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Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
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[section:BodyReader BodyReader]
A [*BodyReader] provides an online algorithm to obtain a sequence of zero
or more buffers from a body during serialization. The implementation creates
an instance of this type when needed, and calls into it one or more times to
retrieve buffers holding body octets. The interface of [*BodyReader] is
intended to obtain buffers for these scenarios:
* A body that does not entirely fit in memory.
* A body produced incrementally from coroutine output.
* A body represented by zero or more buffers already in memory.
* A body whose size is not known ahead of time.
* Body data generated dynamically from other threads.
* Body data computed algorithmically.
In this table:
* `X` denotes a type meeting the requirements of [*BodyReader].
* `B` denotes a __Body__ where
`std::is_same<X, B::reader>::value == true`.
* `a` denotes a value of type `X`.
* `m` denotes a value of type `message const&` where
`std::is_same<decltype(m.body), Body::value_type>:value == true`.
* `ec` is a value of type [link beast.ref.beast__error_code `error_code&`].
* `R<T>` is the type `boost::optional<std::pair<T, bool>>`.
[table BodyReader requirements
[[expression] [type] [semantics, pre/post-conditions]]
[
[`X::const_buffers_type`]
[]
[
A type which meets the requirements of __ConstBufferSequence__.
This is the type of buffer returned by `X::get`.
]
][
[`X::is_deferred`]
[]
[
The type `std::true_type` if the serialization implementation
should only attempt to retrieve buffers from the reader after
the header has been serialized. Otherwise, if this type is
`std::false_type` the implementation will activate an
optimization: the first buffer produced during serialization
will contain both the header and some or all of this body.
Implementations of [*BodyReader] for which initialization is
expensive, should use `std::false_type` here, to reduce the
latency experienced by the remote host when expecting to read
the HTTP header.
]
][
[`X(m);`]
[]
[
Constructible from `m`. The lifetime of `m` is guaranteed
to end no earlier than after the `X` is destroyed.
]
][
[`a.init(ec)`]
[]
[
Called immediately after construction.
The function will ensure that `!ec` is `true` if there was
no error or set to the appropriate error code if there was one.
]
][
[`a.get(ec)`]
[`R<X::const_buffers_type>`]
[
Called repeatedly after `init` succeeds. This function returns
`boost::none` if all buffers representing the body have been
returned in previous calls or if it sets `ec` to indicate an
error. Otherwise, if there are buffers remaining the function
should return a pair with the first element containing a non-zero
length buffer sequence representing the next set of octets in
the body, while the second element is a `bool` meaning `true`
if there may be additional buffers returned on a subsequent call,
or `false` if the buffer returned on this call is the last
buffer representing the body.
The function will ensure that `!ec` is `true` if there was
no error or set to the appropriate error code if there was one.
]
][
[`a.finish(ec)`]
[]
[
This function is called after the reader indicates there
are no more buffers remaining.
The function will ensure that `!ec` is `true` if there was
no error or set to the appropriate error code if there was one.
]
][
[`is_body_reader<B>`]
[`std::true_type`]
[
An alias for `std::true_type` for `B`, otherwise an alias
for `std::false_type`.
]
]
]
[heading Exemplar]
[concept_BodyReader]
[endsect]