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025
026 package java.io;
027
028 /**
029 * The <code>DataOutput</code> interface provides
030 * for converting data from any of the Java
031 * primitive types to a series of bytes and
032 * writing these bytes to a binary stream.
033 * There is also a facility for converting
034 * a <code>String</code> into
035 * <a href="DataInput.html#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>
036 * format and writing the resulting series
037 * of bytes.
038 * <p>
039 * For all the methods in this interface that
040 * write bytes, it is generally true that if
041 * a byte cannot be written for any reason,
042 * an <code>IOException</code> is thrown.
043 *
044 * @author Frank Yellin
045 * @version 1.29, 05/05/07
046 * @see java.io.DataInput
047 * @see java.io.DataOutputStream
048 * @since JDK1.0
049 */
050 public interface DataOutput {
051 /**
052 * Writes to the output stream the eight
053 * low-order bits of the argument <code>b</code>.
054 * The 24 high-order bits of <code>b</code>
055 * are ignored.
056 *
057 * @param b the byte to be written.
058 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
059 */
060 void write(int b) throws IOException;
061
062 /**
063 * Writes to the output stream all the bytes in array <code>b</code>.
064 * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,
065 * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
066 * If <code>b.length</code> is zero, then
067 * no bytes are written. Otherwise, the byte
068 * <code>b[0]</code> is written first, then
069 * <code>b[1]</code>, and so on; the last byte
070 * written is <code>b[b.length-1]</code>.
071 *
072 * @param b the data.
073 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
074 */
075 void write(byte b[]) throws IOException;
076
077 /**
078 * Writes <code>len</code> bytes from array
079 * <code>b</code>, in order, to
080 * the output stream. If <code>b</code>
081 * is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>
082 * is thrown. If <code>off</code> is negative,
083 * or <code>len</code> is negative, or <code>off+len</code>
084 * is greater than the length of the array
085 * <code>b</code>, then an <code>IndexOutOfBoundsException</code>
086 * is thrown. If <code>len</code> is zero,
087 * then no bytes are written. Otherwise, the
088 * byte <code>b[off]</code> is written first,
089 * then <code>b[off+1]</code>, and so on; the
090 * last byte written is <code>b[off+len-1]</code>.
091 *
092 * @param b the data.
093 * @param off the start offset in the data.
094 * @param len the number of bytes to write.
095 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
096 */
097 void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException;
098
099 /**
100 * Writes a <code>boolean</code> value to this output stream.
101 * If the argument <code>v</code>
102 * is <code>true</code>, the value <code>(byte)1</code>
103 * is written; if <code>v</code> is <code>false</code>,
104 * the value <code>(byte)0</code> is written.
105 * The byte written by this method may
106 * be read by the <code>readBoolean</code>
107 * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
108 * which will then return a <code>boolean</code>
109 * equal to <code>v</code>.
110 *
111 * @param v the boolean to be written.
112 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
113 */
114 void writeBoolean(boolean v) throws IOException;
115
116 /**
117 * Writes to the output stream the eight low-
118 * order bits of the argument <code>v</code>.
119 * The 24 high-order bits of <code>v</code>
120 * are ignored. (This means that <code>writeByte</code>
121 * does exactly the same thing as <code>write</code>
122 * for an integer argument.) The byte written
123 * by this method may be read by the <code>readByte</code>
124 * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
125 * which will then return a <code>byte</code>
126 * equal to <code>(byte)v</code>.
127 *
128 * @param v the byte value to be written.
129 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
130 */
131 void writeByte(int v) throws IOException;
132
133 /**
134 * Writes two bytes to the output
135 * stream to represent the value of the argument.
136 * The byte values to be written, in the order
137 * shown, are: <p>
138 * <pre><code>
139 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
140 * (byte)(0xff & v)
141 * </code> </pre> <p>
142 * The bytes written by this method may be
143 * read by the <code>readShort</code> method
144 * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which
145 * will then return a <code>short</code> equal
146 * to <code>(short)v</code>.
147 *
148 * @param v the <code>short</code> value to be written.
149 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
150 */
151 void writeShort(int v) throws IOException;
152
153 /**
154 * Writes a <code>char</code> value, which
155 * is comprised of two bytes, to the
156 * output stream.
157 * The byte values to be written, in the order
158 * shown, are:
159 * <p><pre><code>
160 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
161 * (byte)(0xff & v)
162 * </code></pre><p>
163 * The bytes written by this method may be
164 * read by the <code>readChar</code> method
165 * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which
166 * will then return a <code>char</code> equal
167 * to <code>(char)v</code>.
168 *
169 * @param v the <code>char</code> value to be written.
170 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
171 */
172 void writeChar(int v) throws IOException;
173
174 /**
175 * Writes an <code>int</code> value, which is
176 * comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
177 * The byte values to be written, in the order
178 * shown, are:
179 * <p><pre><code>
180 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))
181 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))
182 * (byte)(0xff & (v >>    8))
183 * (byte)(0xff & v)
184 * </code></pre><p>
185 * The bytes written by this method may be read
186 * by the <code>readInt</code> method of interface
187 * <code>DataInput</code> , which will then
188 * return an <code>int</code> equal to <code>v</code>.
189 *
190 * @param v the <code>int</code> value to be written.
191 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
192 */
193 void writeInt(int v) throws IOException;
194
195 /**
196 * Writes a <code>long</code> value, which is
197 * comprised of eight bytes, to the output stream.
