*
* @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
* @version 0.0.0
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2012 Core Developer Team
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2015 Core Developer Team
* @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
* @link http://www.ship-simu.org
*
function size ();
/**
- * Writes at given position by seeking to it.
+ * Reads given amount of bytes from file.
*
- * @param $seekPosition Seek position in file
+ * @param $bytes Amount of bytes to read
+ * @return $data Data read from file
+ */
+ function read ($bytes);
+
+ /**
+ * Analyzes entries in index file. This will count all found (and valid)
+ * entries, mark invalid as damaged and count gaps ("fragmentation"). If
+ * only gaps are found, the file is considered as "virgin" (no entries).
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function analyzeFile ();
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the file header is initialized
+ *
+ * @return $isInitialized Whether the file header is initialized
+ */
+ function isFileHeaderInitialized ();
+
+ /**
+ * Creates the assigned file
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function createFileHeader ();
+
+ /**
+ * Pre-allocates file (if enabled) with some space for later faster write access.
+ *
+ * @param $type Type of the file
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function preAllocateFile ($type);
+
+ /**
+ * Initializes counter for valid entries, arrays for damaged entries and
+ * an array for gap seek positions. If you call this method on your own,
+ * please re-analyze the file structure. So you are better to call
+ * analyzeFile() instead of this method.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function initCountersGapsArray ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for header size
+ *
+ * @return $totalEntries Size of file header
+ */
+ function getHeaderSize ();
+
+ /**
+ * Setter for header size
+ *
+ * @param $headerSize Size of file header
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function setHeaderSize ($headerSize);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for header array
+ *
+ * @return $totalEntries Size of file header
+ */
+ function getHeader ();
+
+ /**
+ * Setter for header
+ *
+ * @param $header Array for a file header
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function setHeader (array $header);
+
+ /**
+ * Updates seekPosition attribute from file to avoid to much access on file.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function updateSeekPosition ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for total entries
+ *
+ * @return $totalEntries Total entries in this file
+ */
+ function getCounter ();
+
+ /**
+ * "Getter" for file size
+ *
+ * @return $fileSize Size of currently loaded file
+ */
+ function getFileSize ();
+
+ /**
+ * Writes data at given position
+ *
+ * @param $seekPosition Seek position
* @param $data Data to be written
+ * @param $flushHeader Whether to flush the header (default: flush)
* @return void
*/
- function writeAtPosition ($seedPosition, $data);
+ function writeData ($seekPosition, $data, $flushHeader = TRUE);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for seek position
+ *
+ * @return $seekPosition Current seek position (stored here in object)
+ */
+ function getSeekPosition ();
+
+ /**
+ * Writes given value to the file and returns a hash and gap position for it
+ *
+ * @param $groupId Group identifier
+ * @param $value Value to be added to the stack
+ * @return $data Hash and gap position
+ */
+ function writeValueToFile ($groupId, $value);
+
+ /**
+ * Writes given raw data to the file and returns a gap position and length
+ *
+ * @param $groupId Group identifier
+ * @param $hash Hash from encoded value
+ * @param $encoded Encoded value to be written to the file
+ * @return $data Gap position and length of the raw data
+ */
+ function writeDataToFreeGap ($groupId, $hash, $encoded);
+
+ /**
+ * Searches for next suitable gap the given length of data can fit in
+ * including padding bytes.
+ *
+ * @param $length Length of raw data
+ * @return $seekPosition Found next gap's seek position
+ */
+ function searchNextGap ($length);
}
// [EOF]