llvm-gcc-4.2/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA/DataInputStream.java

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package org.omg.CORBA;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase;

/**
 * An interface for reading the custom value types. A value type, providing
 * its own mechanism for reading the content, must implement
 * the {@link CustomValue} that uses this interface.
 *
 * @see CustomValue
 * @see CustomMarshal
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public interface DataInputStream
  extends ValueBase
{
  /**
   * Read {@link Any}.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  Any read_any();

  /**
   * Read boolean.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  boolean read_boolean();

  /**
   * Read narrow (usually 8 bit) char.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  char read_char();

  /**
   * Read wide (usually 16 bit) char.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  char read_wchar();

  /**
   * Read octet (byte).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  byte read_octet();

  /**
   * Read short (16 bit int).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  short read_short();

  /**
   * Read unsigned short.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  short read_ushort();

  /**
   * Read CORBA long (java int, 32 bits).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  int read_long();

  /**
   * Read CORBA unsigned long (java int).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  int read_ulong();

  /**
   * Read CORBA long long (java long, 64 bits).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  long read_longlong();

  /**
   * Read unsigned CORBA long long (java long, 64 bits).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  long read_ulonglong();

  /**
   * Read float.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  float read_float();

  /**
   * Read dobule.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  double read_double();

  /**
   * Read narrow string (usually 8 bits per character).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  String read_string();

  /**
   * Read wide string (usually 16 bits per character).
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  String read_wstring();

  /**
   * Read CORBA object.
   *
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream. May be null
   * if the null was previously written by {@link DataOutputStream#write_Object}.
   */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object read_Object();

  /**
   * Read abstract interface.
   *
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream. May be either CORBA Object or
   * CORBA value type.
   */
  java.lang.Object read_Abstract();

  /**
   * Read the CORBA value type.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  java.io.Serializable read_Value();

  /**
   * Read typecode.
   * @return a value, extracted from the stream.
   */
  TypeCode read_TypeCode();

  /**
   * Read array of Any's.
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_any_array(AnySeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read boolean array.
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_boolean_array(BooleanSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of narrow (usually 8 bit) chars.
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_char_array(CharSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of wide (usually 16 bit) chars.
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_wchar_array(WCharSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of bytes.
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_octet_array(OctetSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of shorts (16 bit ints).
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_short_array(ShortSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of unsigned shorts (16 bit ints).
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_ushort_array(UShortSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of CORBA longs (java ints).
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_long_array(LongSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of CORBA unsigned longs (java ints).
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_ulong_array(ULongSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of CORBA unsigned long longs (java longs).
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_ulonglong_array(ULongLongSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of CORBA long longs (java longs).
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_longlong_array(LongLongSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of floats.
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_float_array(FloatSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);

  /**
   * Read array of doubles.
   *
   * The value, extracted from the stream, is returned in the
   * .value field of the passed holder.
   */
  void read_double_array(DoubleSeqHolder seq, int offset, int length);
}