edu.washington.biostr.sig.volume
Class ByteEncoder

java.lang.Object
  edu.washington.biostr.sig.volume.ByteEncoder

public class ByteEncoder
extends Object

Handle writing numbers in the specified endianness.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Eider Moore

Constructor Summary

ByteEncoder(OutputStream out, ByteOrder endian)

Method Summary

void	close()
protected void	finalize()
ByteOrder	getEndian()
OutputStream	getOut()
void	write(byte value)
void	write(char value) Convenience method for encoding a char into a byte stream.
void	write(double value) Convenience method for encoding a double into a byte stream.
void	write(float value) Convenience method for encoding a float into a byte stream.
void	write(int value) Convenience method for encoding an int into a byte stream.
void	write(long value) Convenience method for encoding a long into a byte stream.
void	write(short value) Convenience method for encoding a short into a byte stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ByteEncoder

public ByteEncoder(OutputStream out,
                   ByteOrder endian)

Parameters:

out - The stream to which to send written numbers

endian - The endianness (Big or Little)

Method Detail

getOut

public OutputStream getOut()

Returns:

The output target

getEndian

public ByteOrder getEndian()

Returns:

The endianess

write

public void write(long value)
           throws IOException

Convenience method for encoding a long into a byte stream.

Parameters:

value -

out -

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(int value)
           throws IOException

Convenience method for encoding an int into a byte stream.

Parameters:

value -

out -

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(byte value)
           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(short value)
           throws IOException

Convenience method for encoding a short into a byte stream.

Parameters:

value -

out -

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(char value)
           throws IOException

Convenience method for encoding a char into a byte stream.

Parameters:

value -

out -

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(float value)
           throws IOException

Convenience method for encoding a float into a byte stream.

Parameters:

value -

out -

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(double value)
           throws IOException

Convenience method for encoding a double into a byte stream.

Parameters:

value -

out -

Throws:

IOException

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws Throwable

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

Throws:

Throwable

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException