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InputStream Class Reference

The base class for streams that read data. More...

Inherited by BufferedInputStream, FileInputStream, GZIPDecompressorInputStream, MemoryInputStream, and SubregionStream.

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

virtual ~InputStream ()
 Destructor.
virtual int64 getTotalLength ()=0
 Returns the total number of bytes available for reading in this stream.
virtual bool isExhausted ()=0
 Returns true if the stream has no more data to read.
virtual int read (void *destBuffer, int maxBytesToRead)=0
 Reads a set of bytes from the stream into a memory buffer.
virtual char readByte ()
 Reads a byte from the stream.
virtual bool readBool ()
 Reads a boolean from the stream.
virtual short readShort ()
 Reads two bytes from the stream as a little-endian 16-bit value.
virtual short readShortBigEndian ()
 Reads two bytes from the stream as a little-endian 16-bit value.
virtual int readInt ()
 Reads four bytes from the stream as a little-endian 32-bit value.
virtual int readIntBigEndian ()
 Reads four bytes from the stream as a big-endian 32-bit value.
virtual int64 readInt64 ()
 Reads eight bytes from the stream as a little-endian 64-bit value.
virtual int64 readInt64BigEndian ()
 Reads eight bytes from the stream as a big-endian 64-bit value.
virtual float readFloat ()
 Reads four bytes as a 32-bit floating point value.
virtual float readFloatBigEndian ()
 Reads four bytes as a 32-bit floating point value.
virtual double readDouble ()
 Reads eight bytes as a 64-bit floating point value.
virtual double readDoubleBigEndian ()
 Reads eight bytes as a 64-bit floating point value.
virtual int readCompressedInt ()
 Reads an encoded 32-bit number from the stream using a space-saving compressed format.
virtual String readNextLine ()
 Reads a UTF8 string from the stream, up to the next linefeed or carriage return.
virtual String readString ()
 Reads a zero-terminated UTF8 string from the stream.
virtual String readEntireStreamAsString ()
 Tries to read the whole stream and turn it into a string.
virtual int readIntoMemoryBlock (MemoryBlock &destBlock, int maxNumBytesToRead=-1)
 Reads from the stream and appends the data to a MemoryBlock.
virtual int64 getPosition ()=0
 Returns the offset of the next byte that will be read from the stream.
virtual bool setPosition (int64 newPosition)=0
 Tries to move the current read position of the stream.
virtual void skipNextBytes (int64 numBytesToSkip)
 Reads and discards a number of bytes from the stream.

Protected Member Functions

 InputStream () noexcept

Detailed Description

The base class for streams that read data.

Input and output streams are used throughout the library - subclasses can override some or all of the virtual functions to implement their behaviour.

See also:
OutputStream, MemoryInputStream, BufferedInputStream, FileInputStream

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual InputStream::~InputStream (  ) [virtual]

Destructor.

InputStream::InputStream (  ) [protected]

Member Function Documentation

virtual int64 InputStream::getTotalLength (  ) [pure virtual]

Returns the total number of bytes available for reading in this stream.

Note that this is the number of bytes available from the start of the stream, not from the current position.

If the size of the stream isn't actually known, this may return -1.

Implemented in FileInputStream, BufferedInputStream, GZIPDecompressorInputStream, MemoryInputStream, and SubregionStream.

virtual bool InputStream::isExhausted (  ) [pure virtual]

Returns true if the stream has no more data to read.

Implemented in FileInputStream, BufferedInputStream, GZIPDecompressorInputStream, MemoryInputStream, and SubregionStream.

virtual int InputStream::read ( void *  destBuffer,
int  maxBytesToRead 
) [pure virtual]

Reads a set of bytes from the stream into a memory buffer.

This is the only read method that subclasses actually need to implement, as the InputStream base class implements the other read methods in terms of this one (although it's often more efficient for subclasses to implement them directly).

Parameters:
destBufferthe destination buffer for the data
maxBytesToReadthe maximum number of bytes to read - make sure the memory block passed in is big enough to contain this many bytes.
Returns:
the actual number of bytes that were read, which may be less than maxBytesToRead if the stream is exhausted before it gets that far

Implemented in FileInputStream, BufferedInputStream, GZIPDecompressorInputStream, MemoryInputStream, and SubregionStream.

virtual char InputStream::readByte (  ) [virtual]

Reads a byte from the stream.

If the stream is exhausted, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeByte
virtual bool InputStream::readBool (  ) [virtual]

Reads a boolean from the stream.

The bool is encoded as a single byte - 1 for true, 0 for false.

If the stream is exhausted, this will return false.

See also:
OutputStream::writeBool
virtual short InputStream::readShort (  ) [virtual]

Reads two bytes from the stream as a little-endian 16-bit value.

If the next two bytes read are byte1 and byte2, this returns (byte1 | (byte2 << 8)).

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeShort, readShortBigEndian
virtual short InputStream::readShortBigEndian (  ) [virtual]

Reads two bytes from the stream as a little-endian 16-bit value.

If the next two bytes read are byte1 and byte2, this returns (byte2 | (byte1 << 8)).

