Class OutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:
PointerInterface
Direct Known Subclasses:
FileOutputStream, FilterOutputStream, MemoryOutputStream, UnixOutputStream

public class OutputStream extends Object
#GOutputStream has functions to write to a stream (g_output_stream_write()),
to close a stream (g_output_stream_close()) and to flush pending writes
(g_output_stream_flush()).

To copy the content of an input stream to an output stream without
manually handling the reads and writes, use g_output_stream_splice().

See the documentation for #GIOStream for details of thread safety of
streaming APIs.

All of these functions have async variants too.

https://docs.gtk.org/gio/class.OutputStream.html

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getClassHandler

      public static ClassHandler getClassHandler()
    • clearPending

      public void clearPending()
      Clears the pending flag on @stream.
    • close

      public boolean close(@Nullable Cancellable cancellable) throws AllocationError
      Closes the stream, releasing resources related to it.

      Once the stream is closed, all other operations will return %G_IO_ERROR_CLOSED.
      Closing a stream multiple times will not return an error.

      Closing a stream will automatically flush any outstanding buffers in the
      stream.

      Streams will be automatically closed when the last reference
      is dropped, but you might want to call this function to make sure
      resources are released as early as possible.

      Some streams might keep the backing store of the stream (e.g. a file descriptor)
      open after the stream is closed. See the documentation for the individual
      stream for details.

      On failure the first error that happened will be reported, but the close
      operation will finish as much as possible. A stream that failed to
      close will still return %G_IO_ERROR_CLOSED for all operations. Still, it
      is important to check and report the error to the user, otherwise
      there might be a loss of data as all data might not be written.

      If @cancellable is not %NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by
      triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation
      was cancelled, the error %G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
      Cancelling a close will still leave the stream closed, but there some streams
      can use a faster close that doesn't block to e.g. check errors. On
      cancellation (as with any error) there is no guarantee that all written
      data will reach the target.
      Parameters:
      cancellable - optional cancellable object
      Returns:
      %TRUE on success, %FALSE on failure
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • closeAsync

      public void closeAsync(int io_priority, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable, OutputStream.OnAsyncReadyCallback callback, @Nullable Pointer user_data)
      Requests an asynchronous close of the stream, releasing resources
      related to it. When the operation is finished @callback will be
      called. You can then call g_output_stream_close_finish() to get
      the result of the operation.

      For behaviour details see g_output_stream_close().

      The asynchronous methods have a default fallback that uses threads
      to implement asynchronicity, so they are optional for inheriting
      classes. However, if you override one you must override all.
      Parameters:
      io_priority - the io priority of the request.
      cancellable - optional cancellable object
      callback - callback to call when the request is satisfied
      user_data - the data to pass to callback function
    • closeFinish

      public boolean closeFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result) throws AllocationError
      Closes an output stream.
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult.
      Returns:
      %TRUE if stream was successfully closed, %FALSE otherwise.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • flush

      public boolean flush(@Nullable Cancellable cancellable) throws AllocationError
      Forces a write of all user-space buffered data for the given
      @stream. Will block during the operation. Closing the stream will
      implicitly cause a flush.

      This function is optional for inherited classes.

      If @cancellable is not %NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by
      triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation
      was cancelled, the error %G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
      Parameters:
      cancellable - optional cancellable object
      Returns:
      %TRUE on success, %FALSE on error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • flushAsync

      public void flushAsync(int io_priority, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable, OutputStream.OnAsyncReadyCallback callback, @Nullable Pointer user_data)
      Forces an asynchronous write of all user-space buffered data for
      the given @stream.
      For behaviour details see g_output_stream_flush().

      When the operation is finished @callback will be
      called. You can then call g_output_stream_flush_finish() to get the
      result of the operation.
      Parameters:
      io_priority - the io priority of the request.
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
      callback - a #GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied
      user_data - the data to pass to callback function
    • flushFinish

      public boolean flushFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result) throws AllocationError
      Finishes flushing an output stream.
      Parameters:
      result - a GAsyncResult.
      Returns:
      %TRUE if flush operation succeeded, %FALSE otherwise.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • hasPending

      public boolean hasPending()
      Checks if an output stream has pending actions.
      Returns:
      %TRUE if @stream has pending actions.
    • isClosed

      public boolean isClosed()
      Checks if an output stream has already been closed.
      Returns:
      %TRUE if @stream is closed. %FALSE otherwise.
    • isClosing

      public boolean isClosing()
      Checks if an output stream is being closed. This can be
      used inside e.g. a flush implementation to see if the
      flush (or other i/o operation) is called from within
      the closing operation.
      Returns:
      %TRUE if @stream is being closed. %FALSE otherwise.
    • setPending

      public boolean setPending() throws AllocationError
      Sets @stream to have actions pending. If the pending flag is
      already set or @stream is closed, it will return %FALSE and set
      @error.
      Returns:
      %TRUE if pending was previously unset and is now set.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • splice

      public long splice(@Nonnull InputStream source, int flags, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable) throws AllocationError
      Splices an input stream into an output stream.
      Parameters:
      source - a #GInputStream.
      flags - a set of #GOutputStreamSpliceFlags.
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
      Returns:
      a #gssize containing the size of the data spliced, or -1 if an error occurred. Note that if the number of bytes spliced is greater than %G_MAXSSIZE, then that will be returned, and there is no way to determine the actual number of bytes spliced.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • spliceAsync

      public void spliceAsync(@Nonnull InputStream source, int flags, int io_priority, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable, OutputStream.OnAsyncReadyCallback callback, @Nullable Pointer user_data)
      Splices a stream asynchronously.
      When the operation is finished @callback will be called.
      You can then call g_output_stream_splice_finish() to get the
      result of the operation.

