Class DataInputStream

public DataInputStream(InputStream in)

This constructor initializes a new DataInputStream to read from the specified subordinate stream.

Parameters:

in - The subordinate InputStream to read from

public final int read(byte[] b)
            throws IOException

This method reads bytes from the underlying stream into the specified byte array buffer. It will attempt to fill the buffer completely, but may return a short count if there is insufficient data remaining to be read to fill the buffer.

Overrides:

read in interface FilterInputStream

Parameters:

b - The buffer into which bytes will be read.

Returns:

The actual number of bytes read, or -1 if end of stream reached before reading any bytes.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs.

public final int read(byte[] b,
                      int off,
                      int len)
            throws IOException

This method reads bytes from the underlying stream into the specified byte array buffer. It will attempt to read len bytes and will start storing them at position off into the buffer. This method can return a short count if there is insufficient data remaining to be read to complete the desired read length.

Overrides:

read in interface FilterInputStream

Parameters:

b - The buffer into which bytes will be read.

off - The offset into the buffer to start storing bytes.

len - The requested number of bytes to read.

Returns:

The actual number of bytes read, or -1 if end of stream reached before reading any bytes.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs.

public final boolean readBoolean()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java boolean value from an input stream. It does so by reading a single byte of data. If that byte is zero, then the value returned is false. If the byte is non-zero, then the value returned is true.

This method can read a boolean written by an object implementing the writeBoolean() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readBoolean in interface DataInput

Returns:

The boolean value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeBoolean(boolean)

public final byte readByte()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java byte value from an input stream. The value is in the range of -128 to 127.

This method can read a byte written by an object implementing the writeByte() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readByte in interface DataInput

Returns:

The byte value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeByte(int)

public final char readChar()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java char value from an input stream. It operates by reading two bytes from the stream and converting them to a single 16-bit Java char. The two bytes are stored most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native host byte ordering.

As an example, if byte1 and byte2 represent the first and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be transformed to a char in the following manner:

(char)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 8) | (byte2 & 0xFF)

This method can read a char written by an object implementing the writeChar() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readChar in interface DataInput

Returns:

The char value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeChar(int)

public final double readDouble()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java double value from an input stream. It operates by first reading a long value from the stream by calling the readLong() method in this interface, then converts that long to a double using the longBitsToDouble method in the class java.lang.Double

This method can read a double written by an object implementing the writeDouble() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readDouble in interface DataInput

Returns:

The double value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeDouble(double), Double.longBitsToDouble(long)

public final float readFloat()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java float value from an input stream. It operates by first reading an int value from the stream by calling the readInt() method in this interface, then converts that int to a float using the intBitsToFloat method in the class java.lang.Float

This method can read a float written by an object implementing the writeFloat() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readFloat in interface DataInput

Returns:

The float value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeFloat(float), Float.intBitsToFloat(int)

public final void readFully(byte[] b)
            throws IOException

This method reads raw bytes into the passed array until the array is full. Note that this method blocks until the data is available and throws an exception if there is not enough data left in the stream to fill the buffer. Note also that zero length buffers are permitted. In this case, the method will return immediately without reading any bytes from the stream.

Specified by:

readFully in interface DataInput

Parameters:

b - The buffer into which to read the data

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

public final void readFully(byte[] buf,
                            int offset,
                            int len)
            throws IOException

This method reads raw bytes into the passed array buf starting offset bytes into the buffer. The number of bytes read will be exactly len. Note that this method blocks until the data is available and throws an exception if there is not enough data left in the stream to read len bytes. Note also that zero length buffers are permitted. In this case, the method will return immediately without reading any bytes from the stream.

Specified by:

readFully in interface DataInput

Parameters:

buf - The buffer into which to read the data

offset - The offset into the buffer to start storing data

len - The number of bytes to read into the buffer

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

public final int readInt()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java int value from an input stream It operates by reading four bytes from the stream and converting them to a single Java int. The bytes are stored most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native host byte ordering.

As an example, if byte1 through byte4 represent the first four bytes read from the stream, they will be transformed to an int in the following manner:

(int)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 24) + ((byte2 & 0xFF) << 16) + ((byte3 & 0xFF)<< 8) + (byte4 & 0xFF)))

The value returned is in the range of -2147483648 to 2147483647.

This method can read an int written by an object implementing the writeInt() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readInt in interface DataInput

Returns:

The int value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeInt(int)

public final String readLine()
            throws IOException

Deprecated.

This method reads the next line of text data from an input stream. It operates by reading bytes and converting those bytes to char values by treating the byte read as the low eight bits of the char and using 0 as the high eight bits. Because of this, it does not support the full 16-bit Unicode character set.

The reading of bytes ends when either the end of file or a line terminator is encountered. The bytes read are then returned as a String A line terminator is a byte sequence consisting of either \r, \n or \r\n. These termination charaters are discarded and are not returned as part of the string.

This method can read data that was written by an object implementing the writeLine() method in DataOutput.

