BufferedOutputStream.java

/* BufferedOutputStream.java -- Buffer output into large blocks before writing
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package java.io;

/**
  * This class accumulates bytes written in a buffer instead of immediately
  * writing the data to the underlying output sink. The bytes are instead
  * as one large block when the buffer is filled, or when the stream is
  * closed or explicitly flushed. This mode operation can provide a more
  * efficient mechanism for writing versus doing numerous small unbuffered
  * writes.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */
public class BufferedOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream
{
  /**
   * This is the default buffer size
   */
  private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 512;

  /**
   * This is the internal byte array used for buffering output before
   * writing it.
   */
  protected byte[] buf;

  /**
   * This is the number of bytes that are currently in the buffer and
   * are waiting to be written to the underlying stream.  It always points to
   * the index into the buffer where the next byte of data will be stored
   */
  protected int count;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new <code>BufferedOutputStream</code> instance
   * that will write to the specified subordinate <code>OutputStream</code>
   * and which will use a default buffer size of 512 bytes.
   *
   * @param out The underlying <code>OutputStream</code> to write data to
   */
  public BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream out)
  {
    this(out, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a new <code>BufferedOutputStream</code> instance
   * that will write to the specified subordinate <code>OutputStream</code>
   * and which will use the specified buffer size
   *
   * @param out The underlying <code>OutputStream</code> to write data to
   * @param size The size of the internal buffer
   */
  public BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream out, int size)
  {
    super(out);

    buf = new byte[size];
  }

  /**
   * This method causes any currently buffered bytes to be immediately
   * written to the underlying output stream.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public synchronized void flush() throws IOException
  {
    if (count == 0)
      return;

    out.write(buf, 0, count);
    count = 0;
    out.flush();
  }

  /**
   * This method flushes any remaining buffered bytes then closes the 
   * underlying output stream.  Any further attempts to write to this stream
   * may throw an exception
   *
  public synchronized void close() throws IOException
  {
    flush();
    out.close();
  }
  */

  /**
   * This method runs when the object is garbage collected.  It is 
   * responsible for ensuring that all buffered bytes are written and
   * for closing the underlying stream.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs (ignored by the Java runtime)
   *
  protected void finalize() throws IOException
  {
    close();
  }
  */

  /**
   * This method writes a single byte of data.  This will be written to the
   * buffer instead of the underlying data source.  However, if the buffer
   * is filled as a result of this write request, it will be flushed to the
   * underlying output stream.
   *
   * @param b The byte of data to be written, passed as an int
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public synchronized void write(int b) throws IOException
  {
    if (count == buf.length)
      flush();

    buf[count] = (byte)(b & 0xFF);
    ++count;
  }

  /**
   * This method writes <code>len</code> bytes from the byte array 
   * <code>buf</code> starting at position <code>offset</code> in the buffer. 
   * These bytes will be written to the internal buffer.  However, if this
   * write operation fills the buffer, the buffer will be flushed to the
   * underlying output stream.
   *
   * @param buf The array of bytes to write.
   * @param offset The index into the byte array to start writing from.
   * @param len The number of bytes to write.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public synchronized void write(byte[] buf, int offset, int len) 
    throws IOException
  {
    // Buffer can hold everything.  Note that the case where LEN < 0
    // is automatically handled by the downstream write.
    if (len < (this.buf.length - count))
      {
        System.arraycopy(buf, offset, this.buf, count, len);
        count += len;
      }
    else
      {
        // The write was too big.  So flush the buffer and write the new
        // bytes directly to the underlying stream, per the JDK 1.2
        // docs.
        flush();
        out.write (buf, offset, len);
      }
  }

} // class BufferedOutputStream