      For the synchronous, blocking version of this function, see
      g_output_stream_splice().
      Parameters:
      source - a #GInputStream.
      flags - a set of #GOutputStreamSpliceFlags.
      io_priority - the io priority of the request.
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
      callback - a #GAsyncReadyCallback.
      user_data - user data passed to @callback.
    • spliceFinish

      public long spliceFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result) throws AllocationError
      Finishes an asynchronous stream splice operation.
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult.
      Returns:
      a #gssize of the number of bytes spliced. Note that if the number of bytes spliced is greater than %G_MAXSSIZE, then that will be returned, and there is no way to determine the actual number of bytes spliced.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • write

      public long write(@Nonnull Pointer buffer, long count, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable) throws AllocationError
      Tries to write @count bytes from @buffer into the stream. Will block
      during the operation.

      If count is 0, returns 0 and does nothing. A value of @count
      larger than %G_MAXSSIZE will cause a %G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT error.

      On success, the number of bytes written to the stream is returned.
      It is not an error if this is not the same as the requested size, as it
      can happen e.g. on a partial I/O error, or if there is not enough
      storage in the stream. All writes block until at least one byte
      is written or an error occurs; 0 is never returned (unless
      @count is 0).

      If @cancellable is not %NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by
      triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation
      was cancelled, the error %G_IO_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.

      On error -1 is returned and @error is set accordingly.
      Parameters:
      buffer - the buffer containing the data to write.
      count - the number of bytes to write
      cancellable - optional cancellable object
      Returns:
      Number of bytes written, or -1 on error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writeAll

      public boolean writeAll(@Nonnull Pointer buffer, long count, @Nullable Int64 bytes_written, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable) throws AllocationError
      Tries to write @count bytes from @buffer into the stream. Will block
      during the operation.

      This function is similar to g_output_stream_write(), except it tries to
      write as many bytes as requested, only stopping on an error.

      On a successful write of @count bytes, %TRUE is returned, and @bytes_written
      is set to @count.

      If there is an error during the operation %FALSE is returned and @error
      is set to indicate the error status.

      As a special exception to the normal conventions for functions that
      use #GError, if this function returns %FALSE (and sets @error) then
      @bytes_written will be set to the number of bytes that were
      successfully written before the error was encountered. This
      functionality is only available from C. If you need it from another
      language then you must write your own loop around
      g_output_stream_write().
      Parameters:
      buffer - the buffer containing the data to write.
      count - the number of bytes to write
      bytes_written - location to store the number of bytes that was written to the stream
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
      Returns:
      %TRUE on success, %FALSE if there was an error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writeAllAsync

      public void writeAllAsync(@Nonnull Pointer buffer, long count, int io_priority, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable, OutputStream.OnAsyncReadyCallback callback, @Nullable Pointer user_data)
      Request an asynchronous write of @count bytes from @buffer into
      the stream. When the operation is finished @callback will be called.
      You can then call g_output_stream_write_all_finish() to get the result of the
      operation.

      This is the asynchronous version of g_output_stream_write_all().

      Call g_output_stream_write_all_finish() to collect the result.

      Any outstanding I/O request with higher priority (lower numerical
      value) will be executed before an outstanding request with lower
      priority. Default priority is %G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT.

      Note that no copy of @buffer will be made, so it must stay valid
      until @callback is called.
      Parameters:
      buffer - the buffer containing the data to write
      count - the number of bytes to write
      io_priority - the io priority of the request
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore
      callback - callback to call when the request is satisfied
      user_data - the data to pass to callback function
    • writeAllFinish

      public boolean writeAllFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result, @Nullable Int64 bytes_written) throws AllocationError
      Finishes an asynchronous stream write operation started with
      g_output_stream_write_all_async().

      As a special exception to the normal conventions for functions that
      use #GError, if this function returns %FALSE (and sets @error) then
      @bytes_written will be set to the number of bytes that were
      successfully written before the error was encountered. This
      functionality is only available from C. If you need it from another
      language then you must write your own loop around
      g_output_stream_write_async().
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult
      bytes_written - location to store the number of bytes that was written to the stream
      Returns:
      %TRUE on success, %FALSE if there was an error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writeAsync

      public void writeAsync(@Nonnull Pointer buffer, long count, int io_priority, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable, OutputStream.OnAsyncReadyCallback callback, @Nullable Pointer user_data)
      Request an asynchronous write of @count bytes from @buffer into
      the stream. When the operation is finished @callback will be called.
      You can then call g_output_stream_write_finish() to get the result of the
      operation.

