changed project structure

Also made functions return result to know how the read went
Also made the file derserializer work more efficiently

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(file_read)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
 
 add_library(file_read STATIC
-        file_deserialising.h
+        src/file_deserialising.h
-        buffer.cpp
+        src/buffer.cpp
-        buffer.h
+        src/buffer.h
-        file_read.h)
+        src/file_read.h)

examples/test.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "../src/file_read.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <print>
+
+int main()
+{
+    file_reader a("test.txt");
+    buffer t;
+    t.data = nullptr;
+    t.allocated = 0;
+    t.size = 10;
+    auto tup = std::make_tuple(t);
+    auto res = a.read_from_tuple(tup);
+
+    if (res.second == READ_CORRECT)
+        std::println("{}", std::get<0>(tup).data);
+}

examples/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+18267127861827192871jasbajs

src/file_deserialising.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <print>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include "buffer.h"
-#define read_comp(size, ptr, t, sizes) const_for_<size>([&](auto i){read_var<std::tuple_element_t<i.value, std::remove_cvref_t<decltype(t)>>>::call(std::get<i.value>(t), &ptr, sizes[i.value]);});
+#define read_comp(size, ptr, t) const_for_<size>([&](auto i){read_var<std::tuple_element_t<i.value, std::remove_cvref_t<decltype(t)>>>::call(std::get<i.value>(t), &ptr);});
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>
 
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ struct parsing_buffer
 };
 
 template <typename T>
-static void read_type(T& val, char *data, size_t size)
+static void read_type(T& val, char *data)
 {
-	switch (size)
+	std::memcpy(&val, data, sizeof(T));
+	switch (sizeof(T))
 	{
 		case 1:
 			break;
@@ -58,42 +59,46 @@ static void read_type(T& val, char *data, size_t size)
 }
 
 template <>
-void read_type<float>(float &val, char *data, size_t size)
+inline void read_type<float>(float &val, char *data)
 {
 	uint32_t num_as_uint32;
 
-	memcpy(&num_as_uint32, data, size);
+	memcpy(&num_as_uint32, data, sizeof(float));
 	num_as_uint32 = be32toh(num_as_uint32);
-	memcpy(&val, &num_as_uint32, size);
+	memcpy(&val, &num_as_uint32, sizeof(float));
 }
 
 template <>
-void read_type<double>(double &val, char *data, size_t size)
+inline void read_type<double>(double &val, char *data)
 {
 	uint64_t num_as_uint64;
 
-	memcpy(&num_as_uint64, data, size);
+	memcpy(&num_as_uint64, data, sizeof(double));
 	num_as_uint64 = be64toh(num_as_uint64);
-	memcpy(&val, &num_as_uint64, size);
+	memcpy(&val, &num_as_uint64, sizeof(double));
 }
 
 template<>
-void read_type<buffer>(buffer &val, char *data, size_t size)
+inline void read_type<buffer>(buffer &val, char *data)
 {
-	val.allocated = size + 1;
+	val.allocated = val.size + 1;
-	val.size = size;
+	val.data = (char *)malloc(val.size * sizeof(char) + 1);
-	val.data = (char *)malloc(size * sizeof(char) + 1);
+	std::memcpy(val.data, data, val.size);
-	std::memcpy(val.data, data, size);
 }
 
 template<typename T>
 struct read_var
 {
-	static void call(T& val, parsing_buffer* v, size_t size)
+	static void call(T& val, parsing_buffer* v)
 	{
+		int size = 0;
+		if (typeid(T) == typeid(buffer))
+			size = val.size;
+		else
+			size = sizeof(T);
 		if (size + v->consumed_size > v->buf.size)
 			return ;
-		read_type<T>(val, v->point, size);
+		read_type<T>(val, v->point);
 		v->point += size;
 		v->consumed_size += size;
 	}

src/file_read.h

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "file_deserialising.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <print>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+enum RESULT
+{
+	READ_CORRECT, //read was as expected
+	READ_INCOMPLETE, //read is incomplete (probably because of the file ending)
+	READ_FILE_ENDED //cannot read because there's not more file to read
+};
 
 class file_reader
 {
@@ -16,28 +26,35 @@ class file_reader
 			file_size_remaining = file_size;
 		}
 
-		template<typename ...T>
+		file_reader(std::string path)
-		void read_from_tuple(std::tuple<T...> &in)
 		{
+			fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+			buf.size = 0;
+			buf.allocated = 0;
+			buf.data = nullptr;
+			file_size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+			lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+			file_size_remaining = file_size;
+		}
+
+		template<typename ...T>
+		std::pair<size_t, RESULT> read_from_tuple(std::tuple<T...> &in)
+		{
+			RESULT ret = READ_CORRECT;
+			if (file_size_remaining <= 0)
+				return std::make_pair(0, READ_FILE_ENDED);
 			constexpr std::size_t size_tuple = sizeof...(T);
 			int size = 0;
-			std::array<size_t, size_tuple> sizes;
+			int extra_size = 0;
 			const_for_<size_tuple>([&](auto i)
 			{
 				if constexpr (typeid(std::get<i.value>(in)) == typeid(buffer))
-				{
 					size += std::get<i.value>(in).size;
-					sizes[i.value] = std::get<i.value>(in).size;
-				}
 				else
-				{
 					size += sizeof(std::get<i.value>(in));
-					sizes[i.value] = sizeof(std::get<i.value>(in));
-				}
 			});
 			if (size > buf.size)
 			{
-				int extra_size = 0;
 				if (size + BUFFER_SIZE <= file_size_remaining)
 				{
 					extra_size = BUFFER_SIZE;
@@ -45,12 +62,14 @@ class file_reader
 				else if (size > file_size_remaining)
 				{
 					extra_size = file_size_remaining - size;
+					ret = READ_INCOMPLETE;
 				}
 				char *new_read = (char *)calloc(size + extra_size, sizeof(char));
 				size_t res = read(fd, new_read, size + extra_size);
 				if (res != size + extra_size)
 				{
 					free(new_read);
+					std::println("Read error {}", strerror(errno));
 					throw std::runtime_error("Read failed!");
 				}
 				buf.write(new_read, size + extra_size);
@@ -60,8 +79,9 @@ class file_reader
 			parsing_buffer par_buf(buf);
 			par_buf.point = buf.data;
 			par_buf.consumed_size = 0;
-			read_comp(size_tuple, par_buf, in, sizes);
+			read_comp(size_tuple, par_buf, in);
 			buf.remove(0, size);
+			return std::make_pair(size + extra_size, ret);
 		}
 		buffer buf;
 		int fd;