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeShortBigEndian, readShort
virtual int InputStream::readInt (  ) [virtual]

Reads four bytes from the stream as a little-endian 32-bit value.

If the next four bytes are byte1 to byte4, this returns (byte1 | (byte2 << 8) | (byte3 << 16) | (byte4 << 24)).

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeInt, readIntBigEndian
virtual int InputStream::readIntBigEndian (  ) [virtual]

Reads four bytes from the stream as a big-endian 32-bit value.

If the next four bytes are byte1 to byte4, this returns (byte4 | (byte3 << 8) | (byte2 << 16) | (byte1 << 24)).

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeIntBigEndian, readInt
virtual int64 InputStream::readInt64 (  ) [virtual]

Reads eight bytes from the stream as a little-endian 64-bit value.

If the next eight bytes are byte1 to byte8, this returns (byte1 | (byte2 << 8) | (byte3 << 16) | (byte4 << 24) | (byte5 << 32) | (byte6 << 40) | (byte7 << 48) | (byte8 << 56)).

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeInt64, readInt64BigEndian
virtual int64 InputStream::readInt64BigEndian (  ) [virtual]

Reads eight bytes from the stream as a big-endian 64-bit value.

If the next eight bytes are byte1 to byte8, this returns (byte8 | (byte7 << 8) | (byte6 << 16) | (byte5 << 24) | (byte4 << 32) | (byte3 << 40) | (byte2 << 48) | (byte1 << 56)).

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeInt64BigEndian, readInt64
virtual float InputStream::readFloat (  ) [virtual]

Reads four bytes as a 32-bit floating point value.

The raw 32-bit encoding of the float is read from the stream as a little-endian int.

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeFloat, readDouble
virtual float InputStream::readFloatBigEndian (  ) [virtual]

Reads four bytes as a 32-bit floating point value.

The raw 32-bit encoding of the float is read from the stream as a big-endian int.

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeFloatBigEndian, readDoubleBigEndian
virtual double InputStream::readDouble (  ) [virtual]

Reads eight bytes as a 64-bit floating point value.

The raw 64-bit encoding of the double is read from the stream as a little-endian int64.

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeDouble, readFloat
virtual double InputStream::readDoubleBigEndian (  ) [virtual]

Reads eight bytes as a 64-bit floating point value.

The raw 64-bit encoding of the double is read from the stream as a big-endian int64.

If the stream is exhausted partway through reading the bytes, this will return zero.

See also:
OutputStream::writeDoubleBigEndian, readFloatBigEndian
virtual int InputStream::readCompressedInt (  ) [virtual]

Reads an encoded 32-bit number from the stream using a space-saving compressed format.

For small values, this is more space-efficient than using readInt() and OutputStream::writeInt()

The format used is: number of significant bytes + up to 4 bytes in little-endian order.

See also:
OutputStream::writeCompressedInt()
virtual String InputStream::readNextLine (  ) [virtual]

Reads a UTF8 string from the stream, up to the next linefeed or carriage return.

This will read up to the next "\n" or "\r\n" or end-of-stream.

After this call, the stream's position will be left pointing to the next character following the line-feed, but the linefeeds aren't included in the string that is returned.

virtual String InputStream::readString (  ) [virtual]

Reads a zero-terminated UTF8 string from the stream.

This will read characters from the stream until it hits a zero character or end-of-stream.

See also:
OutputStream::writeString, readEntireStreamAsString

Reimplemented in BufferedInputStream.

virtual String InputStream::readEntireStreamAsString (  ) [virtual]

Tries to read the whole stream and turn it into a string.

This will read from the stream's current position until the end-of-stream, and will try to make an educated guess about whether it's unicode or an 8-bit encoding.

virtual int InputStream::readIntoMemoryBlock ( MemoryBlock destBlock,
int  maxNumBytesToRead = -1 
) [virtual]

Reads from the stream and appends the data to a MemoryBlock.

Parameters:
destBlockthe block to append the data onto
maxNumBytesToReadif this is a positive value, it sets a limit to the number of bytes that will be read - if it's negative, data will be read until the stream is exhausted.
Returns:
the number of bytes that were added to the memory block
virtual int64 InputStream::getPosition (  ) [pure virtual]

Returns the offset of the next byte that will be read from the stream.

See also:
setPosition

Implemented in FileInputStream, BufferedInputStream, GZIPDecompressorInputStream, MemoryInputStream, and SubregionStream.

virtual bool InputStream::setPosition ( int64  newPosition ) [pure virtual]

Tries to move the current read position of the stream.

The position is an absolute number of bytes from the stream's start.

Some streams might not be able to do this, in which case they should do nothing and return false. Others might be able to manage it by resetting themselves and skipping to the correct position, although this is obviously a bit slow.

Returns:
true if the stream manages to reposition itself correctly
See also:
getPosition

Implemented in FileInputStream, BufferedInputStream, GZIPDecompressorInputStream, MemoryInputStream, and SubregionStream.

virtual void InputStream::skipNextBytes ( int64  numBytesToSkip ) [virtual]

Reads and discards a number of bytes from the stream.

Some input streams might implement this efficiently, but the base class will just keep reading data until the requisite number of bytes have been done.


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