pyzim.blob.FileBlobSource

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class FileBlobSource(BaseBlobSource):

Constructor: FileBlobSource(path)

A BaseBlobSource for reading a blob from a file.

Method	`__init__`	The default constructor.
Method	`get_blob`	Return a blob.
Method	`get_size`	Get the size of a blob from this factory.
Instance Variable	`_path`	path to file

def __init__(self, path): ¶

The default constructor.

Parameters
path:`str`	path to file

def get_blob(self): ¶

overrides pyzim.blob.BaseBlobSource.get_blob

Return a blob.

Returns
`BaseBlob`	a fresh instance of a subclass of `BaseBlob`

def get_size(self): ¶

overrides pyzim.blob.BaseBlobSource.get_size

Get the size of a blob from this factory.

The default implementation instantiates a new blob using BaseBlobSource.get_blob and calls BaseBlob.get_size. Subclasses may overwrite this method for a more efficient implementation.

Please See BaseBlob.get_size for details.

Returns
`int`	the size of a blob in byzes

_path = ¶

path to file