001/* RandomAccessFile.java -- Class supporting random file I/O
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037
038
039package java.io;
040
041import gnu.java.nio.FileChannelImpl;
042
043import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
044
045/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
046 * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
047 * Status: Believe complete and correct to 1.1.
048 */
049
050/**
051 * This class allows reading and writing of files at random locations.
052 * Most Java I/O classes are either pure sequential input or output.  This
053 * class fulfills the need to be able to read the bytes of a file in an
054 * arbitrary order.  In addition, this class implements the
055 * <code>DataInput</code> and <code>DataOutput</code> interfaces to allow
056 * the reading and writing of Java primitives.
057 *
058 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
059 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
060 */
061public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable
062{
063
064  // The underlying file.
065  private FileChannelImpl ch;
066  private FileDescriptor fd;
067  // The corresponding input and output streams.
068  private DataOutputStream out;
069  private DataInputStream in;
070
071
072  /**
073   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>RandomAccessFile</code>
074   * to read from the specified <code>File</code> object with the specified
075   * access mode.   The access mode is either "r" for read only access or "rw"
076   * for read-write access.
077   * <p>
078   * Note that a <code>SecurityManager</code> check is made prior to
079   * opening the file to determine whether or not this file is allowed to
080   * be read or written.
081   *
082   * @param file The <code>File</code> object to read and/or write.
083   * @param mode "r" for read only or "rw" for read-write access to the file
084   *
085   * @exception IllegalArgumentException If <code>mode</code> has an
086   * illegal value
087   * @exception SecurityException If the requested access to the file
088   * is not allowed
089   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is a directory, or
090   * any other error occurs
091   */
092  public RandomAccessFile (File file, String mode)
093    throws FileNotFoundException
094  {
095    int fdmode;
096    if (mode.equals("r"))
097      fdmode = FileChannelImpl.READ;
098    else if (mode.equals("rw"))
099      fdmode = FileChannelImpl.READ | FileChannelImpl.WRITE;
100    else if (mode.equals("rws"))
101      {
102        fdmode = (FileChannelImpl.READ | FileChannelImpl.WRITE
103                  | FileChannelImpl.SYNC);
104      }
105    else if (mode.equals("rwd"))
106      {
107        fdmode = (FileChannelImpl.READ | FileChannelImpl.WRITE
108                  | FileChannelImpl.DSYNC);
109      }
110    else
111      throw new IllegalArgumentException ("invalid mode: " + mode);
112
113    final String fileName = file.getPath();
114
115    // The obligatory SecurityManager stuff
116    SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
117    if (s != null)
118      {
119        s.checkRead(fileName);
120
121        if ((fdmode & FileChannelImpl.WRITE) != 0)
122          s.checkWrite(fileName);
123      }
124
125    try
126      {
127        ch = FileChannelImpl.create(file, fdmode);
128      }
129    catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe)
130      {
131        throw fnfe;
132      }
133    catch (IOException ioe)
134      {
135        FileNotFoundException fnfe = new FileNotFoundException(file.getPath());
136        fnfe.initCause(ioe);
137        throw fnfe;
138      }
139    fd = new FileDescriptor(ch);
140    if ((fdmode & FileChannelImpl.WRITE) != 0)
141      out = new DataOutputStream (new FileOutputStream (fd));
142    else
143      out = null;
144    in = new DataInputStream (new FileInputStream (fd));
145  }
146
147  /**
148   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>RandomAccessFile</code>
149   * to read from the specified file name with the specified access mode.
150   * The access mode is either "r" for read only access, "rw" for read
151   * write access, "rws" for synchronized read/write access of both
152   * content and metadata, or "rwd" for read/write access
153   * where only content is required to be synchronous.
154   * <p>
155   * Note that a <code>SecurityManager</code> check is made prior to
156   * opening the file to determine whether or not this file is allowed to
157   * be read or written.
