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package java.io;

/**

 * The <code>DataOutput</code> interface provides

 * for converting data from any of the Java

 * primitive types to a series of bytes and

 * writing these bytes to a binary stream.

 * There is  also a facility for converting

 * a <code>String</code> into

 * <a href="DataInput.html#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>

 * format and writing the resulting series

 * of bytes.

 * <p>

 * For all the methods in this interface that

 * write bytes, it is generally true that if

 * a byte cannot be written for any reason,

 * an <code>IOException</code> is thrown.

 *

 * @author  Frank Yellin

 * @see     java.io.DataInput

 * @see     java.io.DataOutputStream

 * @since   JDK1.0

 */

public

interface DataOutput {

    /**

     * Writes to the output stream the eight

     * low-order bits of the argument <code>b</code>.

     * The 24 high-order  bits of <code>b</code>

     * are ignored.

     *

     * @param      b   the byte to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void write(int b) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes to the output stream all the bytes in array <code>b</code>.

     * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,

     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.

     * If <code>b.length</code> is zero, then

     * no bytes are written. Otherwise, the byte

     * <code>b[0]</code> is written first, then

     * <code>b[1]</code>, and so on; the last byte

     * written is <code>b[b.length-1]</code>.

     *

     * @param      b   the data.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void write(byte b[]) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes <code>len</code> bytes from array

     * <code>b</code>, in order,  to

     * the output stream.  If <code>b</code>

     * is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>

     * is thrown.  If <code>off</code> is negative,

     * or <code>len</code> is negative, or <code>off+len</code>

     * is greater than the length of the array

     * <code>b</code>, then an <code>IndexOutOfBoundsException</code>

     * is thrown.  If <code>len</code> is zero,

     * then no bytes are written. Otherwise, the

     * byte <code>b[off]</code> is written first,

     * then <code>b[off+1]</code>, and so on; the

     * last byte written is <code>b[off+len-1]</code>.

     *

     * @param      b     the data.

     * @param      off   the start offset in the data.

     * @param      len   the number of bytes to write.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes a <code>boolean</code> value to this output stream.

     * If the argument <code>v</code>

     * is <code>true</code>, the value <code>(byte)1</code>

     * is written; if <code>v</code> is <code>false</code>,

     * the  value <code>(byte)0</code> is written.

     * The byte written by this method may

     * be read by the <code>readBoolean</code>

     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,

     * which will then return a <code>boolean</code>

     * equal to <code>v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the boolean to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeBoolean(boolean v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes to the output stream the eight low-

     * order bits of the argument <code>v</code>.

     * The 24 high-order bits of <code>v</code>

     * are ignored. (This means  that <code>writeByte</code>

     * does exactly the same thing as <code>write</code>

     * for an integer argument.) The byte written

     * by this method may be read by the <code>readByte</code>

     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,

     * which will then return a <code>byte</code>

     * equal to <code>(byte)v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the byte value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeByte(int v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes two bytes to the output

     * stream to represent the value of the argument.

     * The byte values to be written, in the  order

     * shown, are: <p>

     * <pre><code>

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))

     * (byte)(0xff & v)

     * </code> </pre> <p>

     * The bytes written by this method may be

     * read by the <code>readShort</code> method

     * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which

     * will then return a <code>short</code> equal

     * to <code>(short)v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the <code>short</code> value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeShort(int v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes a <code>char</code> value, which

     * is comprised of two bytes, to the

     * output stream.

     * The byte values to be written, in the  order

     * shown, are:

     * <p><pre><code>

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))

     * (byte)(0xff & v)

     * </code></pre><p>

     * The bytes written by this method may be

     * read by the <code>readChar</code> method

     * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which

     * will then return a <code>char</code> equal

     * to <code>(char)v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the <code>char</code> value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeChar(int v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes an <code>int</code> value, which is

     * comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.

     * The byte values to be written, in the  order

     * shown, are:

     * <p><pre><code>

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >>    8))

     * (byte)(0xff & v)

     * </code></pre><p>

     * The bytes written by this method may be read

     * by the <code>readInt</code> method of interface

     * <code>DataInput</code> , which will then

     * return an <code>int</code> equal to <code>v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the <code>int</code> value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeInt(int v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes a <code>long</code> value, which is

     * comprised of eight bytes, to the output stream.

