Trait timely::container::ContainerBuilder
source · pub trait ContainerBuilder: Default + 'static {
type Container: Container;
// Required methods
fn extract(&mut self) -> Option<&mut Self::Container>;
fn finish(&mut self) -> Option<&mut Self::Container>;
}
Expand description
A type that can build containers from items.
An implementation needs to absorb elements, and later reveal equivalent information chunked into individual containers, but is free to change the data representation to better fit the properties of the container.
Types implementing this trait should provide appropriate PushInto
implementations such
that users can push the expected item types.
The owner extracts data in two ways. The opportunistic Self::extract
method returns
any ready data, but doesn’t need to produce partial outputs. In contrast, Self::finish
needs to produce all outputs, even partial ones. Caller should repeatedly call the functions
to drain pending or finished data.
The caller should consume the containers returned by Self::extract
and
Self::finish
. Implementations can recycle buffers, but should ensure that they clear
any remaining elements.
For example, a consolidating builder can aggregate differences in-place, but it has to ensure that it preserves the intended information.
The trait does not prescribe any specific ordering guarantees, and each implementation can
decide to represent a push order for extract
and finish
, or not.