ByteArrayInputStream.java

/* ByteArrayInputStream.java -- Read an array as a stream
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package java.io;

/**
  * This class permits an array of bytes to be read as an input stream.
  *
  * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */ 
public class ByteArrayInputStream extends InputStream
{
  /**
   * The array that contains the data supplied during read operations
   */
  protected byte[] buf;

  /**
   * The array index of the next byte to be read from the buffer
   * <code>buf</code>
   */
  protected int pos;

  /**
   * The currently marked position in the stream.  This defaults to 0, so a
   * reset operation on the stream resets it to read from array index 0 in
   * the buffer - even if the stream was initially created with an offset
   * greater than 0
   */
  protected int mark;

  /**
   * This indicates the maximum number of bytes that can be read from this
   * stream.  It is the array index of the position after the last valid
   * byte in the buffer <code>buf</code>
   */
  protected int count;

  /**
   * Create a new ByteArrayInputStream that will read bytes from the passed
   * in byte array.  This stream will read from the beginning to the end
   * of the array.  It is identical to calling an overloaded constructor
   * as <code>ByteArrayInputStream(buf, 0, buf.length)</code>.
   * <p>
   * Note that this array is not copied.  If its contents are changed 
   * while this stream is being read, those changes will be reflected in the
   * bytes supplied to the reader.  Please use caution in changing the 
   * contents of the buffer while this stream is open.
   *
   * @param buffer The byte array buffer this stream will read from.
   */
  public ByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buffer)
  {
    this(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new ByteArrayInputStream that will read bytes from the
   * passed in byte array.  This stream will read from position
   * <code>offset</code> in the array for a length of
   * <code>length</code> bytes past <code>offset</code>.  If the
   * stream is reset to a position before <code>offset</code> then
   * more than <code>length</code> bytes can be read from the stream.
   * The <code>length</code> value should be viewed as the array index
   * one greater than the last position in the buffer to read.
   * <p>
   * Note that this array is not copied.  If its contents are changed 
   * while this stream is being read, those changes will be reflected in the
   * bytes supplied to the reader.  Please use caution in changing the 
   * contents of the buffer while this stream is open.
   *
   * @param buffer The byte array buffer this stream will read from.
   * @param offset The index into the buffer to start reading bytes from
   * @param length The number of bytes to read from the buffer
   */
  public ByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
  {
    if (offset < 0  || length < 0 || offset > buffer.length)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();

    buf = buffer;

    count = offset + length;
    if (count > buf.length)
      count = buf.length;

    pos = offset;
    mark = pos;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the number of bytes available to be read from this
   * stream.  The value returned will be equal to <code>count - pos</code>.
   *
   * @return The number of bytes that can be read from this stream
   * before blocking, which is all of them 
   */
  public synchronized int available()
  {
    return count - pos;
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the mark position in this stream to the current
   * position.  Note that the <code>readlimit</code> parameter in this
   * method does nothing as this stream is always capable of
   * remembering all the bytes int it.
   * <p>
   * Note that in this class the mark position is set by default to
   * position 0 in the stream.  This is in constrast to some other
   * stream types where there is no default mark position.
   *
   * @param readLimit The number of bytes this stream must remember.
   * This parameter is ignored.
   */
  public synchronized void mark(int readLimit)
  {
    // readLimit is ignored per Java Class Lib. book, p.220.
    mark = pos;
  }

  /**
   * This method overrides the <code>markSupported</code> method in
   * <code>InputStream</code> in order to return <code>true</code> -
   * indicating that this stream class supports mark/reset
   * functionality.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> to indicate that this class supports
   * mark/reset.
   */
  public boolean markSupported()
  {
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * This method reads one byte from the stream.  The <code>pos</code>
   * counter is advanced to the next byte to be read.  The byte read is
   * returned as an int in the range of 0-255.  If the stream position
   * is already at the end of the buffer, no byte is read and a -1 is
   * returned in order to indicate the end of the stream.
   *
   * @return The byte read, or -1 if end of stream
   */
  public synchronized int read()
  {
    if (pos < count)
      return ((int) buf[pos++]) & 0xFF;
    return -1;
  }

  /**
   * This method reads bytes from the stream and stores them into a
   * caller supplied buffer.  It starts storing the data at index
   * <code>offset</code> into the buffer and attempts to read
   * <code>len</code> bytes.  This method can return before reading
   * the number of bytes requested if the end of the stream is
   * encountered first.  The actual number of bytes read is returned.
   * If no bytes can be read because the stream is already at the end
   * of stream position, a -1 is returned.
   * <p>
   * This method does not block.
   *
   * @param buffer The array into which the bytes read should be stored.
   * @param offset The offset into the array to start storing bytes
   * @param length The requested number of bytes to read
   *
   * @return The actual number of bytes read, or -1 if end of stream.
   */
  public synchronized int read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
  {
    if (pos >= count)
      return -1;

    int numBytes = Math.min(count - pos, length);
    System.arraycopy(buf, pos, buffer, offset, numBytes);
    pos += numBytes;
    return numBytes;
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the read position in the stream to the mark
   * point by setting the <code>pos</code> variable equal to the
   * <code>mark</code> variable.  Since a mark can be set anywhere in
   * the array, the mark/reset methods int this class can be used to
   * provide random search capabilities for this type of stream.
   */
  public synchronized void reset()
  {
    pos = mark;
  }

  /**
   * This method attempts to skip the requested number of bytes in the
   * input stream.  It does this by advancing the <code>pos</code>
   * value by the specified number of bytes.  It this would exceed the
   * length of the buffer, then only enough bytes are skipped to
   * position the stream at the end of the buffer.  The actual number
   * of bytes skipped is returned.
   *
   * @param num The requested number of bytes to skip
   *
   * @return The actual number of bytes skipped.
   */
  public synchronized long skip(long num)
  {
    // Even though the var numBytes is a long, in reality it can never
    // be larger than an int since the result of subtracting 2 positive
    // ints will always fit in an int.  Since we have to return a long
    // anyway, numBytes might as well just be a long.
    long numBytes = Math.min((long) (count - pos), num < 0 ? 0L : num);
    pos += numBytes;
    return numBytes;
  }
}