src/main/decaf/io/InputStream.h

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#ifndef _DECAF_IO_INPUTSTREAM_H_
#define _DECAF_IO_INPUTSTREAM_H_

#include <decaf/io/IOException.h>
#include <decaf/io/Closeable.h>
#include <decaf/util/concurrent/Synchronizable.h>
#include <decaf/lang/exceptions/UnsupportedOperationException.h>
#include <decaf/lang/exceptions/NullPointerException.h>
#include <decaf/util/Config.h>

namespace decaf{
namespace io{

    /**
     * Base interface for an input stream.
     */
    class DECAF_API InputStream : public Closeable,
                                  public util::concurrent::Synchronizable
    {
    public:

        virtual ~InputStream(){}

        /**
         * Marks the current position in the stream A subsequent call to the
         * reset method repositions this stream at the last marked position so
         * that subsequent reads re-read the same bytes.
         *
         * If a stream instance reports that marks are supported then the stream
         * will ensure that the same bytes can be read again after the reset method
         * is called so long the readLimit is not reached.
         * @param readLimit - max bytes read before marked position is invalid.
         */
        virtual void mark( int readLimit ) = 0;

        /**
         * Repositions this stream to the position at the time the mark method was
         * last called on this input stream.
         *
         * If the method markSupported returns true, then:
         *   * If the method mark has not been called since the stream was created,
         *     or the number of bytes read from the stream since mark was last called
         * 	   is larger than the argument to mark at that last call, then an
         *     IOException might be thrown.
         *   * If such an IOException is not thrown, then the stream is reset to a
         *     state such that all the bytes read since the most recent call to mark
         *     (or since the start of the file, if mark has not been called) will be
         *     resupplied to subsequent callers of the read method, followed by any
         *     bytes that otherwise would have been the next input data as of the
         *     time of the call to reset.
         * If the method markSupported returns false, then:
         *   * The call to reset may throw an IOException.
         *   * If an IOException is not thrown, then the stream is reset to a fixed
         *     state that depends on the particular type of the input stream and how
         *     it was created. The bytes that will be supplied to subsequent callers
         *     of the read method depend on the particular type of the input stream.
         * @throws IOException
         */
        virtual void reset() throw ( IOException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Determines if this input stream supports the mark and reset methods.
         * Whether or not mark and reset are supported is an invariant property of
         * a particular input stream instance.
         * @returns true if this stream instance supports marks
         */
        virtual bool markSupported() const = 0;

        /**
         * Indcates the number of bytes avaialable.
         * @return the number of bytes available on this input stream.
         * @throws IOException if an error occurs.
         */
        virtual std::size_t available() const throw ( IOException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Reads a single byte from the buffer.  Blocks until
         * data is available.
         * @return The next byte.
         * @throws IOException thrown if an error occurs.
         */
        virtual unsigned char read() throw ( IOException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Reads an array of bytes from the buffer.  Blocks until
         * the requested number of bytes are available.
         * @param buffer (out) the target buffer.
         * @param offset the position in the buffer to start reading from.
         * @param bufferSize the size of the output buffer.
         * @return The number of bytes read or -1 if EOF is detected
         * @throws IOException thrown if an error occurs.
         * @throws NullPointerException if buffer is null
         */
        virtual int read( unsigned char* buffer,
                          std::size_t offset,
                          std::size_t bufferSize )
            throw ( IOException,
                    lang::exceptions::NullPointerException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Skips over and discards n bytes of data from this input stream. The
         * skip method may, for a variety of reasons, end up skipping over some
         * smaller number of bytes, possibly 0. This may result from any of a
         * number of conditions; reaching end of file before n bytes have been
         * skipped is only one possibility. The actual number of bytes skipped
         * is returned. If n is negative, no bytes are skipped.
         * <p>
         * The skip method of InputStream creates a byte array and then
         * repeatedly reads into it until n bytes have been read or the end
         * of the stream has been reached. Subclasses are encouraged to
         * provide a more efficient implementation of this method.
         * @param num - the number of bytes to skip
         * @returns total butes skipped
         * @throws IOException if an error occurs
         */
        virtual std::size_t skip( std::size_t num )
            throw ( io::IOException, lang::exceptions::UnsupportedOperationException ) = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /*_DECAF_IO_INPUTSTREAM_H_*/