文件和数据流函数

The QIODevice class is the base interface class of all I/O devices in Qt Core . QIODevice provides both a common implementation and an abstract interface for devices that support reading and writing of blocks of data. The device can be a memory buffer, a file, or a datastream.

Some subclasses like QFile have been implemented using a memory buffer for intermediate storing of data. This speeds up programs by reducing read/write operations. Buffering makes functions like getChar() and putChar() fast, as they can operate on the memory buffer instead of directly on the device itself.

The QFile class provides functions for reading from and writing to files. A QFile 可以单独使用，或更方便一起使用与 QTextStream or QDataStream .

QBuffer 允许访问 QByteArray 使用 QIODevice 接口。 QByteArray is treated just as a standard random-accessed file. An example:

QBuffer buffer;
char ch;
buffer.open(QBuffer::ReadWrite);
buffer.write("Qt rocks!");
buffer.seek(0);
buffer.getChar(&ch);  // ch == 'Q'
buffer.getChar(&ch);  // ch == 't'
buffer.getChar(&ch);  // ch == ' '
buffer.getChar(&ch);  // ch == 'r'

调用 open() to open the buffer. Then call write() or putChar() to write to the buffer, and read() , readLine() , readAll() ，或 getChar() to read from it. size() returns the current size of the buffer, and you can seek to arbitrary positions in the buffer by calling seek() . When you are done with accessing the buffer, call close() .

The QDataStream 类提供把二进制数据序列化到 QIODevice . A data stream is a binary stream of encoded information which is 100% inde- pendent of the host computer's operating system, CPU or byte order. For example, a data stream that is written by a PC under Windows can be read by a Sun SPARC running Solaris. You can also use a data stream to read/write raw unencoded binary data.

For more details on the datatypes that QDataStream can serialize, see 序列化 Qt 数据类型 .

The QTextStream class provides a convenient interface for reading and writing text. QTextStream can operate on a QIODevice ， QByteArray 或 QString 。使用 QTextStream 's streaming operators, you can conveniently read and write words, lines and numbers. It's also common to use QTextStream to read console input and write console output.

There are three general ways to use QTextStream when reading text files:

逐个分块，通过调用 readLine() or readAll() .
Word by word. QTextStream supports streaming into QString s, QByteArray 及 char* 缓冲。单词由空格定界，并自动跳过前导空白。
逐个字符，通过流化成 QChar 或 char 类型。此方法经常用于方便处理输入当剖析文件时，独立于字符编码和行尾语义。要跳过空白，调用 skipWhiteSpace() .

QByteArray can be used to store both raw bytes (including \0 ) and traditional 8-bit '\0'-terminated strings. Using QByteArray is much more convenient than using const char *. It always ensures that the data is followed by a '\0' terminator, and uses 隐式共享类 (写入时拷贝) 以缩减内存用量并避免不必要的数据拷贝。

除了 QByteArray ，Qt 还提供 QString 类以存储字符串数据。对于大多数目的， QString is the most appropriate class to use. It stores 16-bit Unicode characters. It is, however, a good idea to use QByteArray when you need to store raw binary data, and when memory conservation is critical (for example, with Qt for Embedded Linux).