      During an async request no other sync and async calls are allowed,
      and will result in %G_IO_ERROR_PENDING errors.

      A value of @count larger than %G_MAXSSIZE will cause a
      %G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT error.

      On success, the number of bytes written will be passed to the
      @callback. It is not an error if this is not the same as the
      requested size, as it can happen e.g. on a partial I/O error,
      but generally we try to write as many bytes as requested.

      You are guaranteed that this method will never fail with
      %G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK - if @stream can't accept more data, the
      method will just wait until this changes.

      Any outstanding I/O request with higher priority (lower numerical
      value) will be executed before an outstanding request with lower
      priority. Default priority is %G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT.

      The asynchronous methods have a default fallback that uses threads
      to implement asynchronicity, so they are optional for inheriting
      classes. However, if you override one you must override all.

      For the synchronous, blocking version of this function, see
      g_output_stream_write().

      Note that no copy of @buffer will be made, so it must stay valid
      until @callback is called. See g_output_stream_write_bytes_async()
      for a #GBytes version that will automatically hold a reference to
      the contents (without copying) for the duration of the call.
      Parameters:
      buffer - the buffer containing the data to write.
      count - the number of bytes to write
      io_priority - the io priority of the request.
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
      callback - callback to call when the request is satisfied
      user_data - the data to pass to callback function
    • writeBytes

      public long writeBytes(@Nonnull Bytes bytes, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable) throws AllocationError
      A wrapper function for g_output_stream_write() which takes a
      #GBytes as input. This can be more convenient for use by language
      bindings or in other cases where the refcounted nature of #GBytes
      is helpful over a bare pointer interface.

      However, note that this function may still perform partial writes,
      just like g_output_stream_write(). If that occurs, to continue
      writing, you will need to create a new #GBytes containing just the
      remaining bytes, using g_bytes_new_from_bytes(). Passing the same
      #GBytes instance multiple times potentially can result in duplicated
      data in the output stream.
      Parameters:
      bytes - the #GBytes to write
      cancellable - optional cancellable object
      Returns:
      Number of bytes written, or -1 on error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writeBytesAsync

      public void writeBytesAsync(@Nonnull Bytes bytes, int io_priority, @Nullable Cancellable cancellable, OutputStream.OnAsyncReadyCallback callback, @Nullable Pointer user_data)
      This function is similar to g_output_stream_write_async(), but
      takes a #GBytes as input. Due to the refcounted nature of #GBytes,
      this allows the stream to avoid taking a copy of the data.

      However, note that this function may still perform partial writes,
      just like g_output_stream_write_async(). If that occurs, to continue
      writing, you will need to create a new #GBytes containing just the
      remaining bytes, using g_bytes_new_from_bytes(). Passing the same
      #GBytes instance multiple times potentially can result in duplicated
      data in the output stream.

      For the synchronous, blocking version of this function, see
      g_output_stream_write_bytes().
      Parameters:
      bytes - The bytes to write
      io_priority - the io priority of the request.
      cancellable - optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore.
      callback - callback to call when the request is satisfied
      user_data - the data to pass to callback function
    • writeBytesFinish

      public long writeBytesFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result) throws AllocationError
      Finishes a stream write-from-#GBytes operation.
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult.
      Returns:
      a #gssize containing the number of bytes written to the stream.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writeFinish

      public long writeFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result) throws AllocationError
      Finishes a stream write operation.
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult.
      Returns:
      a #gssize containing the number of bytes written to the stream.
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writevAllFinish

      public boolean writevAllFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result, @Nullable Int64 bytes_written) throws AllocationError
      Finishes an asynchronous stream write operation started with
      g_output_stream_writev_all_async().

      As a special exception to the normal conventions for functions that
      use #GError, if this function returns %FALSE (and sets @error) then
      @bytes_written will be set to the number of bytes that were
      successfully written before the error was encountered. This
      functionality is only available from C. If you need it from another
      language then you must write your own loop around
      g_output_stream_writev_async().
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult
      bytes_written - location to store the number of bytes that were written to the stream
      Returns:
      %TRUE on success, %FALSE if there was an error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • writevFinish

      public boolean writevFinish(@Nonnull AsyncResult result, @Nullable Int64 bytes_written) throws AllocationError
      Finishes a stream writev operation.
      Parameters:
      result - a #GAsyncResult.
      bytes_written - location to store the number of bytes that were written to the stream
      Returns:
      %TRUE on success, %FALSE if there was an error
      Throws:
      AllocationError
    • getTypeID

      public static long getTypeID()
    • getParentTypeID

      public static long getParentTypeID()
    • getTypeSize

      public static TypeSystem.TypeSize getTypeSize()
    • getParentTypeSize

      public static TypeSystem.TypeSize getParentTypeSize()
    • getInstanceSize

      public static int getInstanceSize()