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 | package java.io; | 
 |  | 
 | /** | 
 |  * The {@code DataInput} interface provides | 
 |  * for reading bytes from a binary stream and | 
 |  * reconstructing from them data in any of | 
 |  * the Java primitive types. There is also | 
 |  * a | 
 |  * facility for reconstructing a {@code String} | 
 |  * from data in | 
 |  * <a href="#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a> | 
 |  * format. | 
 |  * <p> | 
 |  * It is generally true of all the reading | 
 |  * routines in this interface that if end of | 
 |  * file is reached before the desired number | 
 |  * of bytes has been read, an {@code EOFException} | 
 |  * (which is a kind of {@code IOException}) | 
 |  * is thrown. If any byte cannot be read for | 
 |  * any reason other than end of file, an {@code IOException} | 
 |  * other than {@code EOFException} is | 
 |  * thrown. In particular, an {@code IOException} | 
 |  * may be thrown if the input stream has been | 
 |  * closed. | 
 |  * | 
 |  * <h3><a name="modified-utf-8">Modified UTF-8</a></h3> | 
 |  * <p> | 
 |  * Implementations of the DataInput and DataOutput interfaces represent | 
 |  * Unicode strings in a format that is a slight modification of UTF-8. | 
 |  * (For information regarding the standard UTF-8 format, see section | 
 |  * <i>3.9 Unicode Encoding Forms</i> of <i>The Unicode Standard, Version | 
 |  * 4.0</i>). | 
 |  * Note that in the following table, the most significant bit appears in the | 
 |  * far left-hand column. | 
 |  * | 
 |  * <blockquote> | 
 |  *   <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" | 
 |  *          summary="Bit values and bytes"> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th colspan="9"><span style="font-weight:normal"> | 
 |  *         All characters in the range {@code '\u005Cu0001'} to | 
 |  *         {@code '\u005Cu007F'} are represented by a single byte:</span></th> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <td></td> | 
 |  *       <th colspan="8" id="bit_a">Bit Values</th> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th id="byte1_a">Byte 1</th> | 
 |  *       <td><center>0</center> | 
 |  *       <td colspan="7"><center>bits 6-0</center> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th colspan="9"><span style="font-weight:normal"> | 
 |  *         The null character {@code '\u005Cu0000'} and characters | 
 |  *         in the range {@code '\u005Cu0080'} to {@code '\u005Cu07FF'} are | 
 |  *         represented by a pair of bytes:</span></th> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <td></td> | 
 |  *       <th colspan="8" id="bit_b">Bit Values</th> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th id="byte1_b">Byte 1</th> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>0</center> | 
 |  *       <td colspan="5"><center>bits 10-6</center> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th id="byte2_a">Byte 2</th> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>0</center> | 
 |  *       <td colspan="6"><center>bits 5-0</center> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th colspan="9"><span style="font-weight:normal"> | 
 |  *         {@code char} values in the range {@code '\u005Cu0800'} | 
 |  *         to {@code '\u005CuFFFF'} are represented by three bytes:</span></th> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <td></td> | 
 |  *       <th colspan="8"id="bit_c">Bit Values</th> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th id="byte1_c">Byte 1</th> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>0</center> | 
 |  *       <td colspan="4"><center>bits 15-12</center> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th id="byte2_b">Byte 2</th> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>0</center> | 
 |  *       <td colspan="6"><center>bits 11-6</center> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *     <tr> | 
 |  *       <th id="byte3">Byte 3</th> | 
 |  *       <td><center>1</center> | 
 |  *       <td><center>0</center> | 
 |  *       <td colspan="6"><center>bits 5-0</center> | 
 |  *     </tr> | 
 |  *   </table> | 
 |  * </blockquote> | 
 |  * <p> | 
 |  * The differences between this format and the | 
 |  * standard UTF-8 format are the following: | 
 |  * <ul> | 
 |  * <li>The null byte {@code '\u005Cu0000'} is encoded in 2-byte format | 
 |  *     rather than 1-byte, so that the encoded strings never have | 
 |  *     embedded nulls. | 
 |  * <li>Only the 1-byte, 2-byte, and 3-byte formats are used. | 
 |  * <li><a href="../lang/Character.html#unicode">Supplementary characters</a> | 
 |  *     are represented in the form of surrogate pairs. | 
 |  * </ul> | 
 |  * @author  Frank Yellin | 
 |  * @see     java.io.DataInputStream | 
 |  * @see     java.io.DataOutput | 
 |  * @since   JDK1.0 | 
 |  */ | 
 | public | 
 | interface DataInput { | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads some bytes from an input | 
 |      * stream and stores them into the buffer | 
 |      * array {@code b}. The number of bytes | 
 |      * read is equal | 
 |      * to the length of {@code b}. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * This method blocks until one of the | 
 |      * following conditions occurs: | 
 |      * <ul> | 
 |      * <li>{@code b.length} | 
 |      * bytes of input data are available, in which | 
 |      * case a normal return is made. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * <li>End of | 
 |      * file is detected, in which case an {@code EOFException} | 
 |      * is thrown. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * <li>An I/O error occurs, in | 