198 * The byte values to be written, in the order
199 * shown, are:
200 * <p><pre><code>
201 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 56))
202 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 48))
203 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 40))
204 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 32))
205 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))
206 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))
207 * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
208 * (byte)(0xff & v)
209 * </code></pre><p>
210 * The bytes written by this method may be
211 * read by the <code>readLong</code> method
212 * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which
213 * will then return a <code>long</code> equal
214 * to <code>v</code>.
215 *
216 * @param v the <code>long</code> value to be written.
217 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
218 */
219 void writeLong(long v) throws IOException;
220
221 /**
222 * Writes a <code>float</code> value,
223 * which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
224 * It does this as if it first converts this
225 * <code>float</code> value to an <code>int</code>
226 * in exactly the manner of the <code>Float.floatToIntBits</code>
227 * method and then writes the <code>int</code>
228 * value in exactly the manner of the <code>writeInt</code>
229 * method. The bytes written by this method
230 * may be read by the <code>readFloat</code>
231 * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
232 * which will then return a <code>float</code>
233 * equal to <code>v</code>.
234 *
235 * @param v the <code>float</code> value to be written.
236 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
237 */
238 void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException;
239
240 /**
241 * Writes a <code>double</code> value,
242 * which is comprised of eight bytes, to the output stream.
243 * It does this as if it first converts this
244 * <code>double</code> value to a <code>long</code>
245 * in exactly the manner of the <code>Double.doubleToLongBits</code>
246 * method and then writes the <code>long</code>
247 * value in exactly the manner of the <code>writeLong</code>
248 * method. The bytes written by this method
249 * may be read by the <code>readDouble</code>
250 * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
251 * which will then return a <code>double</code>
252 * equal to <code>v</code>.
253 *
254 * @param v the <code>double</code> value to be written.
255 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
256 */
257 void writeDouble(double v) throws IOException;
258
259 /**
260 * Writes a string to the output stream.
261 * For every character in the string
262 * <code>s</code>, taken in order, one byte
263 * is written to the output stream. If
264 * <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>
265 * is thrown.<p> If <code>s.length</code>
266 * is zero, then no bytes are written. Otherwise,
267 * the character <code>s[0]</code> is written
268 * first, then <code>s[1]</code>, and so on;
269 * the last character written is <code>s[s.length-1]</code>.
270 * For each character, one byte is written,
271 * the low-order byte, in exactly the manner
272 * of the <code>writeByte</code> method . The
273 * high-order eight bits of each character
274 * in the string are ignored.
275 *
276 * @param s the string of bytes to be written.
277 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
278 */
279 void writeBytes(String s) throws IOException;
280
281 /**
282 * Writes every character in the string <code>s</code>,
283 * to the output stream, in order,
284 * two bytes per character. If <code>s</code>
285 * is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>
286 * is thrown. If <code>s.length</code>
287 * is zero, then no characters are written.
288 * Otherwise, the character <code>s[0]</code>
289 * is written first, then <code>s[1]</code>,
290 * and so on; the last character written is
291 * <code>s[s.length-1]</code>. For each character,
292 * two bytes are actually written, high-order
293 * byte first, in exactly the manner of the
294 * <code>writeChar</code> method.
295 *
296 * @param s the string value to be written.
297 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
298 */
299 void writeChars(String s) throws IOException;
300
301 /**
302 * Writes two bytes of length information
303 * to the output stream, followed
304 * by the
305 * <a href="DataInput.html#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>
306 * representation
307 * of every character in the string <code>s</code>.
308 * If <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>,
309 * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
310 * Each character in the string <code>s</code>
311 * is converted to a group of one, two, or
312 * three bytes, depending on the value of the
313 * character.<p>
314 * If a character <code>c</code>
315 * is in the range <code>\u0001</code> through
316 * <code>\u007f</code>, it is represented
317 * by one byte:<p>
318 * <pre>(byte)c </pre> <p>
319 * If a character <code>c</code> is <code>\u0000</code>
320 * or is in the range <code>\u0080</code>
321 * through <code>\u07ff</code>, then it is
322 * represented by two bytes, to be written
323 * in the order shown:<p> <pre><code>
324 * (byte)(0xc0 | (0x1f & (c >> 6)))
325 * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))
326 * </code></pre> <p> If a character
327 * <code>c</code> is in the range <code>\u0800</code>
328 * through <code>uffff</code>, then it is
329 * represented by three bytes, to be written
330 * in the order shown:<p> <pre><code>
331 * (byte)(0xe0 | (0x0f & (c >> 12)))
332 * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & (c >> 6)))
333 * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))
334 * </code></pre> <p> First,
335 * the total number of bytes needed to represent
336 * all the characters of <code>s</code> is
337 * calculated. If this number is larger than
338 * <code>65535</code>, then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
339 * is thrown. Otherwise, this length is written
340 * to the output stream in exactly the manner
341 * of the <code>writeShort</code> method;
342 * after this, the one-, two-, or three-byte
343 * representation of each character in the
344 * string <code>s</code> is written.<p> The
345 * bytes written by this method may be read
346 * by the <code>readUTF</code> method of interface
347 * <code>DataInput</code> , which will then
348 * return a <code>String</code> equal to <code>s</code>.
349 *
350 * @param s the string value to be written.
351 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
352 */
353 void writeUTF(String s) throws IOException;
354 }
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