Trait io::BlockReader

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pub trait BlockReader: BlockIo {
    fn read_blocks(
        &mut self,
        buffer: &mut [u8],
        block_offset: usize
    ) -> Result<usize, IoError>; }
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A trait that represents an I/O stream (e.g., an I/O device) that can be read from in blocks. The block size specifies the minimum granularity of each transfer, as given by the BlockIo::block_size() function.

A BlockReader is not aware of the current block offset into the stream; thus, each read operation requires a starting offset: the number of blocks from the beginning of the I/O stream at which the read should start.

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Reads blocks of data from this reader into the given buffer.

The number of blocks read is dictated by the length of the given buffer.

Arguments
  • buffer: the buffer into which data will be read. The length of this buffer must be a multiple of the block size.
  • block_offset: the offset in number of blocks from the beginning of this reader.
Return

If successful, returns the number of blocks read into the given buffer. Otherwise, returns an error.

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