 |      * which case an {@code IOException} other | 
 |      * than {@code EOFException} is thrown. | 
 |      * </ul> | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * If {@code b} is {@code null}, | 
 |      * a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown. | 
 |      * If {@code b.length} is zero, then | 
 |      * no bytes are read. Otherwise, the first | 
 |      * byte read is stored into element {@code b[0]}, | 
 |      * the next one into {@code b[1]}, and | 
 |      * so on. | 
 |      * If an exception is thrown from | 
 |      * this method, then it may be that some but | 
 |      * not all bytes of {@code b} have been | 
 |      * updated with data from the input stream. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @param     b   the buffer into which the data is read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     void readFully(byte b[]) throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * | 
 |      * Reads {@code len} | 
 |      * bytes from | 
 |      * an input stream. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * This method | 
 |      * blocks until one of the following conditions | 
 |      * occurs: | 
 |      * <ul> | 
 |      * <li>{@code len} bytes | 
 |      * of input data are available, in which case | 
 |      * a normal return is made. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * <li>End of file | 
 |      * is detected, in which case an {@code EOFException} | 
 |      * is thrown. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * <li>An I/O error occurs, in | 
 |      * which case an {@code IOException} other | 
 |      * than {@code EOFException} is thrown. | 
 |      * </ul> | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * If {@code b} is {@code null}, | 
 |      * a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown. | 
 |      * If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len} | 
 |      * is negative, or {@code off+len} is | 
 |      * greater than the length of the array {@code b}, | 
 |      * then an {@code IndexOutOfBoundsException} | 
 |      * is thrown. | 
 |      * If {@code len} is zero, | 
 |      * then no bytes are read. Otherwise, the first | 
 |      * byte read is stored into element {@code b[off]}, | 
 |      * the next one into {@code b[off+1]}, | 
 |      * and so on. The number of bytes read is, | 
 |      * at most, equal to {@code len}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @param     b   the buffer into which the data is read. | 
 |      * @param off  an int specifying the offset into the data. | 
 |      * @param len  an int specifying the number of bytes to read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     void readFully(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Makes an attempt to skip over | 
 |      * {@code n} bytes | 
 |      * of data from the input | 
 |      * stream, discarding the skipped bytes. However, | 
 |      * it may skip | 
 |      * over some smaller number of | 
 |      * bytes, possibly zero. This may result from | 
 |      * any of a | 
 |      * number of conditions; reaching | 
 |      * end of file before {@code n} bytes | 
 |      * have been skipped is | 
 |      * only one possibility. | 
 |      * This method never throws an {@code EOFException}. | 
 |      * The actual | 
 |      * number of bytes skipped is returned. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @param      n   the number of bytes to be skipped. | 
 |      * @return     the number of bytes actually skipped. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     int skipBytes(int n) throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads one input byte and returns | 
 |      * {@code true} if that byte is nonzero, | 
 |      * {@code false} if that byte is zero. | 
 |      * This method is suitable for reading | 
 |      * the byte written by the {@code writeBoolean} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the {@code boolean} value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     boolean readBoolean() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads and returns one input byte. | 
 |      * The byte is treated as a signed value in | 
 |      * the range {@code -128} through {@code 127}, | 
 |      * inclusive. | 
 |      * This method is suitable for | 
 |      * reading the byte written by the {@code writeByte} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the 8-bit value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     byte readByte() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads one input byte, zero-extends | 
 |      * it to type {@code int}, and returns | 
 |      * the result, which is therefore in the range | 
 |      * {@code 0} | 
 |      * through {@code 255}. | 
 |      * This method is suitable for reading | 
 |      * the byte written by the {@code writeByte} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput} | 
 |      * if the argument to {@code writeByte} | 
 |      * was intended to be a value in the range | 
 |      * {@code 0} through {@code 255}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the unsigned 8-bit value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     int readUnsignedByte() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads two input bytes and returns | 
 |      * a {@code short} value. Let {@code a} | 
 |      * be the first byte read and {@code b} | 
 |      * be the second byte. The value | 
 |      * returned | 
 |      * is: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code (short)((a << 8) | (b & 0xff)) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * This method | 
