MappedFile

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

[ Compact ]
[ Version ( since = "2.22" ) ]
[ CCode ( ref_function = "g_mapped_file_ref" , type_id = "G_TYPE_MAPPED_FILE" , unref_function = "g_mapped_file_unref" ) ]
public class MappedFile

The MappedFile represents a file mapping created with MappedFile.

It has only private members and should not be accessed directly.

Example: Map a file and print its content and size:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	try {
		MappedFile file = new MappedFile ("test.vala", false);
		print ((string) file.get_contents ());
		print ("Size: %" + size_t.FORMAT + " bytes\n", file.get_length ());
	} catch (FileError e) {
		print ("FileError: %s\n", e.message);
	}
	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.MappedFile.vala

Namespace: GLib

Package: glib-2.0

Content:

Creation methods:

public MappedFile (string filename, bool writable) throws FileError
Maps a file into memory.
public MappedFile.from_fd (int fd, bool writable) throws FileError
Maps a file into memory.

Methods:

public Bytes get_bytes ()
Creates a new Bytes which references the data mapped from this.
public char* get_contents ()
Returns the contents of a MappedFile.
public size_t get_length ()
Returns the length of the contents of a MappedFile .