java.io
Class ByteArrayOutputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.OutputStream
      java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable

public class ByteArrayOutputStream
extends OutputStream

ByteArrayOutputStream is a class whose underlying stream is represented by a byte array. As bytes are written to this stream, the local byte array may be expanded to hold more bytes.

See Also:

ByteArrayInputStream

Field Summary

protected byte[]	buf The byte array containing the bytes written.
protected int	count The number of bytes written.

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayOutputStream()
Constructs a new ByteArrayOutputStream with a default size of 32 bytes.

ByteArrayOutputStream(int size)
Constructs a new ByteArrayOutputStream with a default size of size bytes.

Method Summary

void	close() Close this ByteArrayOutputStream.
void	reset() Reset this ByteArrayOutputStream to the beginning of the underlying byte array.
int	size() Answers the total number of bytes written to this stream thus far.
byte[]	toByteArray() Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a byte array.
String	toString() Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a String.
String	toString(int hibyte) Deprecated. Use toString()
String	toString(String enc) Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a String converted using the encoding declared in enc.
void	write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) Writes count bytes from the byte array buffer starting at offset index to the ByteArrayOutputStream.
void	write(int oneByte) Writes the specified byte oneByte to the OutputStream.
void	writeTo(OutputStream out) Take the contents of this stream and write it to the output stream out.

Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStream

flush, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

buf

protected byte[] buf

The byte array containing the bytes written.

count

protected int count

The number of bytes written.

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayOutputStream

public ByteArrayOutputStream()

Constructs a new ByteArrayOutputStream with a default size of 32 bytes. If more than 32 bytes are written to this instance, the underlying byte array will expand to accomodate.

ByteArrayOutputStream

public ByteArrayOutputStream(int size)

Constructs a new ByteArrayOutputStream with a default size of size bytes. If more than size bytes are written to this instance, the underlying byte array will expand to accomodate.

Parameters:

size - an non-negative integer representing the initial size for the underlying byte array.

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close this ByteArrayOutputStream. This implementation releases System resources used for this stream.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Overrides:

close in class OutputStream

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs attempting to close this OutputStream.

reset

public void reset()

Reset this ByteArrayOutputStream to the beginning of the underlying byte array. All subsequent writes will overwrite any bytes previously stored in this stream.

size

public int size()

Answers the total number of bytes written to this stream thus far.

Returns:

the number of bytes written to this Stream.

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()

Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a byte array. Any changes made to the receiver after returning will not be reflected in the byte array returned to the caller.

Returns:

this streams current contents as a byte array.

toString

public String toString()

Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a String. Any changes made to the receiver after returning will not be reflected in the String returned to the caller.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

this streams current contents as a String.

toString

@Deprecated
public String toString(int hibyte)

Deprecated. Use toString()

Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a String. Each byte b in this stream is converted to a character c using the following function: c == (char)(((hibyte & 0xff) << 8) | (b & 0xff)). This method is deprecated and either toString(), or toString(enc) should be used.

Parameters:

hibyte - the high byte of each resulting Unicode character

Returns:

this streams current contents as a String with the high byte set to hibyte

toString

public String toString(String enc)
                throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Answer the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a String converted using the encoding declared in enc.

Parameters:

enc - A String representing the encoding to use when translating this stream to a String.

Returns:

this streams current contents as a String.

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - If declared encoding is not supported

write

public void write(byte[] buffer,
                  int offset,
                  int count)

Writes count bytes from the byte array buffer starting at offset index to the ByteArrayOutputStream.

Overrides:

write in class OutputStream

Parameters:

buffer - the buffer to be written

offset - offset in buffer to get bytes

count - number of bytes in buffer to write

Throws:

NullPointerException - If buffer is null.

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If offset or count are outside of bounds.

write

public void write(int oneByte)

Writes the specified byte oneByte to the OutputStream. Only the low order byte of oneByte is written.

Specified by:

write in class OutputStream

Parameters:

oneByte - the byte to be written

writeTo

public void writeTo(OutputStream out)
             throws IOException

Take the contents of this stream and write it to the output stream out.

Parameters:

out - An OutputStream on which to write the contents of this stream.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs when writing to output stream