X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/954b8ae60391d18b87a604e7919c87c0c6ae208b..e195c8c95fb154d035bab400952fc81c62439549:/docs/latex/wx/datstrm.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/datstrm.tex b/docs/latex/wx/datstrm.tex index fffa327d04..7eaabb563d 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/datstrm.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/datstrm.tex @@ -1,14 +1,40 @@ +% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +% wxDataInputStream +% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \section{\class{wxDataInputStream}}\label{wxdatainputstream} -This class provides functions that read data types in a -portable way. So, a file written by an Intel processor can be read by a -Sparc or anything else. +This class provides functions that read binary data types in a +portable way. Data can be read in either big-endian or litte-endian +format, little-endian being the default on all architectures. + +If you want to read data from text files (or streams) use +\helpref{wxTextInputStream}{wxtextinputstream} instead. + +The >> operator is overloaded and you can use this class like a standard C++ iostream. +Note, however, that the arguments are the fixed size types wxUint32, wxInt32 etc +and on a typical 32-bit computer, none of these match to the "long" type (wxInt32 +is defined as signed int on 32-bit architectures) so that you cannot use long. To avoid +problems (here and elsewhere), make use of the wxInt32, wxUint32, etc types. + +For example: + +\begin{verbatim} + wxFileInputStream input( "mytext.dat" ); + wxDataInputStream store( input ); + wxUint8 i1; + float f2; + wxString line; + + store >> i1; // read a 8 bit integer. + store >> i1 >> f2; // read a 8 bit integer followed by float. + store >> line; // read a text line +\end{verbatim} + +See also \helpref{wxDataOutputStream}{wxdataoutputstream}. \wxheading{Derived from} -\helpref{wxFilterInputStream}{wxfilterinputstream}\\ -\helpref{wxInputStream}{wxinputstream}\\ -\helpref{wxStreamBase}{wxstreambase} +None \wxheading{Include files} @@ -33,21 +59,30 @@ be available. Destroys the wxDataInputStream object. +\membersection{wxDataInputStream::BigEndianOrdered} + +\func{void}{BigEndianOrdered}{\param{bool}{ be\_order}} + +If {\it be\_order} is TRUE, all data will be read in big-endian +order, such as written by programs on a big endian architecture +(e.g. Sparc) or written by Java-Streams (which always use +big-endian order). + \membersection{wxDataInputStream::Read8} -\func{unsigned char}{Read8}{\void} +\func{wxUint8}{Read8}{\void} Reads a single byte from the stream. \membersection{wxDataInputStream::Read16} -\func{unsigned short}{Read16}{\void} +\func{wxUint16}{Read16}{\void} Reads a 16 bit integer from the stream. \membersection{wxDataInputStream::Read32} -\func{unsigned long}{Read32}{\void} +\func{wxUint32}{Read32}{\void} Reads a 32 bit integer from the stream. @@ -59,31 +94,42 @@ Reads a double (IEEE encoded) from the stream. \membersection{wxDataInputStream::ReadString} -\func{wxString}{wxDataInputStream::ReadString}{\void} +\func{wxString}{ReadString}{\void} Reads a string from a stream. Actually, this function first reads a long integer specifying the length of the string (without the last null character) and then reads the string. -\membersection{wxDataInputStream::ReadLine} +% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +% wxDataOutputStream +% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -\func{wxString}{wxDataInputStream::ReadLine}{\void} +\section{\class{wxDataOutputStream}}\label{wxdataoutputstream} -Reads a line from the stream. A line is a string which ends with \\n or \\r\\n. +This class provides functions that write binary data types in a +portable way. Data can be written in either big-endian or litte-endian +format, little-endian being the default on all architectures. -\section{\class{wxDataOutputStream}}\label{wxdataoutputstream} +If you want to write data to text files (or streams) use +\helpref{wxTextOutputStream}{wxtextoutputstream} instead. -This class provides functions that write data types in a -portable way. So, a file written by an Intel processor can be read by a -Sparc or anything else. +The << operator is overloaded and you can use this class like a standard +C++ iostream. See \helpref{wxDataInputStream}{wxdatainputstream} for its +usage and caveats. + +See also \helpref{wxDataInputStream}{wxdatainputstream}. + +\wxheading{Derived from} + +None \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}} \membersection{wxDataOutputStream::wxDataOutputStream}\label{wxdataoutputstreamconstr} -\func{}{wxDataInputStream}{\param{wxOutputStream\&}{ stream}} +\func{}{wxDataOutputStream}{\param{wxOutputStream\&}{ stream}} -Constructs a datastream object from an output stream. Only read methods will +Constructs a datastream object from an output stream. Only write methods will be available. \wxheading{Parameters} @@ -96,41 +142,43 @@ be available. Destroys the wxDataOutputStream object. +\membersection{wxDataOutputStream::BigEndianOrdered} + +\func{void}{BigEndianOrdered}{\param{bool}{ be\_order}} + +If {\it be\_order} is TRUE, all data will be written in big-endian +order, e.g. for reading on a Sparc or from Java-Streams (which +always use big-endian order), otherwise data will be written in +little-endian order. + \membersection{wxDataOutputStream::Write8} -\func{void}{wxDataOutputStream::Write8}{{\param unsigned char }{i8}} +\func{void}{Write8}{{\param wxUint8 }{i8}} Writes the single byte {\it i8} to the stream. \membersection{wxDataOutputStream::Write16} -\func{void}{wxDataOutputStream::Write16}{{\param unsigned short }{i16}} +\func{void}{Write16}{{\param wxUint16 }{i16}} Writes the 16 bit integer {\it i16} to the stream. \membersection{wxDataOutputStream::Write32} -\func{void}{wxDataOutputStream::Write32}{{\param unsigned long }{i32}} +\func{void}{Write32}{{\param wxUint32 }{i32}} Writes the 32 bit integer {\it i32} to the stream. \membersection{wxDataOutputStream::WriteDouble} -\func{void}{wxDataOutputStream::WriteDouble}{{\param double }{f}} +\func{void}{WriteDouble}{{\param double }{f}} Writes the double {\it f} to the stream using the IEEE format. \membersection{wxDataOutputStream::WriteString} -\func{void}{wxDataOutputStream::WriteString}{{\param const wxString\& }{string}} +\func{void}{WriteString}{{\param const wxString\& }{string}} Writes {\it string} to the stream. Actually, this method writes the size of the string before writing {\it string} itself. -\membersection{wxDataOutputStream::WriteLine} - -\func{void}{wxDataOutputStream::WriteLine}{{\param const wxString\& }{string}} - -Writes {\it string} as a line. Depending on the operating system, it adds -$\backslash$n or $\backslash$r$\backslash$n. -