Class RandomAccessFile

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      int available()
      Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read.
      void clear()
      Clears all data of the buffer.
      void close()  
      long getPosition()
      Returns offset of next byte to be returned by a read method.
      boolean isClosed()
      Returns true if this stream has been closed.
      boolean isEOF()
      A simple test to see if we are at the end of the data.
      long length()
      The total number of bytes that are available.
      int peek()
      This will peek at the next byte.
      int read()
      Read a single byte of data.
      int read​(byte[] b)
      Read a buffer of data.
      int read​(byte[] b, int offset, int length)
      Read a buffer of data.
      byte[] readFully​(int length)
      Reads a given number of bytes.
      void rewind​(int bytes)
      Seek backwards the given number of bytes.
      void seek​(long position)
      Seek to a position in the data.
      void write​(byte[] b)
      Write a buffer of data to the stream.
      void write​(byte[] b, int offset, int length)
      Write a buffer of data to the stream.
      void write​(int b)
      Write a byte to the stream.
    • Constructor Detail

    • Method Detail

      • seek

        public void seek​(long position)
                  throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Seek to a position in the data.
        Specified by:
        seek in interface RandomAccessRead
        Parameters:
        position - The position to seek to.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error while seeking.
      • read

        public int read()
                 throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Read a single byte of data.
        Specified by:
        read in interface RandomAccessRead
        Returns:
        The byte of data that is being read.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error while reading the data.
      • read

        public int read​(byte[] b)
                 throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Read a buffer of data.
        Specified by:
        read in interface RandomAccessRead
        Parameters:
        b - The buffer to write the data to.
        Returns:
        The number of bytes that were actually read.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there was an error while reading the data.
      • read

        public int read​(byte[] b,
                        int offset,
                        int length)
                 throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Read a buffer of data.
        Specified by:
        read in interface RandomAccessRead
        Parameters:
        b - The buffer to write the data to.
        offset - Offset into the buffer to start writing.
        length - The amount of data to attempt to read.
        Returns:
        The number of bytes that were actually read.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there was an error while reading the data.
      • length

        public long length()
                    throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        The total number of bytes that are available.
        Specified by:
        length in interface RandomAccessRead
        Returns:
        The number of bytes available.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an IO error while determining the length of the data stream.
      • write

        public void write​(byte[] b,
                          int offset,
                          int length)
                   throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessWrite
        Write a buffer of data to the stream.
        Specified by:
        write in interface RandomAccessWrite
        Parameters:
        b - The buffer to get the data from.
        offset - An offset into the buffer to get the data from.
        length - The length of data to write.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error while writing the data.
      • write

        public void write​(byte[] b)
                   throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessWrite
        Write a buffer of data to the stream.
        Specified by:
        write in interface RandomAccessWrite
        Parameters:
        b - The buffer to get the data from.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error while writing the data.
      • peek

        public int peek()
                 throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        This will peek at the next byte.
        Specified by:
        peek in interface RandomAccessRead
        Returns:
        The next byte on the stream, leaving it as available to read.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error reading the next byte.
      • rewind

        public void rewind​(int bytes)
                    throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Seek backwards the given number of bytes.
        Specified by:
        rewind in interface RandomAccessRead
        Parameters:
        bytes - the number of bytes to be seeked backwards
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error while seeking
      • readFully

        public byte[] readFully​(int length)
                         throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Reads a given number of bytes.
        Specified by:
        readFully in interface RandomAccessRead
        Parameters:
        length - the number of bytes to be read
        Returns:
        a byte array containing the bytes just read
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error occurs while reading data
      • isEOF

        public boolean isEOF()
                      throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        A simple test to see if we are at the end of the data.
        Specified by:
        isEOF in interface RandomAccessRead
        Returns:
        true if we are at the end of the data.
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error reading the next byte.
      • available

        public int available()
                      throws IOException
        Description copied from interface: RandomAccessRead
        Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read.
        Specified by:
        available in interface RandomAccessRead
        Returns:
        the number of bytes that can be read
        Throws:
        IOException - if this random access has been closed