/*
 * @(#)DataOutput.java	1.13 00/02/02
 *
 * Copyright 1995-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 * 
 */

package java.io;

/**
 * The <code>DataOutput</code> interface provides
 * for converting data from any of the Java
 * primitive types to a series of bytes and
 * writing these bytes to a binary stream.
 * There is  also a facility for converting
 * a <code>String</code> into Java modified
 * UTF-8 format and writing the resulting series
 * of bytes.
 * <p>
 * For all the methods in this interface that
 * write bytes, it is generally true that if
 * a byte cannot be written for any reason,
 * an <code>IOException</code> is thrown.
 *
 * @author  Frank Yellin
 * @version 1.13, 02/02/00
 * @see     java.io.DataInput
 * @see     java.io.DataOutputStream
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */
public
interface DataOutput {
    /**
     * Writes to the output stream the eight
     * low-order bits of the argument <code>b</code>.
     * The 24 high-order  bits of <code>b</code>
     * are ignored.
     *
     * @param      b   the byte to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void write(int b) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes to the output stream all the bytes in array <code>b</code>.
     * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,
     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
     * If <code>b.length</code> is zero, then
     * no bytes are written. Otherwise, the byte
     * <code>b[0]</code> is written first, then
     * <code>b[1]</code>, and so on; the last byte
     * written is <code>b[b.length-1]</code>.
     *
     * @param      b   the data.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void write(byte b[]) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes <code>len</code> bytes from array
     * <code>b</code>, in order,  to
     * the output stream.  If <code>b</code>
     * is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>
     * is thrown.  If <code>off</code> is negative,
     * or <code>len</code> is negative, or <code>off+len</code>
     * is greater than the length of the array
     * <code>b</code>, then an <code>IndexOutOfBoundsException</code>
     * is thrown.  If <code>len</code> is zero,
     * then no bytes are written. Otherwise, the
     * byte <code>b[off]</code> is written first,
     * then <code>b[off+1]</code>, and so on; the
     * last byte written is <code>b[off+len-1]</code>.
     *
     * @param      b     the data.
     * @param      off   the start offset in the data.
     * @param      len   the number of bytes to write.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes a <code>boolean</code> value to this output stream.
     * If the argument <code>v</code>
     * is <code>true</code>, the value <code>(byte)1</code>
     * is written; if <code>v</code> is <code>false</code>,
     * the  value <code>(byte)0</code> is written.
     * The byte written by this method may
     * be read by the <code>readBoolean</code>
     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
     * which will then return a <code>boolean</code>
     * equal to <code>v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the boolean to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeBoolean(boolean v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes to the output stream the eight low-
     * order bits of the argument <code>v</code>.
     * The 24 high-order bits of <code>v</code>
     * are ignored. (This means  that <code>writeByte</code>
     * does exactly the same thing as <code>write</code>
     * for an integer argument.) The byte written
     * by this method may be read by the <code>readByte</code>
     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
     * which will then return a <code>byte</code>
     * equal to <code>(byte)v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the byte value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeByte(int v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes two bytes to the output
     * stream to represent the value of the argument.
     * The byte values to be written, in the  order
     * shown, are: <p>
     * <pre><code>
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
     * (byte)(0xff & v)
     * </code> </pre> <p>
     * The bytes written by this method may be
     * read by the <code>readShort</code> method
     * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which
     * will then return a <code>short</code> equal
     * to <code>(short)v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the <code>short</code> value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeShort(int v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes a <code>char</code> value, wich
     * is comprised of two bytes, to the
     * output stream.
     * The byte values to be written, in the  order
     * shown, are:
     * <p><pre><code>
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
     * (byte)(0xff & v)
     * </code></pre><p>
     * The bytes written by this method may be
     * read by the <code>readChar</code> method
     * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which
     * will then return a <code>char</code> equal
     * to <code>(char)v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the <code>char</code> value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeChar(int v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes an <code>int</code> value, which is
     * comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
     * The byte values to be written, in the  order
     * shown, are:
     * <p><pre><code>
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >>    8))
     * (byte)(0xff & v)
     * </code></pre><p>
     * The bytes written by this method may be read
     * by the <code>readInt</code> method of interface
     * <code>DataInput</code> , which will then
     * return an <code>int</code> equal to <code>v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the <code>int</code> value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeInt(int v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes an <code>long</code> value, which is
     * comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
     * The byte values to be written, in the  order
     * shown, are:
     * <p><pre><code>
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 48))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 40))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 32))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))
     * (byte)(0xff & (v >>  8))
     * (byte)(0xff & v)
     * </code></pre><p>
     * The bytes written by this method may be
     * read by the <code>readLong</code> method
     * of interface <code>DataInput</code> , which
     * will then return a <code>long</code> equal
     * to <code>v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the <code>long</code> value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeLong(long v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes a <code>float</code> value,
     * which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
     * It does this as if it first converts this
     * <code>float</code> value to an <code>int</code>
     * in exactly the manner of the <code>Float.floatToIntBits</code>
     * method  and then writes the <code>int</code>
     * value in exactly the manner of the  <code>writeInt</code>
     * method.  The bytes written by this method
     * may be read by the <code>readFloat</code>
     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
     * which will then return a <code>float</code>
     * equal to <code>v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the <code>float</code> value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes a <code>double</code> value,
     * which is comprised of eight bytes, to the output stream.
