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Class DataOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, DataOutput, Flushable, AutoCloseable
public class DataOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream implements DataOutput
A data output stream lets an application write primitive Java data types to an output stream in a portable way. An application can then use a data input stream to read the data back in.

A DataOutputStream is not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads. If a DataOutputStream is to be used by more than one thread then access to the data output stream should be controlled by appropriate synchronization.

Since:
1.0
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Field Summary

Modifier and Type Field Description
protected int written
The number of bytes written to the data output stream so far.

Fields declared in class java.io.FilterOutputStream

out

Constructor Summary

Constructor Description
DataOutputStream(OutputStream out)
Creates a new data output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description
void flush()
Flushes this data output stream.
final int size()
Returns the current value of the counter written, the number of bytes written to this data output stream so far.
void write(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to the underlying output stream.
void write(int b)
Writes the specified byte (the low eight bits of the argument b) to the underlying output stream.
final void writeBoolean(boolean v)
Writes a boolean to the underlying output stream as a 1-byte value.
final void writeByte(int v)
Writes out a byte to the underlying output stream as a 1-byte value.
final void writeBytes(String s)
Writes out the string to the underlying output stream as a sequence of bytes.
final void writeChar(int v)
Writes a char to the underlying output stream as a 2-byte value, high byte first.
final void writeChars(String s)
Writes a string to the underlying output stream as a sequence of characters.
final void writeDouble(double v)
Converts the double argument to a long using the doubleToLongBits method in class Double, and then writes that long value to the underlying output stream as an 8-byte quantity, high byte first.
final void writeFloat(float v)
Converts the float argument to an int using the floatToIntBits method in class Float, and then writes that int value to the underlying output stream as a 4-byte quantity, high byte first.
final void writeInt(int v)
Writes an int to the underlying output stream as four bytes, high byte first.
final void writeLong(long v)
Writes a long to the underlying output stream as eight bytes, high byte first.
final void writeShort(int v)
Writes a short to the underlying output stream as two bytes, high byte first.
final void writeUTF(String str)
Writes a string to the underlying output stream using modified UTF-8 encoding in a machine-independent manner.

Methods declared in class java.io.FilterOutputStream

close, write

Methods declared in class java.io.OutputStream

nullOutputStream

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Methods declared in interface java.io.DataOutput

write

Field Details

written

protected int written
The number of bytes written to the data output stream so far. If this counter overflows, it will be wrapped to Integer.MAX_VALUE.

Constructor Details

DataOutputStream

public DataOutputStream(OutputStream out)
Creates a new data output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream. The counter written is set to zero.
Parameters:
out - the underlying output stream, to be saved for later use.
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Method Details

write

public void write(int b) throws IOException
Writes the specified byte (the low eight bits of the argument b) to the underlying output stream. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 1.

Implements the write method of OutputStream.

Specified by:
write in interface DataOutput
Overrides:
write in class FilterOutputStream
Parameters:
b - the byte to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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write

public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException
Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to the underlying output stream. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by len.
Specified by:
write in interface DataOutput
Overrides:
write in class FilterOutputStream
Parameters:
b - the data.
off - the start offset in the data.
len - the number of bytes to write.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
IndexOutOfBoundsException - If off is negative, len is negative, or len is greater than b.length - off
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flush

public void flush() throws IOException
Flushes this data output stream. This forces any buffered output bytes to be written out to the stream.

The flush method of DataOutputStream calls the flush method of its underlying output stream.

Specified by:
flush in interface Flushable
Overrides:
flush in class FilterOutputStream
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeBoolean

public final void writeBoolean(boolean v) throws IOException
Writes a boolean to the underlying output stream as a 1-byte value. The value true is written out as the value (byte)1; the value false is written out as the value (byte)0. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 1.
Specified by:
writeBoolean in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a boolean value to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeByte

public final void writeByte(int v) throws IOException
Writes out a byte to the underlying output stream as a 1-byte value. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 1.
Specified by:
writeByte in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a byte value to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeShort

public final void writeShort(int v) throws IOException
Writes a short to the underlying output stream as two bytes, high byte first. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 2.
Specified by:
writeShort in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a short to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeChar

public final void writeChar(int v) throws IOException
Writes a char to the underlying output stream as a 2-byte value, high byte first. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 2.
Specified by:
writeChar in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a char value to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeInt

public final void writeInt(int v) throws IOException
Writes an int to the underlying output stream as four bytes, high byte first. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 4.
Specified by:
writeInt in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - an int to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeLong

public final void writeLong(long v) throws IOException
Writes a long to the underlying output stream as eight bytes, high byte first. In no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 8.
Specified by:
writeLong in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a long to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeFloat

public final void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException
Converts the float argument to an int using the floatToIntBits method in class Float, and then writes that int value to the underlying output stream as a 4-byte quantity, high byte first. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 4.
Specified by:
writeFloat in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a float value to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeDouble

public final void writeDouble(double v) throws IOException
Converts the double argument to a long using the doubleToLongBits method in class Double, and then writes that long value to the underlying output stream as an 8-byte quantity, high byte first. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by 8.
Specified by:
writeDouble in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
v - a double value to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeBytes

public final void writeBytes(String s) throws IOException
Writes out the string to the underlying output stream as a sequence of bytes. Each character in the string is written out, in sequence, by discarding its high eight bits. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by the length of s.
Specified by:
writeBytes in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
s - a string of bytes to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeChars

public final void writeChars(String s) throws IOException
Writes a string to the underlying output stream as a sequence of characters. Each character is written to the data output stream as if by the writeChar method. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by twice the length of s.
Specified by:
writeChars in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
s - a String value to be written.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
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writeUTF

public final void writeUTF(String str) throws IOException
Writes a string to the underlying output stream using modified UTF-8 encoding in a machine-independent manner.

First, two bytes are written to the output stream as if by the writeShort method giving the number of bytes to follow. This value is the number of bytes actually written out, not the length of the string. Following the length, each character of the string is output, in sequence, using the modified UTF-8 encoding for the character. If no exception is thrown, the counter written is incremented by the total number of bytes written to the output stream. This will be at least two plus the length of str, and at most two plus thrice the length of str.

Specified by:
writeUTF in interface DataOutput
Parameters:
str - a string to be written.
Throws:
UTFDataFormatException - if the modified UTF-8 encoding of str would exceed 65535 bytes in length
IOException - if some other I/O error occurs.
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size

public final int size()
Returns the current value of the counter written, the number of bytes written to this data output stream so far. If the counter overflows, it will be wrapped to Integer.MAX_VALUE.
Returns:
the value of the written field.
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