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Language	Haskell98

Network.HaskellNet.BSStream

Description

This module provides a byte string "stream" interface. This interface provides some common operations on a value which supports reading and writing byte strings.

Synopsis

Documentation

data BSStream Source

A byte string stream.

Constructors

BSStream

Fields

bsGetLine :: IO ByteString: Read a line from the stream. Should return the line which was read, including the newline.
bsGet :: Int -> IO ByteString: Read the specified number of bytes from the stream. Should block until the requested bytes can be read.
bsPut :: ByteString -> IO (): Write the specified byte string to the stream. Should flush the stream after writing.
bsFlush :: IO (): Flush the stream.
bsClose :: IO (): Close the stream.
bsIsOpen :: IO Bool: Is the stream open?

handleToStream :: Handle -> BSStream Source

Build a byte string stream which operates on a Handle.