 |      * is suitable for reading the bytes written | 
 |      * by the {@code writeShort} method of | 
 |      * interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the 16-bit value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     short readShort() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads two input bytes and returns | 
 |      * an {@code int} value in the range {@code 0} | 
 |      * through {@code 65535}. Let {@code a} | 
 |      * be the first byte read and | 
 |      * {@code b} | 
 |      * be the second byte. The value returned is: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code (((a & 0xff) << 8) | (b & 0xff)) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * This method is suitable for reading the bytes | 
 |      * written by the {@code writeShort} method | 
 |      * of interface {@code DataOutput}  if | 
 |      * the argument to {@code writeShort} | 
 |      * was intended to be a value in the range | 
 |      * {@code 0} through {@code 65535}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the unsigned 16-bit value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads two input bytes and returns a {@code char} value. | 
 |      * Let {@code a} | 
 |      * be the first byte read and {@code b} | 
 |      * be the second byte. The value | 
 |      * returned is: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code (char)((a << 8) | (b & 0xff)) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * This method | 
 |      * is suitable for reading bytes written by | 
 |      * the {@code writeChar} method of interface | 
 |      * {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the {@code char} value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     char readChar() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads four input bytes and returns an | 
 |      * {@code int} value. Let {@code a-d} | 
 |      * be the first through fourth bytes read. The value returned is: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code | 
 |      * (((a & 0xff) << 24) | ((b & 0xff) << 16) | | 
 |      *  ((c & 0xff) <<  8) | (d & 0xff)) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * This method is suitable | 
 |      * for reading bytes written by the {@code writeInt} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the {@code int} value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     int readInt() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads eight input bytes and returns | 
 |      * a {@code long} value. Let {@code a-h} | 
 |      * be the first through eighth bytes read. | 
 |      * The value returned is: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code | 
 |      * (((long)(a & 0xff) << 56) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(b & 0xff) << 48) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(c & 0xff) << 40) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(d & 0xff) << 32) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(e & 0xff) << 24) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(f & 0xff) << 16) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(g & 0xff) <<  8) | | 
 |      *  ((long)(h & 0xff))) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * This method is suitable | 
 |      * for reading bytes written by the {@code writeLong} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the {@code long} value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     long readLong() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads four input bytes and returns | 
 |      * a {@code float} value. It does this | 
 |      * by first constructing an {@code int} | 
 |      * value in exactly the manner | 
 |      * of the {@code readInt} | 
 |      * method, then converting this {@code int} | 
 |      * value to a {@code float} in | 
 |      * exactly the manner of the method {@code Float.intBitsToFloat}. | 
 |      * This method is suitable for reading | 
 |      * bytes written by the {@code writeFloat} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the {@code float} value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     float readFloat() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads eight input bytes and returns | 
 |      * a {@code double} value. It does this | 
 |      * by first constructing a {@code long} | 
 |      * value in exactly the manner | 
 |      * of the {@code readLong} | 
 |      * method, then converting this {@code long} | 
 |      * value to a {@code double} in exactly | 
 |      * the manner of the method {@code Double.longBitsToDouble}. | 
 |      * This method is suitable for reading | 
 |      * bytes written by the {@code writeDouble} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return     the {@code double} value read. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading | 
 |      *               all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     double readDouble() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads the next line of text from the input stream. | 
 |      * It reads successive bytes, converting | 
 |      * each byte separately into a character, | 
 |      * until it encounters a line terminator or | 
 |      * end of | 
 |      * file; the characters read are then | 
 |      * returned as a {@code String}. Note | 
 |      * that because this | 
 |      * method processes bytes, | 
 |      * it does not support input of the full Unicode | 
 |      * character set. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * If end of file is encountered | 
