Enum std::path::Component

pub enum Component<'a> {
    Prefix(PrefixComponent<'a>),
    RootDir,
    CurDir,
    ParentDir,
    Normal(&'a OsStr),
}

A single component of a path.

A Component roughly corresponds to a substring between path separators (/ or \).

This enum is created by iterating over Components, which in turn is created by the components method on Path.

Examples

use std::path::{Component, Path};

let path = Path::new("/tmp/foo/bar.txt");
let components = path.components().collect::<Vec<_>>();
assert_eq!(&components, &[
    Component::RootDir,
    Component::Normal("tmp".as_ref()),
    Component::Normal("foo".as_ref()),
    Component::Normal("bar.txt".as_ref()),
]);

Variants

Prefix(PrefixComponent<'a>)

A Windows path prefix, e.g., C: or \\server\share.

There is a large variety of prefix types, see Prefix's documentation for more.

Does not occur on Unix.

RootDir

The root directory component, appears after any prefix and before anything else.

It represents a separator that designates that a path starts from root.

CurDir

A reference to the current directory, i.e., ..

ParentDir

A reference to the parent directory, i.e., ...

Normal(&'a OsStr)

A normal component, e.g., a and b in a/b.

This variant is the most common one, it represents references to files or directories.

Methods

impl<'a> Component<'a>

pub fn as_os_str(self) -> &'a OsStr

Extracts the underlying OsStr slice.

Examples

use std::path::Path;

let path = Path::new("./tmp/foo/bar.txt");
let components: Vec<_> = path.components().map(|comp| comp.as_os_str()).collect();
assert_eq!(&components, &[".", "tmp", "foo", "bar.txt"]);

Trait Implementations

impl<'a> PartialEq<Component<'a>> for Component<'a>

fn eq(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> bool

This method tests for !=.

impl<'a> Eq for Component<'a>

impl<'a> Ord for Component<'a>

fn cmp(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (clamp #44095)

Restrict a value to a certain interval.

impl<'a> PartialOrd<Component<'a>> for Component<'a>

fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

fn lt(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> bool

This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

fn le(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> bool

This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

fn gt(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> bool

This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

fn ge(&self, other: &Component<'a>) -> bool

This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl<'a> Hash for Component<'a>

fn hash<__H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut __H)

Feeds this value into the given [Hasher].

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H) where
    H: Hasher, 

Feeds a slice of this type into the given [Hasher].

impl<'a> Debug for Component<'a>

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'_> AsRef<OsStr> for Component<'_>

fn as_ref(&self) -> &OsStr

Performs the conversion.

impl<'_> AsRef<Path> for Component<'_>

fn as_ref(&self) -> &Path

Performs the conversion.

impl<'a> Copy for Component<'a>

impl<'a> Clone for Component<'a>

fn clone(&self) -> Component<'a>

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.