feat: file module

nvim-neotest · Feb 10, 2024 · b98a7eb · b98a7eb
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -7,11 +7,19 @@ both common asynchronous primitives and asynchronous APIs for Neovim's core.
 - [Installation](#installation)
 - [Configuration](#configuration)
 - [Usage](#usage)
+  - [`nio.control`: Primitives for flow control in async functions](#niocontrol)
+  - [`nio.lsp`: A fully typed and documented async LSP client library, generated from the LSP specification.](#niolsp)
+  - [`nio.file`: Open and operate on files asynchronously](#niofile)
+  - [`nio.process`: Run and control subprocesses asynchronously](#nioprocess)
+  - [`nio.uv`: Async versions of `vim.loop` functions](#niouv)
+  - [`nio.ui`: Async versions of vim.ui functions](#nioui)
+  - [`nio.tests`: Async versions of plenary.nvim's test functions](#niotests)
+  - [Third Party Integration](#third-party-integration)
 
 ## Motivation
 
 Work has been ongoing around async libraries in Neovim for years, with a lot of discussion around a [Neovim core
-implementation](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/19624). A lot of the motivation behind this library can be seen
+implementation](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/19624). Much of the motivation behind this library can be seen
 in that discussion.
 
 nvim-nio aims to provide a simple interface to Lua coroutines that doesn't feel like it gets in the way of your actual
@@ -82,7 +90,9 @@ For simple use cases tasks won't be too important but they support features such
 
 nvim-nio comes with built-in modules to help with writing async code. See `:help nvim-nio` for extensive documentation.
 
-`nio.control`: Primitives for flow control in async functions
+### `nio.control`
+
+Primitives for flow control in async functions
 
 ```lua
 local event = nio.control.event()
@@ -104,7 +114,9 @@ local listeners = {
 }
 ```
 
-`nio.lsp`: A fully typed and documented async LSP client library, generated from the LSP specification.
+### `nio.lsp`
+
+A fully typed and documented async LSP client library, generated from the LSP specification.
 
 ```lua
 local client = nio.lsp.get_clients({ name = "lua_ls" })[1]
@@ -120,7 +132,39 @@ for _, token in pairs(response.data) do
 end
 ```
 
-`nio.uv`: Async versions of `vim.loop` functions
+### `nio.file`
+
+Open and operate on files asynchronously
+
+```lua
+local file = nio.file.open("test.txt", "w+")
+
+file.write("Hello, World!\n")
+
+local content = file.read(nil, 0)
+print(content)
+```
+
+### `nio.process`
+
+Run and control subprocesses asynchronously
+
+```lua
+local first = nio.process.run({
+  cmd = "printf", args = { "hello" }
+})
+
+local second = nio.process.run({
+  cmd = "cat", stdin = first.stdout
+})
+
+local output = second.stdout.read()
+print(output)
+```
+
+### `nio.uv`
+
+Async versions of `vim.loop` functions
 
 ```lua
 local file_path = "README.md"
@@ -140,14 +184,18 @@ assert(not close_err, close_err)
 print(data)
 ```
 
-`nio.ui`: Async versions of vim.ui functions
+### `nio.ui`
+
+Async versions of vim.ui functions
 
 ```lua
 local value = nio.ui.input({ prompt = "Enter something: " })
 print(("You entered: %s"):format(value))
 ```
 
-`nio.tests`: Async versions of plenary.nvim's test functions
+### `nio.tests`
+
+Async versions of plenary.nvim's test functions
 
 ```lua
 nio.tests.it("notifies listeners", function()
@@ -166,6 +214,8 @@ nio.tests.it("notifies listeners", function()
 end)
 ```
 
+### Third Party Integration
+
 It is also easy to wrap callback style functions to make them asynchronous using `nio.wrap`, which allows easily
 integrating third-party APIs with nvim-nio.
 

diff --git a/doc/nio.txt b/doc/nio.txt
@@ -351,6 +351,46 @@ Return~
 `(nio.lsp.Client)`
 
 
+==============================================================================
+nio.file                                                              *nio.file*
+
+
+                                                                 *nio.file.File*
+Inherits: `nio.streams.OSStreamReaderWriter`
+
+Fields~
+{read} `(async fun(n: integer?, offset: integer?):string?,string?)` Read data
+from the stream, optionally up to n bytes otherwise until EOF is reached.
+Returns the data read or error message if an error occurred. If offset is
+provided, data will be read from that position in the file, otherwise the
+current position will be used.
+
+                                                               *nio.file.open()*
+`open`({path}, {flags}, {mode})
+
+Open a file with the given flags and mode
+>lua
+ local file = nio.file.open("test.txt", "w+")
+
+ file.write("Hello, World!\n")
+
+ local content = file.read(nil, 0)
+ print(content)
+<
+Parameters~
+{path} `(string)` The path to the file
+{flags} `(uv.aliases.fs_access_flags|integer?)` The flags to open the file
+with, defaults to "r"
+{mode} `(number?)` The mode to open the file with, defaults to 644
+Return~
+`(nio.file.File?)` File object
+Return~
+`(string?)` Error message if an error occurred while opening
+
+See also ~
+|uv.fs_open|
+
+
 ==============================================================================
 nio.process                                                        *nio.process*
 
@@ -374,6 +414,17 @@ stderr.
 `run`({opts})
 
