Struct std::io::BufWriter

pub struct BufWriter<W: Write> { /* fields omitted */ }

Wraps a writer and buffers its output.

It can be excessively inefficient to work directly with something that implements Write. For example, every call to write on TcpStream results in a system call. A BufWriter keeps an in-memory buffer of data and writes it to an underlying writer in large, infrequent batches.

BufWriter can improve the speed of programs that make small and repeated write calls to the same file or network socket. It does not help when writing very large amounts at once, or writing just one or a few times. It also provides no advantage when writing to a destination that is in memory, like a Vec<u8>.

When the BufWriter is dropped, the contents of its buffer will be written out. However, any errors that happen in the process of flushing the buffer when the writer is dropped will be ignored. Code that wishes to handle such errors must manually call flush before the writer is dropped.

Examples

Let's write the numbers one through ten to a TcpStream:

use std::io::prelude::*;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let mut stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap();

for i in 0..10 {
    stream.write(&[i+1]).unwrap();
}

Because we're not buffering, we write each one in turn, incurring the overhead of a system call per byte written. We can fix this with a BufWriter:

use std::io::prelude::*;
use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let mut stream = BufWriter::new(TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap());

for i in 0..10 {
    stream.write(&[i+1]).unwrap();
}

By wrapping the stream with a BufWriter, these ten writes are all grouped together by the buffer, and will all be written out in one system call when the stream is dropped.

Methods

impl<W: Write> BufWriter<W>[src]

pub fn new(inner: W) -> BufWriter<W>[src]

impl<W: Write> Write for BufWriter<W>

use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let mut buffer = BufWriter::new(TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap());

pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, inner: W) -> BufWriter<W>[src]

impl<W: Write> Write for BufWriter<W>

use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let stream = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap();
let mut buffer = BufWriter::with_capacity(100, stream);

pub fn get_ref(&self) -> &W[src]

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let mut buffer = BufWriter::new(TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap());

// we can use reference just like buffer
let reference = buffer.get_ref();

pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut W[src]

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let mut buffer = BufWriter::new(TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap());

// we can use reference just like buffer
let reference = buffer.get_mut();

pub fn buffer(&self) -> &[u8][src]1.37.0

impl<'_> Read for &'_ [u8]
impl<'_> Write for &'_ mut [u8]

use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let buf_writer = BufWriter::new(TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap());

// See how many bytes are currently buffered
let bytes_buffered = buf_writer.buffer().len();

pub fn into_inner(self) -> Result<W, IntoInnerError<BufWriter<W>>>[src]

use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::net::TcpStream;

let mut buffer = BufWriter::new(TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:34254").unwrap());

// unwrap the TcpStream and flush the buffer
let stream = buffer.into_inner().unwrap();

Trait Implementations

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

Auto Trait Implementations

Blanket Implementations

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W

impl<'_, F> Future for &'_ mut F where
    F: Unpin + Future + ?Sized, 
    type Output = <F as Future>::Output;
impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
    I: Iterator + ?Sized, 
    type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;
impl<'_, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'_ mut R
impl<'_, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'_ mut W