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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: datstrm.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxDataInputStream and wxDataOutputStream
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxDataOutputStream
11
12 This class provides functions that write binary data types in a portable
13 way. Data can be written in either big-endian or little-endian format,
14 little-endian being the default on all architectures.
15
16 If you want to write data to text files (or streams) use wxTextOutputStream
17 instead.
18
19 The "<<" operator is overloaded and you can use this class like a standard
20 C++ iostream. See wxDataInputStream for its usage and caveats.
21
22 @library{wxbase}
23 @category{streams}
24
25 @see wxDataInputStream
26 */
27 class wxDataOutputStream
28 {
29 public:
30 /**
31 Constructs a datastream object from an output stream. Only write
32 methods will be available.
33
34 @param stream
35 The output stream.
36 */
37 wxDataOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream);
38 /**
39 Constructs a datastream object from an output stream. Only write
40 methods will be available. This constructor is only available in
41 Unicode builds of wxWidgets.
42
43 @param stream
44 The output stream.
45 @param conv
46 Charset conversion object object used to encoding Unicode strings
47 before writing them to the stream in Unicode mode (see
48 WriteString() for a detailed description). Note that you must not
49 destroy @a conv before you destroy this wxDataOutputStream
50 instance! It is recommended to use the default value (UTF-8).
51 */
52 wxDataOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream,
53 const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvAuto());
54
55 /**
56 Destroys the wxDataOutputStream object.
57 */
58 ~wxDataOutputStream();
59
60 /**
61 If @a be_order is @true, all data will be written in big-endian order,
62 e.g. for reading on a Sparc or from Java-Streams (which always use
63 big-endian order), otherwise data will be written in little-endian
64 order.
65 */
66 void BigEndianOrdered(bool be_order);
67
68 /**
69 Writes the single byte @a i8 to the stream.
70 */
71 void Write8(wxUint8 i8);
72 /**
73 Writes an array of bytes to the stream. The amount of bytes to write is
74 specified with the @a size variable.
75 */
76 void Write8(const wxUint8* buffer, size_t size);
77
78 /**
79 Writes the 16 bit unsigned integer @a i16 to the stream.
80 */
81 void Write16(wxUint16 i16);
82 /**
83 Writes an array of 16 bit unsigned integer to the stream. The amount of
84 16 bit unsigned integer to write is specified with the @a size variable.
85 */
86 void Write16(const wxUint16* buffer, size_t size);
87
88 /**
89 Writes the 32 bit unsigned integer @a i32 to the stream.
90 */
91 void Write32(wxUint32 i32);
92 /**
93 Writes an array of 32 bit unsigned integer to the stream. The amount of
94 32 bit unsigned integer to write is specified with the @a size variable.
95 */
96 void Write32(const wxUint32* buffer, size_t size);
97
98 /**
99 Writes the 64 bit unsigned integer @a i64 to the stream.
100 */
101 void Write64(wxUint64 i64);
102 /**
103 Writes an array of 64 bit unsigned integer to the stream. The amount of
104 64 bit unsigned integer to write is specified with the @a size variable.
105 */
106 void Write64(const wxUint64* buffer, size_t size);
107
108 /**
109 Writes the double @a f to the stream using the IEEE format.
110 */
111 void WriteDouble(double f);
112 /**
113 Writes an array of double to the stream. The amount of double to write is
114 specified with the @a size variable.
115 */
116 void WriteDouble(const double* buffer, size_t size);
117
118 /**
119 Writes @a string to the stream. Actually, this method writes the size
120 of the string before writing @a string itself.
121
122 In ANSI build of wxWidgets, the string is written to the stream in
123 exactly same way it is represented in memory. In Unicode build,
124 however, the string is first converted to multibyte representation with
125 @e conv object passed to stream's constructor (consequently, ANSI
126 applications can read data written by Unicode application, as long as
127 they agree on encoding) and this representation is written to the
128 stream. UTF-8 is used by default.
129 */
130 void WriteString(const wxString& string);
131 };
132
133
134
135 /**
136 @class wxDataInputStream
137
138 This class provides functions that read binary data types in a portable
139 way. Data can be read in either big-endian or little-endian format,
140 little-endian being the default on all architectures.
