Generic package: Ada.Sequential_IO

Dependencies

with Ada.IO_Exceptions;
with System.Sequential_IO;

Description

GNAT RUNTIME COMPONENTS

A D A . S E Q U E N T I A L _ I O

S p e c

$Revision: 1.10 $

Copyright (C) 1992-1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This specification is derived from the Ada Reference Manual for use with GNAT. The copyright notice above, and the license provisions that follow apply solely to the contents of the part following the private keyword.

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Header

generic
   type Element_Type (<>) is private;

package Ada.Sequential_IO is
 

Known child units

Ada.Sequential_IO.C_Streams(generic package)

Exceptions

Data_Error renames IO_Exceptions.Data_Error
Device_Error renames IO_Exceptions.Device_Error
End_Error renames IO_Exceptions.End_Error
Mode_Error renames IO_Exceptions.Mode_Error
Name_Error renames IO_Exceptions.Name_Error
Status_Error renames IO_Exceptions.Status_Error
Use_Error renames IO_Exceptions.Use_Error

Type Summary

File_Mode
File_Type (limited type)
Primitive Operations:  Close, Create, Delete, End_Of_File, Form, Is_Open, Mode, Name, Open, Read, Reset, Reset, Write

Other Items:

type File_Type is limited private;

type File_Mode is (In_File, Out_File, Append_File);
for File_Mode use
  (In_File     => 0,  -- System.FIle_IO.File_Mode'Pos (In_File)
   Out_File    => 2,  -- System.File_IO.File_Mode'Pos (Out_File)
   Append_File => 3);
The following representation clause allows the use of unchecked conversion for rapid translation between the File_Mode type used in this package and System.File_IO. System.File_IO.File_Mode'Pos (Append_File)

procedure Create
  (File : in out File_Type;
   Mode : in File_Mode := Out_File;
   Name : in String := "";
   Form : in String := "");

procedure Open
  (File : in out File_Type;
   Mode : in File_Mode;
   Name : in String;
   Form : in String := "");

procedure Close  (File : in out File_Type);

procedure Delete (File : in out File_Type);

procedure Reset  (File : in out File_Type; Mode : in File_Mode);

procedure Reset  (File : in out File_Type);

function Mode    (File : in File_Type) return File_Mode;

function Name    (File : in File_Type) return String;

function Form    (File : in File_Type) return String;

function Is_Open (File : in File_Type) return Boolean;
Input and output operations

procedure Read  (File : in File_Type; Item : out Element_Type);

procedure Write (File : in File_Type; Item : in Element_Type);

function End_Of_File (File : in File_Type) return Boolean;
Exceptions

private

   --  Implementation-defined ...
end Ada.Sequential_IO;