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java.io

public Class ByteArrayInputStream

extends InputStream
Class Inheritance
Imports
java.util.Arrays, .Objects

A ByteArrayInputStream contains an internal buffer that contains bytes that may be read from the stream. An internal counter keeps track of the next byte to be supplied by the read method.

Closing a ByteArrayInputStream has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an IOException.

Author
Arthur van Hoff
Since
1.0
See Also
java.io.StringBufferInputStream

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
protected byte[]
buf

An array of bytes that was provided by the creator of the stream.

protected int
count

The index one greater than the last valid byte in the input stream buffer.

protected int
mark

The currently marked position in the stream.

private static final int
protected int
pos

The index of the next byte to read from the input stream buffer.

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
ByteArrayInputStream(byte[]
the input buffer.
buf
)

Creates a ByteArrayInputStream so that it uses buf as its buffer array.

public
ByteArrayInputStream(byte[]
the input buffer.
buf
,
int
the offset in the buffer of the first byte to read.
offset
,
int
the maximum number of bytes to read from the buffer.
length
)

Creates ByteArrayInputStream that uses buf as its buffer array.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public synchronized int

Returns:

the number of remaining bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking.
available
()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.available.

Returns the number of remaining bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream.

public void
close()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.close.

Implements java.io.Closeable.close.

Closing a ByteArrayInputStream has no effect.

public void
mark(int
the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid.
readAheadLimit
)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.mark.

Set the current marked position in the stream.

public boolean

Returns:

true
markSupported
()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.markSupported.

Tests if this InputStream supports mark/reset.

public synchronized int

Returns:

the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached.
read
()

Implements abstract java.io.InputStream.read.

Reads the next byte of data from this input stream.

public synchronized int

Returns:

the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached.
read
(byte[]
the buffer into which the data is read.
b
,
int
the start offset in array b at which the data is written.
off
,
int
the maximum number of bytes to read.
len
)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.read.

Reads up to len bytes of data into an array of bytes from this input stream.

public synchronized byte[]
readAllBytes()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.readAllBytes.

Reads all remaining bytes from the input stream.

public int
readNBytes(byte[]
the byte array into which the data is read
b
,
int
the start offset in b at which the data is written
off
,
int
the maximum number of bytes to read
len
)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.readNBytes.

Reads the requested number of bytes from the input stream into the given byte array.

public synchronized void
reset()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.reset.

Resets the buffer to the marked position.

public synchronized long

Returns:

the actual number of bytes skipped.
skip
(long
the number of bytes to be skipped.
n
)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.skip.

Skips n bytes of input from this input stream.

public synchronized long
transferTo(OutputStream
the output stream, non-null
out
)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.transferTo.

Reads all bytes from this input stream and writes the bytes to the given output stream in the order that they are read.

Inherited from java.io.InputStream:
nullInputStreamreadreadNBytesskipNBytes

Field Detail

bufback to summary
protected byte[] buf

An array of bytes that was provided by the creator of the stream. Elements buf[0] through buf[count-1] are the only bytes that can ever be read from the stream; element buf[pos] is the next byte to be read.

countback to summary
protected int count

The index one greater than the last valid byte in the input stream buffer. This value should always be nonnegative and not larger than the length of buf. It is one greater than the position of the last byte within buf that can ever be read from the input stream buffer.

markback to summary
protected int mark

The currently marked position in the stream. ByteArrayInputStream objects are marked at position zero by default when constructed. They may be marked at another position within the buffer by the mark() method. The current buffer position is set to this point by the reset() method.

If no mark has been set, then the value of mark is the offset passed to the constructor (or 0 if the offset was not supplied).

Since
1.1
MAX_TRANSFER_SIZEback to summary
private static final int MAX_TRANSFER_SIZE
posback to summary
protected int pos

The index of the next byte to read from the input stream buffer. This value should always be nonnegative and not larger than the value of count. The next byte to be read from the input stream buffer will be buf[pos].

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayInputStreamback to summary
public ByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buf)

Creates a ByteArrayInputStream so that it uses buf as its buffer array. The buffer array is not copied. The initial value of pos is 0 and the initial value of count is the length of buf.

Parameters
buf:byte[]

the input buffer.

ByteArrayInputStreamback to summary
public ByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buf, int offset, int length)

Creates ByteArrayInputStream that uses buf as its buffer array. The initial value of pos is offset and the initial value of count is the minimum of offset+length and buf.length. The buffer array is not copied. The buffer's mark is set to the specified offset.

Parameters
buf:byte[]

the input buffer.

offset:int

the offset in the buffer of the first byte to read.

length:int

the maximum number of bytes to read from the buffer.

Method Detail

availableback to summary
public synchronized int available()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.available.

Returns the number of remaining bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream.

The value returned is count - pos, which is the number of bytes remaining to be read from the input buffer.

Returns:int

the number of remaining bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking.

Annotations
@Override
closeback to summary
public void close() throws IOException

Overrides java.io.InputStream.close.

Implements java.io.Closeable.close.

Closing a ByteArrayInputStream has no effect. The methods in this class can be called after the stream has been closed without generating an IOException.

Annotations
@Override
Exceptions
IOException:

Doc from java.io.InputStream.close.

if an I/O error occurs.

markback to summary
public void mark(int readAheadLimit)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.mark.

Set the current marked position in the stream. ByteArrayInputStream objects are marked at position zero by default when constructed. They may be marked at another position within the buffer by this method.

If no mark has been set, then the value of the mark is the offset passed to the constructor (or 0 if the offset was not supplied).

Note

The readAheadLimit for this class has no meaning.

Parameters
readAheadLimit:int

Doc from java.io.InputStream.mark.

the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid.

Annotations
@Override
Since
1.1
markSupportedback to summary
public boolean markSupported()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.markSupported.