141
142 If you want to read data from text files (or streams) use wxTextInputStream
143 instead.
144
145 The ">>" operator is overloaded and you can use this class like a standard
146 C++ iostream. Note, however, that the arguments are the fixed size types
147 wxUint32, wxInt32 etc and on a typical 32-bit computer, none of these match
148 to the "long" type (wxInt32 is defined as signed int on 32-bit
149 architectures) so that you cannot use long. To avoid problems (here and
150 elsewhere), make use of the wxInt32, wxUint32, etc types.
151
152 For example:
153
154 @code
155 wxFileInputStream input( "mytext.dat" );
156 wxDataInputStream store( input );
157 wxUint8 i1;
158 float f2;
159 wxString line;
160
161 store >> i1; // read a 8 bit integer.
162 store >> i1 >> f2; // read a 8 bit integer followed by float.
163 store >> line; // read a text line
164 @endcode
165
166 @library{wxbase}
167 @category{streams}
168
169 @see wxDataOutputStream
170 */
171 class wxDataInputStream
172 {
173 public:
174 /**
175 Constructs a datastream object from an input stream. Only read methods
176 will be available.
177
178 @param stream
179 The input stream.
180 */
181 wxDataInputStream(wxInputStream& stream);
182 /**
183 Constructs a datastream object from an input stream. Only read methods
184 will be available. This constructor is only available in Unicode builds
185 of wxWidgets.
186
187 @param stream
188 The input stream.
189 @param conv
190 Charset conversion object object used to decode strings in Unicode
191 mode (see ReadString() for a detailed description). Note that you
192 must not destroy @a conv before you destroy this wxDataInputStream
193 instance!
194 */
195 wxDataInputStream(wxInputStream& stream,
196 const wxMBConv& conv = wxConvAuto());
197
198 /**
199 Destroys the wxDataInputStream object.
200 */
201 ~wxDataInputStream();
202
203 /**
204 If @a be_order is @true, all data will be read in big-endian order,
205 such as written by programs on a big endian architecture (e.g. Sparc)
206 or written by Java-Streams (which always use big-endian order).
207 */
208 void BigEndianOrdered(bool be_order);
209
210 /**
211 Reads a single byte from the stream.
212 */
213 wxUint8 Read8();
214 /**
215 Reads bytes from the stream in a specified buffer. The amount of bytes
216 to read is specified by the @a size variable.
217 */
218 void Read8(wxUint8* buffer, size_t size);
219
220 /**
221 Reads a 16 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
222 */
223 wxUint16 Read16();
224 /**
225 Reads 16 bit unsigned integers from the stream in a specified buffer.
226 The amount of 16 bit unsigned integers to read is specified by the
227 @a size variable.
228 */
229 void Read16(wxUint16* buffer, size_t size);
230
231 /**
232 Reads a 32 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
233 */
234 wxUint32 Read32();
235 /**
236 Reads 32 bit unsigned integers from the stream in a specified buffer.
237 The amount of 32 bit unsigned integers to read is specified by the
238 @a size variable.
239 */
240 void Read32(wxUint32* buffer, size_t size);
241
242 /**
243 Reads a 64 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
244 */
245 wxUint64 Read64();
246 /**
247 Reads 64 bit unsigned integers from the stream in a specified buffer.
248 The amount of 64 bit unsigned integers to read is specified by the
249 @a size variable.
250 */
251 void Read64(wxUint64* buffer, size_t size);
252
253 /**
254 Reads a double (IEEE encoded) from the stream.
255 */
256 double ReadDouble();
257 /**
258 Reads double data (IEEE encoded) from the stream in a specified buffer.
259 The amount of doubles to read is specified by the @a size variable.
260 */
261 void ReadDouble(double* buffer, size_t size);
262
263 /**
264 Reads a string from a stream. Actually, this function first reads a
265 long integer specifying the length of the string (without the last null
266 character) and then reads the string.
267
268 In Unicode build of wxWidgets, the fuction first reads multibyte
269 (char*) string from the stream and then converts it to Unicode using
270 the @e conv object passed to constructor and returns the result as
271 wxString. You are responsible for using the same convertor as when
272 writing the stream.
273
274 @see wxDataOutputStream::WriteString()
275 */
276 wxString ReadString();
277 };
278