Package description
The lazystream npm package provides a way to lazily create streams, meaning the stream is not created until it is actually needed. This can be useful for optimizing performance and resource usage in applications that deal with streams.
Lazy Stream Creation
This feature allows you to create a stream that is only instantiated when it is actually used. In this example, a read stream for 'example.txt' is created lazily, meaning the file is not opened until data is actually read from the stream.
const LazyStream = require('lazystream');
const fs = require('fs');
const lazyStream = new LazyStream(() => fs.createReadStream('example.txt'));
lazyStream.on('data', (chunk) => {
console.log(chunk.toString());
});Lazy Stream with Options
This feature allows you to pass options to the stream creation function. In this example, the read stream is created with the 'utf8' encoding option, and the file is read as a UTF-8 encoded string.
const LazyStream = require('lazystream');
const fs = require('fs');
const lazyStream = new LazyStream(() => fs.createReadStream('example.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' }));
lazyStream.on('data', (chunk) => {
console.log(chunk);
});The streamifier package allows you to convert various data types into readable streams. Unlike lazystream, which focuses on lazy instantiation, streamifier is more about converting existing data into stream form.
The through2 package provides a thin wrapper around Node.js streams2 Transform to avoid explicit subclassing noise. It is more focused on transforming data as it passes through the stream, whereas lazystream is about lazy instantiation.
The from2 package is a small utility for creating readable streams in a simple way. It is similar to lazystream in that it helps with stream creation, but it does not specifically focus on lazy instantiation.
Readme
Create streams lazily when they are read from or written to.
lazystream: 0.0.2
Sometimes you feel the itch to open all the files at once. You want to pass a bunch of streams around, so the consumer does not need to worry where the data comes from.
From a software design point-of-view this sounds entirely reasonable. Then there is that neat little function fs.createReadStream() that opens a file and gives you a nice fs.ReadStream to pass around, so you use what the mighty creator deities of node bestowed upon you.
Error: EMFILE, too many open files
─ node
This package provides two classes based on the node's new streams API (or readable-stream if you are using node a node version earlier than 0.10):
A wrapper for readable streams. Extends stream.PassThrough.
fn {Function}options {Object}PassThrough stream, accessible by fn.Creates a new readable stream. Once the stream is accessed (for example when you call its read() method, or attach a data-event listener) the fn function is called with the outer lazystream.Readable instance bound to this.
If you pass an options object to the constuctor, you can access it in your fn function.
new lazystream.Readable(function (options) {
return fs.createReadStream('/dev/urandom');
});
A wrapper for writable streams. Extends stream.PassThrough.
fn {Function}options {Object}PassThrough stream, accessible by fn.Creates a new writable stream. Just like the one above but for writable streams.
new lazystream.Writable(function () {
return fs.createWriteStream('/dev/null');
});
$ npm install lazystream --save
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.0.2.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.0.2.tgz
lazystream@0.0.2 node_modules/lazystream
└── readable-stream@1.0.2
Fork it, branch it, send me a pull request. We'll work out the rest together.
Chris Talkington and his node-archiver for providing a use-case.
Copyright (c) 2013 J. Pommerening, contributors.
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FAQs
Open Node Streams on demand.
The npm package lazystream receives a total of 6,844,115 weekly downloads. As such, lazystream popularity was classified as popular.
We found that lazystream demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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