Class InputReader

Defined in File input_reader.h

Class Documentation

class InputReader

InputReader class used for extracting domains from a file pointer.

This class reads domains seperated by a newline character from a specified file pointer. The class also checks all characters in the domain for validity, only a-z, 0-9, - and . are allowed. Note that uppercase characters are not allowed

Public Functions

InputReader(FILE *read_file)

Construct a new Input Reader object using a block size of 1MB.

See also

block_size

Parameters:

read_file – File pointer to read domains from
block_size – The block size to use when reading the file,

ReadDomainResult GetDomain(DomainInputInfo &domain_info)

Read a new domain from read_file.

Parameters:: domain_info – Reference to a domain_info object, the caller is responsible for ensuring enough allocated memory is available in domain_info.buf
Returns:: ReadDomainResult::Success means the domain in domain_info doesn’t contain invalid characters
Returns:: ReadDomainResult::NotAvailable means there was no new data available from read_file, domain_info should not be used
Returns:: ReadDomainResult::FileEnd indicates that the input file has been read completely and the InputReader object can be destroyed
Returns:: ReadDomainResult::NotValid means that the result read into domain_info comtains invalid characters and/or the domain is too long

~InputReader(): Destroy the Input Reader object.