property CanonicalFilename as %String (MAXLEN = 5000) [ Calculated ];
Read only property that returns the canonical filename if the file is open and "" if the file is not open.
On VMS this will include the file version number
For file streams the line will terminate on any of the characters set in the LineTerminator, it does not support
multi-character line terminators because it uses the Cache file behavior which terminates on any of the characters.
Updating this in the middle of a file on VMS will rewind the file to the beginning because of the way files work
on VMS.
Also for %FileCharacterStream even if you set this when you call WriteLine() as the file was opened in 'S'
mode it will normalize the line terminator as the data is being written, so for example if you set LineTerminator to
$char(13,10) on Unix systems when you call WriteLine() it will only write $char(10) to the file.
If true then on VMS only do not delete the persistent file before replacing it with the new version. This will
cause the new version to be written with a new version number and so will keep the old file version present.
Inherited description: Normalizes all of an object's property values by invoking the data type Normalize methods.
Many data types may allow many different representations of the same value.
Normalization converts a value to its cannonical, or normalized, form.
Inherited description: This method validates an object. The %Save method of a persistent class calls it before filing any objects in the database.
The %ValidateObject method of a referencing object can call it. You can also call it explicitly at any time.
It tests if any required property values are missing.
If the PROPERTYVALIDATION class parameter is set to ValidateOnSave,
it validates each non-null property value by calling the property method IsValid on each literal property and the object's %ValidateObject method for object-valued properties.
If any of these tests fail, %ValidateObject() immediately returns an error value. It is up to the caller
of %ValidateObject to process the error value.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.
Inherited description: Clear the contents of this Stream from permanent storage. This will remove the permanent stream storage and
any temporary stream and initialise the stream to its initial state that it starts in, including removing all
the stream attributes.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.
Inherited description: Flush any output in the stream not already saved.
classmethod GetStreamIdForFile(file As %String, contenttype As %String = "", charset As %String = "") as %String
Generate a stream OId that links to this file. This can be used by the CSP
server to generate an OID that can be embedded in a web page and later
used to display this file. The contenttype is an optional parameter to
specify the content type of this stream for display with a stream server.
If I have a file called 'C:\Test.txt' then I can create a stream linked to this by:
Set id=##class(%FileCharacterStream).GetStreamIdForFile("c:\Test.txt")
Set stream=##class(%FileCharacterStream).%Open(id)
Do stream.OutputToDevice()
This method lets you connect a file stream to a file called filename without
making a copy of it. If the file does not already exist it will still allow you to link
to this file, and %IsNull() will return true until you write to this file.
Do object.Image.LinkToFile("\temp\image.jpg")
Do object.%Save()
The method as its name suggests creates a LINK to an EXISTING
file. So this is a 'shared public' file, as it can be shared by
several instances of a class, or even several classes.
Using the CopyFrom() method, on the contrary, creates a
'private' image, not sharable by other instances/classes, so
these two methods are really different.
The problems with shared public images are that several instances
are all allowed to update and even delete the image, causing
problems for other instances.
For example, if dog #2 has image 'test.gif', I can also
assign that image to dog #5 or even person #24
If I change the image for dog #5, then the image is changed in
place to another image, thus upsetting dog#2 and person#24.
If I delete dog#5, the image is also deleted and thus dog#2
and person#24 are changed.
Also note that if there is currently some temporary data in the old stream when the
LinkToFile() is called this temporary data will be removed before the
stream is linked to this filename.
Inherited description: Move to the end of the stream so the next Write will be appended to the end.
This allows you to read from a stream, then MoveToEnd() and append new data, where just calling
Write() after a read will clear the stream before writing new data.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.
method OutputToDevice(ByRef len As %Integer = -1) as %Status
Inherited description: Write out len characters of the stream to the current device starting from the current position. This
method is optimised for performance by the various sub classes. If len is omitted or set to -1 then
it will write out the entire stream starting at the beginning.
Inherited description: Reads up to len characters from the current position
in the stream. The current position is advanced by the number of
characters read. Upon exit, len is set to the actual
number of characters read. If a read occurs when the stream position
is at the end of the stream, len will be set to -1 and
Read() will return a null string (""). If no len
is passed in, ie. 'Read()' then it is up to the Read implementation as to
how much data to return. Some stream classes use this to optimize the amount of
data returned to align this with the underlying storage of the stream.
You must call Rewind() if you want to read a stream from the beginning
again. Calling Read() after Write() implicitly ends the Write()
operation and rewinds to the start of the stream.
Returns a string up to len characters long. The byref argument sc will
return a %Status if any error occurred during the read.
Read a line from the file. Note that besides the normal ReadLine arguments this can also be passed a term which
will return the termintor that completed the line if we read in a whole line.
Inherited description: This reads from the stream until it find the LineTerminator and returns
this as a stream. If the stream does not contain the line terminator this can potentially be the
entire stream.
Inherited description: Deprecated method, use %Save() instead.
Saves the temporary copy of the stream data to a persistent location. Note that
any locking or transaction handling must be done by the caller.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.