(AStreamWrapper)
Description
This class serves as the basis for a class which wraps around other instances of AStream and provides the ability to treat the data read from the stream as text. In particular, this class supports reading from ASCII- or UTF-8-encoded streams, as well as providing methods for reading and returning an entire line of text.
Hierarchy
Overview
Methods
Description
Methods
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function read(const count: TStreamIOSize; var dest): TStreamIOSize; override; |
Read count bytes from the buffer and store the data in dest .
This method simply passes the read call through to AStreamWrapper.Target. It does not attempt to interpret the data read. To retrieve one or more characters, call ATextInputStream.readCharacters. To retrieve a line of text, call ATextInputStream.readLine.
Returns
The total number of bytes read from the stream. This value may be less than count if the end of the stream was encountered while reading. |
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function readCharacters(count: TStreamIOSize; var dest: AnsiString): TStreamIOSize; virtual; |
Read count characters from the stream and store the data in dest .
dest is set to an empty string by this routine before it begins to read.
This method reads from the underlying target stream and stores the desired number of characters in dest . As it reads from the stream, the method attempts to determine whether or not the character is encoded using ASCII or UTF-8 and adjusts accordingly.
Returns
The total number of characters read from the stream. This value may be less than count if the end of the stream was encountered while reading. |
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function readLine(var dest: AnsiString; const lineTerminator: string = System.lineEnding): TStreamIOSize; |
Read characters from the stream until the end of a line (or the end of the stream itself) is encountered.
dest is set to an empty string by this routine before it begins to read.
This method reads from the underlying target stream and stores characters in dest until lineTerminator is reached. The line terminator characters will not be added to dest , but the next call to ATextInputStream.readLine will begin at the start of the next line in the underlying stream, unless the end of the stream is reached first.
Returns
The total number of characters read from the stream. |
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