Tests if this InputStream supports mark/reset.

Implementation Specification

The markSupported method of ByteArrayInputStream always returns true.

Returns:boolean

true

Annotations
@Override
Since
1.1
readback to summary
public synchronized int read()

Implements abstract java.io.InputStream.read.

Reads the next byte of data from this input stream. The value byte is returned as an int in the range 0 to 255. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value -1 is returned.

This read method cannot block.

Returns:int

Doc from java.io.InputStream.read.

the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached.

Annotations
@Override
readback to summary
public synchronized int read(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.read.

Reads up to len bytes of data into an array of bytes from this input stream. If pos equals count, then -1 is returned to indicate end of file. Otherwise, the number k of bytes read is equal to the smaller of len and count-pos. If k is positive, then bytes buf[pos] through buf[pos+k-1] are copied into b[off] through b[off+k-1] in the manner performed by System.arraycopy. The value k is added into pos and k is returned.

Unlike the overridden method of InputStream, this method returns -1 instead of zero if the end of the stream has been reached and len == 0.

This read method cannot block.

Parameters
b:byte[]

Doc from java.io.InputStream.read.

the buffer into which the data is read.

off:int

Doc from java.io.InputStream.read.

the start offset in array b at which the data is written.

len:int

Doc from java.io.InputStream.read.

the maximum number of bytes to read.

Returns:int

Doc from java.io.InputStream.read.

the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached.

Annotations
@Override
Exceptions
NullPointerException:
If b is null.
IndexOutOfBoundsException:
If off is negative, len is negative, or len is greater than b.length - off
readAllBytesback to summary
public synchronized byte[] readAllBytes()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.readAllBytes.

Doc from java.io.InputStream.readAllBytes.

Reads all remaining bytes from the input stream. This method blocks until all remaining bytes have been read and end of stream is detected, or an exception is thrown. This method does not close the input stream.

When this stream reaches end of stream, further invocations of this method will return an empty byte array.

Note that this method is intended for simple cases where it is convenient to read all bytes into a byte array. It is not intended for reading input streams with large amounts of data.

The behavior for the case where the input stream is asynchronously closed, or the thread interrupted during the read, is highly input stream specific, and therefore not specified.

If an I/O error occurs reading from the input stream, then it may do so after some, but not all, bytes have been read. Consequently the input stream may not be at end of stream and may be in an inconsistent state. It is strongly recommended that the stream be promptly closed if an I/O error occurs.

Returns:byte[]

a byte array containing the bytes read from this input stream

Annotations
@Override
readNBytesback to summary
public int readNBytes(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.readNBytes.

Doc from java.io.InputStream.readNBytes.

Reads the requested number of bytes from the input stream into the given byte array. This method blocks until len bytes of input data have been read, end of stream is detected, or an exception is thrown. The number of bytes actually read, possibly zero, is returned. This method does not close the input stream.

In the case where end of stream is reached before len bytes have been read, then the actual number of bytes read will be returned. When this stream reaches end of stream, further invocations of this method will return zero.

If len is zero, then no bytes are read and 0 is returned; otherwise, there is an attempt to read up to len bytes.

The first byte read is stored into element b[off], the next one in to b[off+1], and so on. The number of bytes read is, at most, equal to len. Let k be the number of bytes actually read; these bytes will be stored in elements b[off] through b[off+k-1], leaving elements b[off+k ] through b[off+len-1] unaffected.

The behavior for the case where the input stream is asynchronously closed, or the thread interrupted during the read, is highly input stream specific, and therefore not specified.

If an I/O error occurs reading from the input stream, then it may do so after some, but not all, bytes of b have been updated with data from the input stream. Consequently the input stream and b may be in an inconsistent state. It is strongly recommended that the stream be promptly closed if an I/O error occurs.

Parameters
b:byte[]

the byte array into which the data is read

off:int

the start offset in b at which the data is written

len:int

the maximum number of bytes to read

Returns:int

the actual number of bytes read into the buffer

Annotations
@Override
resetback to summary
public synchronized void reset()

Overrides java.io.InputStream.reset.

Resets the buffer to the marked position. The marked position is 0 unless another position was marked or an offset was specified in the constructor.

Annotations
@Override
skipback to summary
public synchronized long skip(long n)

Overrides java.io.InputStream.skip.

Skips n bytes of input from this input stream. Fewer bytes might be skipped if the end of the input stream is reached. The actual number k of bytes to be skipped is equal to the smaller of n and count-pos. The value k is added into pos and k is returned.

Parameters
n:long

Doc from java.io.InputStream.skip.

the number of bytes to be skipped.

Returns:long

the actual number of bytes skipped.

Annotations
@Override
transferToback to summary
public synchronized long transferTo(OutputStream out) throws IOException

Overrides java.io.InputStream.transferTo.

Doc from java.io.InputStream.transferTo.

Reads all bytes from this input stream and writes the bytes to the given output stream in the order that they are read. On return, this input stream will be at end of stream. This method does not close either stream.

This method may block indefinitely reading from the input stream, or writing to the output stream. The behavior for the case where the input and/or output stream is asynchronously closed, or the thread interrupted during the transfer, is highly input and output stream specific, and therefore not specified.

If the total number of bytes transferred is greater than Long#MAX_VALUE, then Long.MAX_VALUE will be returned.

If an I/O error occurs reading from the input stream or writing to the output stream, then it may do so after some bytes have been read or written. Consequently the input stream may not be at end of stream and one, or both, streams may be in an inconsistent state. It is strongly recommended that both streams be promptly closed if an I/O error occurs.

Parameters
out:OutputStream

the output stream, non-null

Returns:long

the number of bytes transferred

Annotations
@Override
Exceptions
IOException:
if an I/O error occurs when reading or writing