Added in API level 1

ObjectInput

public interface ObjectInput
implements DataInput, AutoCloseable

java.io.ObjectInput


ObjectInput extends the DataInput interface to include the reading of objects. DataInput includes methods for the input of primitive types, ObjectInput extends that interface to include objects, arrays, and Strings.

Summary

Public methods

abstract int available()

Returns the number of bytes that can be read without blocking.

abstract void close()

Closes the input stream.

abstract int read()

Reads a byte of data.

abstract int read(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Reads into an array of bytes.

abstract int read(byte[] b)

Reads into an array of bytes.

abstract Object readObject()

Read and return an object.

abstract long skip(long n)

Skips n bytes of input.

Inherited methods

Public methods

available

Added in API level 1
public abstract int available ()

Returns the number of bytes that can be read without blocking.

Returns
int the number of available bytes.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error has occurred.

close

Added in API level 1
public abstract void close ()

Closes the input stream. Must be called to release any resources associated with the stream.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error has occurred.

read

Added in API level 1
public abstract int read ()

Reads a byte of data. This method will block if no input is available.

Returns
int the byte read, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error has occurred.

read

Added in API level 1
public abstract int read (byte[] b, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Reads into an array of bytes. This method will block until some input is available.

Parameters
b byte: the buffer into which the data is read

off int: the start offset of the data

len int: the maximum number of bytes read

Returns
int the actual number of bytes read, -1 is returned when the end of the stream is reached.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error has occurred.

read

Added in API level 1
public abstract int read (byte[] b)

Reads into an array of bytes. This method will block until some input is available.

Parameters
b byte: the buffer into which the data is read

Returns
int the actual number of bytes read, -1 is returned when the end of the stream is reached.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error has occurred.

readObject

Added in API level 1
public abstract Object readObject ()

Read and return an object. The class that implements this interface defines where the object is "read" from.

Returns
Object the object read from the stream

Throws
ClassNotFoundException If the class of a serialized object cannot be found.
IOException If any of the usual Input/Output related exceptions occur.

skip

Added in API level 1
public abstract long skip (long n)

Skips n bytes of input.

Parameters
n long: the number of bytes to be skipped

Returns
long the actual number of bytes skipped.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error has occurred.