Index: ppapi/cpp/file_io.h |
diff --git a/ppapi/cpp/file_io.h b/ppapi/cpp/file_io.h |
index 0d8dcc910bbd8794be04016e81a40878ebbd3af3..f3f50adab5444570c3fb565b4385d8deffb740e1 100644 |
--- a/ppapi/cpp/file_io.h |
+++ b/ppapi/cpp/file_io.h |
@@ -45,8 +45,17 @@ class FileIO : public Resource { |
/// |
/// @param[in] file_ref A <code>PP_Resource</code> corresponding to a file |
/// reference. |
+ /// |
/// @param[in] open_flags A bit-mask of the <code>PP_FileOpenFlags</code> |
- /// values. |
+ /// values. Valid values are: |
+ /// - PP_FILEOPENFLAG_READ |
+ /// - PP_FILEOPENFLAG_WRITE |
+ /// - PP_FILEOPENFLAG_CREATE |
+ /// - PP_FILEOPENFLAG_TRUNCATE |
+ /// - PP_FILEOPENFLAG_EXCLUSIVE |
+ /// See <code>PP_FileOpenFlags</code> in <code>ppb_file_io.h</code> for more |
+ /// details on these flags. |
+ /// |
/// @param[in] cc A <code>CompletionCallback</code> to be called upon |
/// completion of Open(). |
/// |
@@ -83,9 +92,28 @@ class FileIO : public Resource { |
PP_Time last_modified_time, |
const CompletionCallback& cc); |
- /// Read() reads from an offset in the file. The size of the buffer must be |
- /// large enough to hold the specified number of bytes to read. This |
- /// function might perform a partial read. |
+ /// Reads from an offset in the file. |
+ /// |
+ /// The size of the buffer must be large enough to hold the specified number |
+ /// of bytes to read. This function might perform a partial read, meaning |
+ /// that all the requested bytes might not be returned, even if the end of the |
+ /// file has not been reached. |
+ /// |
+ /// This function reads into a buffer that the caller supplies. This buffer |
+ /// must remain valid as long as the FileIO resource is alive. If you use |
+ /// a completion callback factory, it will not issue the callback on your |
+ /// class if it goes out of scope, BUT the callback factory can NOT cancel |
bbudge
2012/10/12 01:27:06
This sentance is hard to understand, as 'it' is am
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+ /// the request from the browser's perspective. This means that the browser |
+ /// will still try to write to your buffer even if the callback factory is |
+ /// destroyed! |
+ /// |
+ /// So you must ensure that your buffer outlives the FileIO resource. If you |
+ /// have one class and use the FileIO resource from that class and never make |
+ /// any copies, this will be fine: the resource will be destroyed when your |
+ /// class is. But keep in mind that copying a pp::FileIO object just |
+ /// creates a second reference to the original resource and the resource |
+ /// (and any pending Read calls) will still be pending. This creates the |
+ /// possibility for writing into invalid memory. |
bbudge
2012/10/12 01:27:06
I may lack some understanding here. I get how the
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/// |
/// @param[in] offset The offset into the file. |
/// @param[in] buffer The buffer to hold the specified number of bytes read. |