 |      * before even one byte can be read, then {@code null} | 
 |      * is returned. Otherwise, each byte that is | 
 |      * read is converted to type {@code char} | 
 |      * by zero-extension. If the character {@code '\n'} | 
 |      * is encountered, it is discarded and reading | 
 |      * ceases. If the character {@code '\r'} | 
 |      * is encountered, it is discarded and, if | 
 |      * the following byte converts  to the | 
 |      * character {@code '\n'}, then that is | 
 |      * discarded also; reading then ceases. If | 
 |      * end of file is encountered before either | 
 |      * of the characters {@code '\n'} and | 
 |      * {@code '\r'} is encountered, reading | 
 |      * ceases. Once reading has ceased, a {@code String} | 
 |      * is returned that contains all the characters | 
 |      * read and not discarded, taken in order. | 
 |      * Note that every character in this string | 
 |      * will have a value less than {@code \u005Cu0100}, | 
 |      * that is, {@code (char)256}. | 
 |      * | 
 |      * @return the next line of text from the input stream, | 
 |      *         or {@code null} if the end of file is | 
 |      *         encountered before a byte can be read. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     String readLine() throws IOException; | 
 |  | 
 |     /** | 
 |      * Reads in a string that has been encoded using a | 
 |      * <a href="#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a> | 
 |      * format. | 
 |      * The general contract of {@code readUTF} | 
 |      * is that it reads a representation of a Unicode | 
 |      * character string encoded in modified | 
 |      * UTF-8 format; this string of characters | 
 |      * is then returned as a {@code String}. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * First, two bytes are read and used to | 
 |      * construct an unsigned 16-bit integer in | 
 |      * exactly the manner of the {@code readUnsignedShort} | 
 |      * method . This integer value is called the | 
 |      * <i>UTF length</i> and specifies the number | 
 |      * of additional bytes to be read. These bytes | 
 |      * are then converted to characters by considering | 
 |      * them in groups. The length of each group | 
 |      * is computed from the value of the first | 
 |      * byte of the group. The byte following a | 
 |      * group, if any, is the first byte of the | 
 |      * next group. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * If the first byte of a group | 
 |      * matches the bit pattern {@code 0xxxxxxx} | 
 |      * (where {@code x} means "may be {@code 0} | 
 |      * or {@code 1}"), then the group consists | 
 |      * of just that byte. The byte is zero-extended | 
 |      * to form a character. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * If the first byte | 
 |      * of a group matches the bit pattern {@code 110xxxxx}, | 
 |      * then the group consists of that byte {@code a} | 
 |      * and a second byte {@code b}. If there | 
 |      * is no byte {@code b} (because byte | 
 |      * {@code a} was the last of the bytes | 
 |      * to be read), or if byte {@code b} does | 
 |      * not match the bit pattern {@code 10xxxxxx}, | 
 |      * then a {@code UTFDataFormatException} | 
 |      * is thrown. Otherwise, the group is converted | 
 |      * to the character: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code (char)(((a & 0x1F) << 6) | (b & 0x3F)) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * If the first byte of a group | 
 |      * matches the bit pattern {@code 1110xxxx}, | 
 |      * then the group consists of that byte {@code a} | 
 |      * and two more bytes {@code b} and {@code c}. | 
 |      * If there is no byte {@code c} (because | 
 |      * byte {@code a} was one of the last | 
 |      * two of the bytes to be read), or either | 
 |      * byte {@code b} or byte {@code c} | 
 |      * does not match the bit pattern {@code 10xxxxxx}, | 
 |      * then a {@code UTFDataFormatException} | 
 |      * is thrown. Otherwise, the group is converted | 
 |      * to the character: | 
 |      * <pre>{@code | 
 |      * (char)(((a & 0x0F) << 12) | ((b & 0x3F) << 6) | (c & 0x3F)) | 
 |      * }</pre> | 
 |      * If the first byte of a group matches the | 
 |      * pattern {@code 1111xxxx} or the pattern | 
 |      * {@code 10xxxxxx}, then a {@code UTFDataFormatException} | 
 |      * is thrown. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * If end of file is encountered | 
 |      * at any time during this entire process, | 
 |      * then an {@code EOFException} is thrown. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * After every group has been converted to | 
 |      * a character by this process, the characters | 
 |      * are gathered, in the same order in which | 
 |      * their corresponding groups were read from | 
 |      * the input stream, to form a {@code String}, | 
 |      * which is returned. | 
 |      * <p> | 
 |      * The {@code writeUTF} | 
 |      * method of interface {@code DataOutput} | 
 |      * may be used to write data that is suitable | 
 |      * for reading by this method. | 
 |      * @return     a Unicode string. | 
 |      * @exception  EOFException            if this stream reaches the end | 
 |      *               before reading all the bytes. | 
 |      * @exception  IOException             if an I/O error occurs. | 
 |      * @exception  UTFDataFormatException  if the bytes do not represent a | 
 |      *               valid modified UTF-8 encoding of a string. | 
 |      */ | 
 |     String readUTF() throws IOException; | 
 | } |