miller/pkg/input/record_reader.go
2025-03-09 14:45:52 -04:00

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Go

// This file contains the interface for file-format-specific record-readers, as
// well as a collection of utility functions.
package input
import (
"github.com/johnkerl/miller/v6/pkg/types"
)
// Since Go is concurrent, the context struct (AWK-like variables such as
// FILENAME, NF, NF, FNR, etc.) needs to be duplicated and passed through the
// channels along with each record. Hence the initial context, which readers
// update on each new file/record, and the channel of types.RecordAndContext
// rather than channel of mlrval.Mlrmap.
type IRecordReader interface {
Read(
filenames []string,
initialContext types.Context,
readerChannel chan<- *types.List[*types.RecordAndContext],
errorChannel chan error,
downstreamDoneChannel <-chan bool, // for mlr head
)
}