     * It does this as if it first converts this
     * <code>double</code> value to a <code>long</code>
     * in exactly the manner of the <code>Double.doubleToLongBits</code>
     * method  and then writes the <code>long</code>
     * value in exactly the manner of the  <code>writeLong</code>
     * method. The bytes written by this method
     * may be read by the <code>readDouble</code>
     * method of interface <code>DataInput</code>,
     * which will then return a <code>double</code>
     * equal to <code>v</code>.
     *
     * @param      v   the <code>double</code> value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeDouble(double v) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes a string to the output stream.
     * For every character in the string
     * <code>s</code>,  taken in order, one byte
     * is written to the output stream.  If
     * <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>
     * is thrown.<p>  If <code>s.length</code>
     * is zero, then no bytes are written. Otherwise,
     * the character <code>s[0]</code> is written
     * first, then <code>s[1]</code>, and so on;
     * the last character written is <code>s[s.length-1]</code>.
     * For each character, one byte is written,
     * the low-order byte, in exactly the manner
     * of the <code>writeByte</code> method . The
     * high-order eight bits of each character
     * in the string are ignored.
     *
     * @param      s   the string of bytes to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeBytes(String s) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes every character in the string <code>s</code>,
     * to the output stream, in order,
     * two bytes per character. If <code>s</code>
     * is <code>null</code>, a <code>NullPointerException</code>
     * is thrown.  If <code>s.length</code>
     * is zero, then no characters are written.
     * Otherwise, the character <code>s[0]</code>
     * is written first, then <code>s[1]</code>,
     * and so on; the last character written is
     * <code>s[s.length-1]</code>. For each character,
     * two bytes are actually written, high-order
     * byte first, in exactly the manner of the
     * <code>writeChar</code> method.
     *
     * @param      s   the string value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeChars(String s) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes two bytes of length information
     * to the output stream, followed
     * by the Java modified UTF representation
     * of  every character in the string <code>s</code>.
     * If <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>,
     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
     * Each character in the string <code>s</code>
     * is converted to a group of one, two, or
     * three bytes, depending on the value of the
     * character.<p>
     * If a character <code>c</code>
     * is in the range <code>\u0001</code> through
     * <code>\u007f</code>, it is represented
     * by one byte:<p>
     * <pre>(byte)c </pre>  <p>
     * If a character <code>c</code> is <code>\u0000</code>
     * or is in the range <code>\u0080</code>
     * through <code>\u07ff</code>, then it is
     * represented by two bytes, to be written
     * in the order shown:<p> <pre><code>
     * (byte)(0xc0 | (0x1f & (c >> 6)))
     * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))
     *  </code></pre>  <p> If a character
     * <code>c</code> is in the range <code>\u0800</code>
     * through <code>uffff</code>, then it is
     * represented by three bytes, to be written
     * in the order shown:<p> <pre><code>
     * (byte)(0xe0 | (0x0f & (c >> 12)))
     * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & (c >>  6)))
     * (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))
     *  </code></pre>  <p> First,
     * the total number of bytes needed to represent
     * all the characters of <code>s</code> is
     * calculated. If this number is larger than
     * <code>65535</code>, then a <code>UTFDataFormatError</code>
     * is thrown. Otherwise, this length is written
     * to the output stream in exactly the manner
     * of the <code>writeShort</code> method;
     * after this, the one-, two-, or three-byte
     * representation of each character in the
     * string <code>s</code> is written.<p>  The
     * bytes written by this method may be read
     * by the <code>readUTF</code> method of interface
     * <code>DataInput</code> , which will then
     * return a <code>String</code> equal to <code>s</code>.
     *
     * @param      str   the string value to be written.
     * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    void writeUTF(String str) throws IOException;
}