{

public:

/// Open a file for read-only access.

///

/// \param ioContext

/// The I/O context to use when dispatching I/O completion events.

/// When asynchronous read operations on this file complete the

/// completion events will be dispatched to an I/O thread associated

/// with the I/O context.

///

/// \param path

/// Path of the file to open.

///

/// \param shareMode

/// Specifies the access to be allowed on the file concurrently with this file access.

///

/// \param bufferingMode

/// Specifies the modes/hints to provide to the OS that affects the behaviour

/// of its file buffering.

///

/// \return

/// An object that can be used to read from the file.

///

/// \throw std::system_error

/// If the file could not be opened for read.

[[nodiscard]]

static read_only_file open(

io_service& ioService,

const stdfs::path& path,

file_share_mode shareMode = file_share_mode::read,

file_buffering_mode bufferingMode = file_buffering_mode::default_);

protected:

read_only_file(detail::safe_handle&& fileHandle) noexcept;