3 namespace Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Filesystem\Pointer;
5 // Import framework stuff
6 use Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Filesystem\FilePointer;
7 use Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Stream\Input\StreamableInput;
10 * An interface for (mostly) file input pointers.
12 * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
14 <<<<<<< HEAD:framework/main/interfaces/io/pointer/class_InputPointer.php
15 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2017 Core Developer Team
17 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2016 Core Developer Team
18 >>>>>>> Some updates::inc/main/interfaces/io/pointer/class_InputPointer.php
19 * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
20 * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
22 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
23 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
24 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
25 * (at your option) any later version.
27 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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35 interface InputPointer extends StreamableInput, FilePointer {
37 * Read data a file pointer
39 * @return $data Read data from file
41 function readFromFile ();
44 * Reads a line, maximum 4096 Bytes from current file pointer
46 * @return $data Read data from file
51 * Reads given amount of bytes from file.
53 * @param $bytes Amount of bytes to read or whole line (only text files)
54 * @return $data Data read from file
55 * @throws NullPointerException If the file pointer instance
56 * is not set by setPointer()
57 * @throws InvalidResourceException If there is being set
59 function read ($bytes = NULL);