Source for gnu.CORBA.CDR.AbstractDataOutput

   1: /* AbstractDataOutput.java --
   2:    Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3: 
   4: This file is part of GNU Classpath.
   5: 
   6: GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   7: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   8: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   9: any later version.
  10: 
  11: GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  12: WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  13: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  14: General Public License for more details.
  15: 
  16: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  17: along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
  18: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  19: 02110-1301 USA.
  20: 
  21: Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
  22: making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
  23: conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
  24: combination.
  25: 
  26: As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
  27: permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
  28: executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
  29: modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
  30: terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
  31: independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
  32: module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
  33: or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
  34: this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
  35: obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
  36: exception statement from your version. */
  37: 
  38: 
  39: package gnu.CORBA.CDR;
  40: 
  41: import java.io.IOException;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * An abstract data output stream that could write data in either
  45:  * Big Endian or Little Endian format.
  46:  *
  47:  * This class reuses code from GNU Classpath DataOutputStream.
  48:  *
  49:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  50:  * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
  51:  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  52:  */
  53: public interface AbstractDataOutput
  54: {
  55:   /**
  56:    * This method flushes any unwritten bytes to the underlying stream.
  57:    *
  58:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
  59:    */
  60:   void flush()
  61:       throws IOException;
  62: 
  63:   /**
  64:    * This method writes the specified byte (passed as an <code>int</code>)
  65:    * to the underlying output stream.
  66:    *
  67:    * @param value The <code>byte</code> to write, passed as an <code>int</code>.
  68:    *
  69:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
  70:    */
  71:   void write(int value)
  72:       throws IOException;
  73: 
  74:   /**
  75:    * This method writes <code>len</code> bytes from the specified byte array
  76:    * <code>buf</code> starting at position <code>offset</code> into the
  77:    * buffer to the underlying output stream.
  78:    *
  79:    * @param buf The byte array to write from.
  80:    * @param offset The index into the byte array to start writing from.
  81:    * @param len The number of bytes to write.
  82:    *
  83:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
  84:    */
  85:   void write(byte[] buf, int offset, int len)
  86:       throws IOException;
  87: 
  88:   /**
  89:    * Write the complete byte array.
  90:    * @throws IOException
  91:    */
  92:   void write(byte[] buf)
  93:       throws IOException;
  94: 
  95:   /**
  96:    * This method writes a Java boolean value to an output stream.  If
  97:    * <code>value</code> is <code>true</code>, a byte with the value of
  98:    * 1 will be written, otherwise a byte with the value of 0 will be
  99:    * written.
 100:    *
 101:    * The value written can be read using the <code>readBoolean</code>
 102:    * method in <code>DataInput</code>.
 103:    *
 104:    * @param value The <code>boolean</code> value to write to the stream
 105:    *
 106:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 107:    */
 108:   void writeBoolean(boolean value)
 109:              throws IOException;
 110: 
 111:   /**
 112:    * This method writes a Java byte value to an output stream.  The
 113:    * byte to be written will be in the lowest 8 bits of the
 114:    * <code>int</code> value passed.
 115:    *
 116:    * The value written can be read using the <code>readByte</code> or
 117:    * <code>readUnsignedByte</code> methods in <code>DataInput</code>.
 118:    *
 119:    * @param value The <code>byte</code> to write to the stream, passed as
 120:    * the low eight bits of an <code>int</code>.
 121:    *
 122:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 123:    */
 124:   void writeByte(int value)
 125:           throws IOException;
 126: 
 127:   /**
 128:    * This method writes a Java short value to an output stream.  The
 129:    * char to be written will be in the lowest 16 bits of the <code>int</code>
 130:    * value passed.
 131:    *
 132:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 133:    */
 134:   void writeShort(int value)
 135:            throws IOException;
 136: 
 137:   /**
 138:    * This method writes a Java char value to an output stream.  The
 139:    * char to be written will be in the lowest 16 bits of the <code>int</code>
 140:    * value passed.
 141:    *
 142:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 143:    */
 144:   void writeChar(int value)
 145:           throws IOException;
 146: 
 147:   /**
 148:    * This method writes a Java int value to an output stream.
 149:    *
 150:    * @param value The <code>int</code> value to write to the stream
 151:    *
 152:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 153:    */
 154:   void writeInt(int value)
 155:          throws IOException;
 156: 
 157:   /**
 158:    * This method writes a Java long value to an output stream.
 159:    *
 160:    * @param value The <code>long</code> value to write to the stream
 161:    *
 162:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 163:    */
 164:   void writeLong(long value)
 165:           throws IOException;
 166: 
 167:   /**
 168:    * This method writes a Java <code>float</code> value to the stream.
 169:    * @param value The <code>float</code> value to write to the stream
 170:    *
 171:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 172:    */
 173:   void writeFloat(float value)
 174:            throws IOException;
 175: 
 176:   /**
 177:    * This method writes a Java <code>double</code> value to the stream.
 178:    *
 179:    * @param value The <code>double</code> value to write to the stream
 180:    *
 181:    * @exception IOException If an error occurs
 182:    */
 183:   void writeDouble(double value)
 184:             throws IOException;
 185: }