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kotlinx-io
A multiplatform Kotlin library providing basic IO primitives. kotlinx-io
is based on Okio but does not preserve backward compatibility with it.
Overview
kotlinx-io is built around Buffer
- a mutable sequence of bytes.
Buffer
works like a queue, allowing to read data from its head or to write data to its tail.
Buffer
provides functions to read and write data of different built-in types, and to copy data to or from other Buffer
s.
Depending on the target platform, extension functions allowing data exchange with platform-specific types are also available.
A Buffer
consists of segments organized as a linked list: segments allow reducing memory allocations during the buffer's expansion and copy,
with the latter achieved by delegating or sharing the ownership over the underlying buffer's segments with other buffers.
kotlinx-io provides interfaces representing data sources and destinations - Source
and Sink
,
and in addition to the mutable Buffer
the library also provides an immutable sequence of bytes - ByteString
.
An experimental filesystem support is shipped under the kotlinx.io.files
package,
which includes the FileSystem
interface and its default implementation - SystemFileSystem
.
FileSystem
provides basic operations for working with files and directories, which are represented by yet another class under the same package - Path
.
There are two kotlinx-io
modules:
- kotlinx-io-bytestring - provides
ByteString
. - kotlinx-io-core - provides IO primitives (
Buffer
,Source
,Sink
), filesystems support, depends onkotlinx-io-bytestring
.
Using in your projects
Note that the library is experimental, and the API is subject to change.
Gradle
Make sure that you have mavenCentral()
in the list of repositories:
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
Add the library to dependencies:
dependencies {
implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-io-core:0.5.4")
}
In multiplatform projects, add a dependency to the commonMain
source set dependencies:
kotlin {
sourceSets {
commonMain {
dependencies {
implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-io-core:0.5.4")
}
}
}
}
Maven
Add the library to dependencies:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlinx-io-core-jvm</artifactId>
<version>0.5.4</version>
</dependency>
Android
kotlinx-io
is not tested on Android on a regular basis,
but the library is compatible with Android 5.0+ (API level 21+).
Contributing
Read the Contributing Guidelines.
Code of Conduct
This project and the corresponding community are governed by the JetBrains Open Source and Community Code of Conduct. Please make sure you read it.
License
kotlinx-io is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
Credits
Thanks to everyone involved in the project.
An honorable mention goes to the developers of Okio
that served as the foundation for kotlinx-io
and to Jesse Wilson,
for the help with Okio
adaption, his suggestions, assistance and guidance with kotlinx-io
development.