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module ValueIO

rascal-0.40.16

Library functions for reading and writing values in textual and binary format.

Usage​

import ValueIO;

Dependencies​

import Type;

function readValueFile​

Read a value from a binary file in PBF format.

value readValueFile(loc file)

function getFileLength​

Get length of a file in number of bytes.

int getFileLength(loc file)

function readBinaryValueFile​

Read a typed value from a binary file.

&T readBinaryValueFile(type[&T] result, loc file)

value readBinaryValueFile(loc file)

function readTextValueFile​

Read a typed value from a text file.

&T readTextValueFile(type[&T] result, loc file)

value readTextValueFile(loc file)

function readTextValueFileWithEmbeddedTypes​

If you have written a file containing reified types, then you can use this function to read them back.

&T readTextValueFileWithEmbeddedTypes(type[&T] result, loc file)

function readTextValueString​

Parse a textual string representation of a value.

value readTextValueString(str input)

function readTextValueString​

Parse a textual string representation of a value and validate it against the given type.

&T readTextValueString(type[&T] result, str input)

function writeBinaryValueFile​

Write a value to a file using an efficient binary file format.

void writeBinaryValueFile(loc file, value val, bool compression = true)

function writeTextValueFile​

Write a value to a file using a textual file format.

void writeTextValueFile(loc file, value val)