 Run a process asynchronously.
+>lua
+ local process = nio.process.run({
+   cmd = "printf", args = { "hello" }
+ })
+
+ local output = second.stdout.read()
+ print(output)
+<
+
+Processes can be chained together, passing output of one process as input to
+another.
 >lua
  local first = nio.process.run({
    cmd = "printf", args = { "hello" }
@@ -386,6 +437,23 @@ Run a process asynchronously.
  local output = second.stdout.read()
  print(output)
 <
+
+The stdio fields can also be file objects.
+>lua
+ local path = nio.fn.tempname()
+
+ local file = nio.file.open(path, "w+")
+
+ local process = nio.process.run({
+   cmd = "printf",
+   args = { "hello" },
+   stdout = file,
+ })
+ process.result()
+
+ local output = file.read(nil, 0)
+ print(output)
+<
 Parameters~
 {opts} `(nio.process.RunOpts)`
 Return~
@@ -397,14 +465,12 @@ Return~
 Fields~
 {cmd} `(string)` Command to run
 {args?} `(string[])` Arguments to pass to the command
-{stdin?} `(integer|nio.streams.OSStreamReader|uv.uv_pipe_t|uv_pipe_t)` Stream,
-pipe or file descriptor to use as stdin.
-{stdout?} `(integer|nio.streams.OSStreamWriter|uv.uv_pipe_t|uv_pipe_t)`
-Stream,
-pipe or file descriptor to use as stdout.
-{stderr?} `(integer|nio.streams.OSStreamWriter|uv.uv_pipe_t|uv_pipe_t)`
-Stream,
-pipe or file descriptor to use as stderr.
+{stdin?} `(integer|nio.streams.OSStream|uv_pipe_t)` Stream, pipe or file
+to use as stdin.
+{stdout?} `(integer|nio.streams.OSStream|uv_pipe_t)` Stream, pipe or file
+to use as stdout.
+{stderr?} `(integer|nio.streams.OSStream|uv_pipe_t)` Stream, pipe or file
+to use as stderr.
 {env?} `(table<string, string>)` Environment variables to pass to the
 process
 {cwd?} `(string)` Current working directory of the process
@@ -425,16 +491,16 @@ if an error occurred.
 Inherits: `nio.streams.Stream`
 
 Fields~
-{read} `(async fun(n?: integer): string,string)` Read data from the stream,
+{read} `(async fun(n?: integer): string?,string?)` Read data from the stream,
 optionally up to n bytes otherwise until EOF is reached. Returns the data read
 or error message if an error occurred.
 
                                                             *nio.streams.Writer*
 Inherits: `nio.streams.Stream`
 
 Fields~
-{write} `(async fun(data: string): string|nil)` Write data to the stream.
-Returns an error message if an error occurred.
+{write} `(async fun(data: string): string?)` Write data to the stream. Returns
+an error message if an error occurred.
 
                                                           *nio.streams.OSStream*
 Inherits: `nio.streams.Stream`
@@ -456,6 +522,10 @@ Inherits: `nio.streams.StreamWriter, nio.streams.OSStream`
                                                     *nio.streams.OSStreamWriter*
 
 
+                                              *nio.streams.OSStreamReaderWriter*
+Inherits: `nio.streams.OSStreamReader, nio.streams.OSStreamWriter`
+
+
 
 ==============================================================================
 nio.uv                                                                  *nio.uv*

diff --git a/lua/nio/file.lua b/lua/nio/file.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+local uv = require("nio.uv")
+local streams = require("nio.streams")
+
+local nio = {}
+
+---@class nio.file
+nio.file = {}
+
+---@class nio.file.File : nio.streams.OSStreamReaderWriter
+---@field read async fun(n: integer?, offset: integer?):string?,string? Read data from the stream, optionally up to n bytes otherwise until EOF is reached. Returns the data read or error message if an error occurred. If offset is provided, data will be read from that position in the file, otherwise the current position will be used.
+
+--- Open a file with the given flags and mode
+--- ```lua
+---  local file = nio.file.open("test.txt", "w+")
+---  
+---  file.write("Hello, World!\n")
+---  
+---  local content = file.read(nil, 0)
+---  print(content)
+--- ```
+---@param path string The path to the file
+---@param flags uv.aliases.fs_access_flags|integer? The flags to open the file with, defaults to "r"
+---@param mode number? The mode to open the file with, defaults to 644
+---@return nio.file.File? File object
+---@return string? Error message if an error occurred while opening
+---
+---@seealso |uv.fs_open|
+function nio.file.open(path, flags, mode)
+  local err, fd = uv.fs_open(path, flags or "r", mode or 438)
+  if not fd then
+    return nil, err
+  end
+
+  local reader, reader_err = streams._file_reader(fd)
+  if not reader then
+    return nil, reader_err
+  end
+  local writer, writer_err = streams._writer(fd)
+  if not writer then
+    return nil, writer_err
+  end
+
+  local file = {
+    fd = fd,
+    close = function()
+      local close_err = uv.fs_close(fd)
+      reader.close()
+      writer.close()
+      return close_err
+    end,
+    write = writer.write,
+    read = reader.read,
+  }
+
+  return file
+end
+
+return nio.file
diff --git a/lua/nio/init.lua b/lua/nio/init.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local control = require("nio.control")
 local uv = require("nio.uv")
 local tests = require("nio.tests")
 local ui = require("nio.ui")
+local file = require("nio.file")
 local lsp = require("nio.lsp")
 local process = require("nio.process")
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ nio.tests = tests
 nio.tasks = tasks
 nio.lsp = lsp
 nio.process = process
+nio.file = file
 
 --- Run a function in an async context. This is the entrypoint to all async
 --- functionality.