TITLE

Stream::Base - Stream library base class

VERSION

version 0.1

SYNOPSIS

This is an abstract baseclass that is not supposed to be used directly.

DESCRIPTION

TBD

METHODS

assign stream, source

close

stream."dump"() (debug aid)

Dumps the content of the stream.Returns nothing.

copyTo

source = stream."source"()

Returns the currently set source.

is = stream."connected"()

Returns 1 if the stream is connected, 0 otherwise.It is connected until the source sub returns.

str = stream."read"()

Returns the read string, or a null string if the stream end has been reached.

stream."include"( stream2 )

Include stream2 in this stream. The next read on this stream will act on the included stream.Please have a look at examples/streams/Include.pir to see how it works.

stream."flush"() (internal)

Used to flush the stream when including another stream.

stream."read_bytes"( number )

Reads the specified number of bytes from the stream.

stream."byte_buffer"() (internal)

Returns or sets the byte buffer.

AUTHOR

Jens Rieks <parrot at jensbeimsurfen dot de> is the author and maintainer. Please send patches and suggestions to the Perl 6 Internals mailing list.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2004-2008, Parrot Foundation.