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+<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<refentry id="class-giomemoryoutputstream">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Streaming output operations on memory chunks</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Synopsis</title>
+
+ <classsynopsis language="python">
+ <ooclass><classname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</classname></ooclass>
+ <ooclass><classname><link linkend="class-giooutputstream">gio.OutputStream</link></classname></ooclass>
+
+ <constructorsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="constructor-giomemoryoutputstream">gio.MemoryOutputStream</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </constructorsynopsis>
+
+
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-contents">get_contents</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-data-size">get_data_size</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+ <methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-size">get_size</link></methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis>
+
+ </classsynopsis>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Ancestry</title>
+
+<synopsis>+-- <link linkend="class-gobject">gobject.GObject</link>
+ +-- <link linkend="class-giooutputstream">gio.OutputStream</link>
+ +-- <link linkend="class-giomemoryoutputstream">gio.MemoryOutputStream</link>
+</synopsis>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Implemented Interfaces</title>
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="class-giomemoryoutputstream"><classname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</classname></link>
+ implements
+ <link linkend="class-gioseekable"><classname>gio.Seekable</classname></link>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <link linkend="class-giomemoryoutputstream"><classname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</classname></link>
+ is a class for using arbitrary memory chunks as output for GIO streaming output operations.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="constructor-giomemoryoutputstream">
+ <title>Constructor</title>
+
+ <programlisting><constructorsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </constructorsynopsis></programlisting>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>a new
+ <link linkend="class-giomemoryoutputstream"><classname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</classname></link>.
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ Creates a new
+ <link linkend="class-giomemoryoutputstream"><classname>gio.MemoryOutputStream</classname></link>.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Methods</title>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-contents">
+ <title>gio.MemoryOutputStream.get_contents</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>get_contents</methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the stream's data
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>get_contents</methodname>() method gets any loaded data
+ from the ostream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that the returned data may become invalid on the next write or truncate
+ operation on the stream.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-data-size">
+ <title>gio.MemoryOutputStream.get_data_size</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>get_data_size</methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the number of bytes written to the stream
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>get_data_size</methodname>() method returns the number
+ of bytes from the start up to including the last byte written in the
+ stream that has not been truncated away.
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2 id="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-size">
+ <title>gio.MemoryOutputStream.get_size</title>
+
+ <programlisting><methodsynopsis language="python">
+ <methodname>get_size</methodname>
+ <methodparam></methodparam>
+ </methodsynopsis></programlisting>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&nbsp;:</term>
+ <listitem><simpara>the number of bytes allocated for the data buffer
+ </simpara></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ The <methodname>get_size</methodname>() method gets the size of the
+ currently allocated data area (availible from
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-contents">gio.MemoryOutputStream.get_contents</link></methodname>()
+ ).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that for growable streams the returned size may become invalid on the next write or truncate operation on the stream.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you want the number of bytes currently written to the stream, use
+ <methodname><link linkend="method-giomemoryoutputstream--get-data-size">gio.MemoryOutputStream.get_data_size</link></methodname>().
+ </para>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>