Package com.helger.commons.io.stream

Class NonBlockingBitOutputStream

java.lang.Object

com.helger.commons.io.stream.NonBlockingBitOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable, AutoCloseable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BitOutputStream

public class NonBlockingBitOutputStream
extends Object
implements Closeable, Flushable

The NonBlockingBitOutputStream allows writing individual bits to a general Java OutputStream. Like the various Stream-classes from Java, the BitOutputStream has to be created based on another OutputStream. This class is able to write a single bit to a stream (even though a byte has to be filled until the data is flushed to the underlying output stream). It is also able to write an integer value to the stream using the specified number of bits.
For a thread-safe version see BitOutputStream

Author:

Andreas Jakl, Philip Helger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NonBlockingBitOutputStream(OutputStream aOS, ByteOrder aByteOrder)	Create a new bit output stream based on an existing Java OutputStream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Flush the data and close the underlying output stream.
void	flush()	Write the current cache to the stream and reset the buffer.
ByteOrder	getByteOrder()
String	toString()
void	writeBit(int aBit)	Write a single bit to the stream.
void	writeBits(int aValue, int nNumBits)	Write the specified number of bits from the int value to the stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NonBlockingBitOutputStream

public NonBlockingBitOutputStream(@Nonnull
                                  OutputStream aOS,
                                  @Nonnull
                                  ByteOrder aByteOrder)

Create a new bit output stream based on an existing Java OutputStream.

Parameters:

aOS - the output stream this class should use. May not be null.

aByteOrder - The non-null byte order to use.

Method Detail

getByteOrder

@Nonnull
public ByteOrder getByteOrder()

Returns:

The byte order used. Never null.

writeBit

public void writeBit(int aBit)
              throws IOException

Write a single bit to the stream. It will only be flushed to the underlying OutputStream when a byte has been completed or when flush() manually.

Parameters:

aBit - 1 if the bit should be set, 0 if not

Throws:

IOException - In case writing to the output stream failed

writeBits

public void writeBits(int aValue,
                      @Nonnegative
                      int nNumBits)
               throws IOException

Write the specified number of bits from the int value to the stream. Corresponding to the InputStream, the bits are written starting at the highest bit ( >> aNumberOfBits ), going down to the lowest bit ( >> 0 ).

Parameters:

aValue - the int containing the bits that should be written to the stream.

nNumBits - how many bits of the integer should be written to the stream.

Throws:

IOException - In case writing to the output stream failed

flush

public void flush()
           throws IOException

Write the current cache to the stream and reset the buffer.

Specified by:

flush in interface Flushable

Throws:

IOException - In case writing to the output stream failed

close

public void close()

Flush the data and close the underlying output stream.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object