Specified by:

readLine in interface DataInput

Returns:

The line read as a String

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput

public final long readLong()
            throws IOException

This method reads a Java long value from an input stream It operates by reading eight bytes from the stream and converting them to a single Java long. The bytes are stored most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native host byte ordering.

As an example, if byte1 through byte8 represent the first eight bytes read from the stream, they will be transformed to an long in the following manner:

(long)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 56) + ((byte2 & 0xFF) << 48) + ((byte3 & 0xFF) << 40) + ((byte4 & 0xFF) << 32) + ((byte5 & 0xFF) << 24) + ((byte6 & 0xFF) << 16) + ((byte7 & 0xFF) << 8) + (byte8 & 0xFF)))

The value returned is in the range of -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807.

This method can read an long written by an object implementing the writeLong() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readLong in interface DataInput

Returns:

The long value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeLong(long)

public final short readShort()
            throws IOException

This method reads a signed 16-bit value into a Java in from the stream. It operates by reading two bytes from the stream and converting them to a single 16-bit Java short. The two bytes are stored most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native host byte ordering.

As an example, if byte1 and byte2 represent the first and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be transformed to a short. in the following manner:

(short)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 8) | (byte2 & 0xFF))

The value returned is in the range of -32768 to 32767.

This method can read a short written by an object implementing the writeShort() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readShort in interface DataInput

Returns:

The short value read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeShort(int)

public final String readUTF()
            throws IOException

This method reads a String from an input stream that is encoded in a modified UTF-8 format. This format has a leading two byte sequence that contains the remaining number of bytes to read. This two byte sequence is read using the readUnsignedShort() method of this interface.

After the number of remaining bytes have been determined, these bytes are read an transformed into char values. These char values are encoded in the stream using either a one, two, or three byte format. The particular format in use can be determined by examining the first byte read.

If the first byte has a high order bit of 0, then that character consists on only one byte. This character value consists of seven bits that are at positions 0 through 6 of the byte. As an example, if byte1 is the byte read from the stream, it would be converted to a char like so:

(char)byte1

If the first byte has 110 as its high order bits, then the character consists of two bytes. The bits that make up the character value are in positions 0 through 4 of the first byte and bit positions 0 through 5 of the second byte. (The second byte should have 10 as its high order bits). These values are in most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") order.

As an example, if byte1 and byte2 are the first two bytes read respectively, and the high order bits of them match the patterns which indicate a two byte character encoding, then they would be converted to a Java char like so:

(char)(((byte1 & 0x1F) << 6) | (byte2 & 0x3F))

If the first byte has a 1110 as its high order bits, then the character consists of three bytes. The bits that make up the character value are in positions 0 through 3 of the first byte and bit positions 0 through 5 of the other two bytes. (The second and third bytes should have 10 as their high order bits). These values are in most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") order.

As an example, if byte1 byte2 and byte3 are the three bytes read, and the high order bits of them match the patterns which indicate a three byte character encoding, then they would be converted to a Java char like so:

(char)(((byte1 & 0x0F) << 12) | ((byte2 & 0x3F) << 6) | (byte3 & 0x3F))

Note that all characters are encoded in the method that requires the fewest number of bytes with the exception of the character with the value of \u0000 which is encoded as two bytes. This is a modification of the UTF standard used to prevent C language style NUL values from appearing in the byte stream.

This method can read data that was written by an object implementing the writeUTF() method in DataOutput

Specified by:

readUTF in interface DataInput

Returns:

The String read

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeUTF(String)

public static final String readUTF(DataInput in)
            throws IOException

This method reads a String encoded in UTF-8 format from the specified DataInput source.

Parameters:

in - The DataInput source to read from

Returns:

The String read from the source

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs

See Also:

DataInput.readUTF()

public final int readUnsignedByte()
            throws IOException

This method reads 8 unsigned bits into a Java int value from the stream. The value returned is in the range of 0 to 255.

This method can read an unsigned byte written by an object implementing the writeUnsignedByte() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readUnsignedByte in interface DataInput

Returns:

The unsigned bytes value read as a Java int.

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeByte(int)

public final int readUnsignedShort()
            throws IOException

This method reads 16 unsigned bits into a Java int value from the stream. It operates by reading two bytes from the stream and converting them to a single Java int The two bytes are stored most significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native host byte ordering.

As an example, if byte1 and byte2 represent the first and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be transformed to an int in the following manner:

(int)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 8) + (byte2 & 0xFF))

The value returned is in the range of 0 to 65535.

This method can read an unsigned short written by an object implementing the writeUnsignedShort() method in the DataOutput interface.

Specified by:

readUnsignedShort in interface DataInput

Returns:

The unsigned short value read as a Java int

Throws:

IOException - If any other error occurs

See Also:

DataOutput.writeShort(int)

public final int skipBytes(int n)
            throws IOException

This method attempts to skip and discard the specified number of bytes in the input stream. It may actually skip fewer bytes than requested. This method will not skip any bytes if passed a negative number of bytes to skip.

Specified by:

skipBytes in interface DataInput

Parameters:

n - The requested number of bytes to skip.

Returns:

The requested number of bytes to skip.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs.