Update the documentation

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Chris Johns
2013-01-23 14:04:11 +11:00
parent e78e2b0ce5
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@@ -105,18 +105,30 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Make a path by joining the parts with required separator.
*
* @param path_ The path component to be joined.
* @param file_ The file name to add to the path.
* @param joined The joined path and file name with a path separator.
*/
void path_join (const std::string& path_,
const std::string& file_,
std::string& joined);
std::string& joined);
/**
* Check the path is a file.
* Check the path is a file using a stat call.
*
* @param path The path to check.
* @retval true The path is valid.
* @retval false The path is not valid.
*/
bool check_file (const std::string& path);
/**
* Check the path is a directory.
* Check if the path is a directory.
*
* @param path The path to check.
* @retval false The path is not a directory.
* @retval true The path is a directory.
*/
bool check_directory (const std::string& path);
@@ -132,8 +144,8 @@ namespace rld
paths& search_paths);
/**
* A file is a single object file that is either in an archive or stand
* alone.
* A file is a single object file that is either in an @ref archive or
* a separate stand alone @ref object file.
*/
class file
{
@@ -231,21 +243,29 @@ namespace rld
/**
* The archive name component. A length of 0 means there was not
* archive component.
*
* @return const std::string& The archive name.
*/
const std::string& aname () const;
/**
* The object name. There is always an object name.
*
* @return const std::string& The object name.
*/
const std::string& oname () const;
/**
* The object's offset in the archive or on disk.
*
* @return off_t The offset part of the file name.
*/
off_t offset () const;
/**
* The object's size in the archive.
*
* @return size_t The size of the file in bytes.
*/
size_t size () const;
@@ -257,8 +277,8 @@ namespace rld
};
/**
* Image is the base file type. A base class is used so we can have a
* single container of to hold types of images we need to support.
* Image is the base file type and lets us have a single container to hold
* the types of images we need to support.
*/
class image
{
@@ -291,12 +311,17 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Open the image. You can open the image more than once but you need to
* close it the same number of times.
*
* @param name The @ref file name.
*/
virtual void open (file& name);
/**
* Open the image. You can open the image more than once but you need to
* close it the same number of times.
*
* @param writeable If true the image is open as writable. The default is
* false.
*/
virtual void open (bool writable = false);
@@ -307,51 +332,83 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Read a block from the file.
*
* @param buffer The buffer to read the data into.
* @param size The amount of data to read.
* @return ssize_t The amount of data read.
*/
virtual ssize_t read (void* buffer, size_t size);
/**
* Write a block from the file.
*
* @param buffer The buffer of data to write.
* @param size The amount of data to write.
* @return ssize_t The amount of data written.
*/
virtual ssize_t write (const void* buffer, size_t size);
/**
* Seek.
* Seek to the offset in the image.
*
* @param offset The offset to seek too.
*/
virtual void seek (off_t offset);
/**
* Seek and read.
* Seek and then read.
*
* @param offset The offset to seek too before reading.
* @param buffer The buffer to read the data into.
* @param size The amount of data to read.
* @retval true The data requested was read.
* @retval false The request data was not read.
*/
virtual bool seek_read (off_t offset, uint8_t* buffer, size_t size);
/**
* Seek and write.
* Seek and then write.
*
* @param offset The offset to seek too before writing.
* @param buffer The buffer of data to write.
* @param size The amount of data to write.
* @retval true The data requested was written.
* @retval false The request data was not written.
*/
virtual bool seek_write (off_t offset, const void* buffer, size_t size);
/**
* The name of the image.
*
* @param const file& The @ref file name of the image.
*/
const file& name () const;
/**
* References to the image.
*
* @return int The number of references the image has.
*/
virtual int references () const;
/**
* The file size.
*
* @return size_t The size of the image.
*/
virtual size_t size () const;
/**
* The file descriptor.
*
* @return int The operating system file descriptor handle.
*/
virtual int fd () const;
/**
* The ELF reference.
*
* @return elf::file& The @ref elf::file object of the image.
*/
elf::file& elf ();
@@ -362,6 +419,8 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Return the number of symbol references.
*
* @return int The symbol references count.
*/
virtual int symbol_references () const;
@@ -407,12 +466,18 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Copy the input section of the image to the output section. The file
* positions in the images must be set before making the call.
*
* @param in The input image.
* @param out The output image.
* @param size The amouint of data to copy.
*/
void copy (image& in, image& out, size_t size);
/**
* The archive class proivdes access to ELF object files that are held in a
* AR format file. GNU AR extensions are supported.
* The archive class proivdes access to object files that are held in a AR
* format file. GNU AR extensions are supported. The archive is a kind of
* @ref image and provides the container for the @ref object's that it
* contains.
*/
class archive:
public image
@@ -421,6 +486,7 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Open a archive format file that contains ELF object files.
*
* @param name The name of the @ref archive.
*/
archive (const std::string& name);
@@ -443,46 +509,73 @@ namespace rld
* Match the archive name.
*
* @param name The name of the archive to check.
* @retval true This is the archive.
* @retval false This is not the archive.
* @retval true The name matches.
* @retval false The name does not match.
*/
bool is (const std::string& name) const;
/**
* Check this is a valid archive.
*
* @retval true It is a valid archive.
* @retval false It is not a valid archive.
*/
bool is_valid ();
/**
* Load objects.
* Load @ref object's from the @ref archive adding each to the provided
* @ref objects container.
*
* @param objs The container the loaded object files are added too.
*/
void load_objects (objects& objs);
/**
* Get the name.
*
* @return const std::string& Return a reference to the archive's name.
*/
const std::string& get_name () const;
/**
* Less than operator for the map container.
* Less than operator for the map container. It compares the name of the
* the @ref archive.
*
* @param rhs The right hand side of the '<' operator.
* @return true The right hand side is less than this archive.
* @return false The right hand side is greater than or equal to this
* archive.
*/
bool operator< (const archive& rhs) const;
/**
* Create a new archive. If referening an existing archive it is
* overwritten.
* Create a new archive containing the given set of objects. If
* referening an existing archive it is overwritten.
*
* @param objects The list of objects to place in the archive.
*/
void create (object_list& objects);
private:
/**
* Read header.
* Read the archive header and check the magic number is valid.
*
* @param offset The offset in the file to read the header.
* @param header Read the header into here. There must be enough space.
* @retval true The header was read successfull and the magic number
* matched.
* @retval false The header could not be read from the @ref image.
*/
bool read_header (off_t offset, uint8_t* header);
/**
* Add the object file from the archive to the object's container.
*
* @param objs The container to add the object to.
* @param name The name of the object file being added.
* @param offset The offset in the @ref archive of the object file.
* @param size The size of the object file.
*/
void add_object (objects& objs,
const char* name,
@@ -491,6 +584,13 @@ namespace rld
/**
* Write a file header into the archive.
*
* @param name The name of the archive.
* @param mtime The modified time of the archive.
* @param uid The user id of the archive.
* @param gid The group id of the archive.
* @param mode The mode of the archive.
* @param size The size of the archive.
*/
void write_header (const std::string& name,
uint32_t mtime,
@@ -505,7 +605,7 @@ namespace rld
archive (const archive& orig);
/**
* Cannot assign using the assignment operator..
* Cannot assign using the assignment operator.
*/
archive& operator= (const archive& rhs);
};