org.ssonet.io
Interface IOStream

All Known Subinterfaces:

Mechanism

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteIOStream, AbstractIntegrityMechanism, AbstractAccountabilityMechanism, AbstractConfidentialityMechanism

public interface IOStream

Interface for an Input/Output-Stream for reading and writing objects

Method Summary

int	available()
void	closeIn() Closes the Inputstream.
void	closeOut() Closes the outputStream.
int	read(byte[] buffer) Reads an array of bytes from a stream
void	write(byte[] buffer) Writes an array of bytes to a stream.

Method Detail

read

public int read(byte[] buffer)
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads an array of bytes from a stream

Parameters:

buffer - the buffer, which shall be filled with bytes read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occures while reading from the stream

write

public void write(byte[] buffer)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes an array of bytes to a stream.

Parameters:

buffer - the buffer holding the bytes to write to the stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occures while writing to the stream

closeIn

public void closeIn()
             throws java.io.IOException

Closes the Inputstream.

closeOut

public void closeOut()
              throws java.io.IOException

Closes the outputStream.

available

public int available()
              throws java.io.IOException