     * The byte values to be written, in the  order

     * shown, are:

     * <p><pre><code>

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 56))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 48))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 40))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 32))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))

     * (byte)(0xff & (v >>  8))

     * (byte)(0xff & v)

     * </code></pre><p>

     * The bytes written by this method may be

     * read by the <code>readLong</code> method

     * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which

     * will then return a <code>long</code> equal

     * to <code>v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the <code>long</code> value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeLong(long v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes a <code>float</code> value,

     * which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.

     * It does this as if it first converts this

     * <code>float</code> value to an <code>int</code>

     * in exactly the manner of the <code>Float.floatToIntBits</code>

     * method  and then writes the <code>int</code>

     * value in exactly the manner of the  <code>writeInt</code>

     * method.  The bytes written by this method

     * may be read by the <code>readFloat</code>

     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,

     * which will then return a <code>float</code>

     * equal to <code>v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the <code>float</code> value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes a <code>double</code> value,

     * which is comprised of eight bytes, to the output stream.

     * It does this as if it first converts this

     * <code>double</code> value to a <code>long</code>

     * in exactly the manner of the <code>Double.doubleToLongBits</code>

     * method  and then writes the <code>long</code>

     * value in exactly the manner of the  <code>writeLong</code>

     * method. The bytes written by this method

     * may be read by the <code>readDouble</code>

     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,

     * which will then return a <code>double</code>

     * equal to <code>v</code>.

     *

     * @param      v   the <code>double</code> value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeDouble(double v) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes a string to the output stream.

     * For every character in the string

     * <code>s</code>,  taken in order, one byte

     * is written to the output stream.  If

     * <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>

     * is thrown.<p>  If <code>s.length</code>

     * is zero, then no bytes are written. Otherwise,

     * the character <code>s[0]</code> is written

     * first, then <code>s[1]</code>, and so on;

     * the last character written is <code>s[s.length-1]</code>.

     * For each character, one byte is written,

     * the low-order byte, in exactly the manner

     * of the <code>writeByte</code> method . The

     * high-order eight bits of each character

     * in the string are ignored.

     *

     * @param      s   the string of bytes to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeBytes(String s) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes every character in the string <code>s</code>,

     * to the output stream, in order,

     * two bytes per character. If <code>s</code>

     * is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>

     * is thrown.  If <code>s.length</code>

     * is zero, then no characters are written.

     * Otherwise, the character <code>s[0]</code>

     * is written first, then <code>s[1]</code>,

     * and so on; the last character written is

     * <code>s[s.length-1]</code>. For each character,

     * two bytes are actually written, high-order

     * byte first, in exactly the manner of the

     * <code>writeChar</code> method.

     *

     * @param      s   the string value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeChars(String s) throws IOException;

    /**

     * Writes two bytes of length information

     * to the output stream, followed

     * by the

     * <a href="DataInput.html#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>

     * representation

     * of  every character in the string <code>s</code>.

     * If <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>,

     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.

     * Each character in the string <code>s</code>

     * is converted to a group of one, two, or

     * three bytes, depending on the value of the

     * character.<p>

     * If a character <code>c</code>

     * is in the range <code>&#92;u0001</code> through

     * <code>&#92;u007f</code>, it is represented

     * by one byte:<p>

     * <pre>(byte)c </pre>  <p>

     * If a character <code>c</code> is <code>&#92;u0000</code>

     * or is in the range <code>&#92;u0080</code>

     * through <code>&#92;u07ff</code>, then it is

     * represented by two bytes, to be written

     * in the order shown:<p> <pre><code>

     * (byte)(0xc0 | (0x1f & (c >> 6)))

     * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))

     *  </code></pre>  <p> If a character

     * <code>c</code> is in the range <code>&#92;u0800</code>

     * through <code>uffff</code>, then it is

     * represented by three bytes, to be written

     * in the order shown:<p> <pre><code>

     * (byte)(0xe0 | (0x0f & (c >> 12)))

     * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & (c >>  6)))

     * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))

     *  </code></pre>  <p> First,

     * the total number of bytes needed to represent

     * all the characters of <code>s</code> is

     * calculated. If this number is larger than

     * <code>65535</code>, then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>

     * is thrown. Otherwise, this length is written

     * to the output stream in exactly the manner

     * of the <code>writeShort</code> method;

     * after this, the one-, two-, or three-byte

     * representation of each character in the

     * string <code>s</code> is written.<p>  The

     * bytes written by this method may be read

     * by the <code>readUTF</code> method of interface

     * <code>DataInput</code> , which will then

     * return a <code>String</code> equal to <code>s</code>.

     *

     * @param      s   the string value to be written.

     * @throws     IOException  if an I/O error occurs.

     */

    void writeUTF(String s) throws IOException;

}