158   *
159   * @param fileName The name of the file to read and/or write
160   * @param mode "r", "rw", "rws", or "rwd"
161   *
162   * @exception IllegalArgumentException If <code>mode</code> has an
163   * illegal value
164   * @exception SecurityException If the requested access to the file
165   * is not allowed
166   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is a directory or
167   * any other error occurs
168   */
169  public RandomAccessFile (String fileName, String mode)
170    throws FileNotFoundException
171  {
172    this (new File(fileName), mode);
173  }
174
175  /**
176   * This method closes the file and frees up all file related system
177   * resources.  Since most operating systems put a limit on how many files
178   * may be opened at any given time, it is a good idea to close all files
179   * when no longer needed to avoid hitting this limit
180   */
181  public void close () throws IOException
182  {
183    ch.close();
184  }
185
186  /**
187   * This method returns a <code>FileDescriptor</code> object that
188   * represents the native file handle for this file.
189   *
190   * @return The <code>FileDescriptor</code> object for this file
191   *
192   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
193   */
194  public final FileDescriptor getFD () throws IOException
195  {
196    synchronized (this)
197      {
198        if (fd == null)
199          fd = new FileDescriptor (ch);
200        return fd;
201      }
202  }
203
204  /**
205   * This method returns the current offset in the file at which the next
206   * read or write will occur
207   *
208   * @return The current file position
209   *
210   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
211   */
212  public long getFilePointer () throws IOException
213  {
214    return ch.position();
215  }
216
217  /**
218   * This method sets the length of the file to the specified length.
219   * If the currently length of the file is longer than the specified
220   * length, then the file is truncated to the specified length (the
221   * file position is set to the end of file in this case).  If the
222   * current length of the file is shorter than the specified length,
223   * the file is extended with bytes of an undefined value (the file
224   * position is unchanged in this case).
225   * <p>
226   * The file must be open for write access for this operation to succeed.
227   *
228   * @param newLen The new length of the file
229   *
230   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
231   */
232  public void setLength (long newLen) throws IOException
233  {
234    // FIXME: Extending a file should probably be done by one method call.
235
236    // FileChannel.truncate() can only shrink a file.
237    // To expand it we need to seek forward and write at least one byte.
238    if (newLen < length())
239      ch.truncate (newLen);
240    else if (newLen > length())
241      {
242        long pos = getFilePointer();
243        seek(newLen - 1);
244        write(0);
245        seek(pos);
246      }
247  }
248
249  /**
250   * This method returns the length of the file in bytes
251   *
252   * @return The length of the file
253   *
254   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
255   */
256  public long length () throws IOException
257  {
258    return ch.size();
259  }
260
261  /**
262   * This method reads a single byte of data from the file and returns it
263   * as an integer.
264   *
265   * @return The byte read as an int, or -1 if the end of the file was reached.
266   *
267   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
268   */
269  public int read () throws IOException
270  {
271    return in.read();
272  }
273
274  /**
275   * This method reads bytes from the file into the specified array.  The
276   * bytes are stored starting at the beginning of the array and up to
277   * <code>buf.length</code> bytes can be read.
278   *
279   * @param buffer The buffer to read bytes from the file into
280   *
281   * @return The actual number of bytes read or -1 if end of file
282   *
283   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
284   */
285  public int read (byte[] buffer) throws IOException
286  {
287    return in.read (buffer);
288  }
289
290  /**
291   * This methods reads up to <code>len</code> bytes from the file into the
292   * specified array starting at position <code>offset</code> into the array.
293   *
294   * @param buffer The array to read the bytes into
295   * @param offset The index into the array to start storing bytes
296   * @param len The requested number of bytes to read
297   *
298   * @return The actual number of bytes read, or -1 if end of file
299   *
300   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
301   */
302  public int read (byte[] buffer, int offset, int len) throws IOException
303  {
304    return in.read (buffer, offset, len);
305  }
306
307  /**
308   * This method reads a Java boolean value from an input stream.  It does
309   * so by reading a single byte of data.  If that byte is zero, then the
310   * value returned is <code>false</code>  If the byte is non-zero, then
311   * the value returned is <code>true</code>
312   * <p>
313   * This method can read a <code>boolean</code> written by an object
314   * implementing the
315   * <code>writeBoolean()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code>
316   * interface.
317   *
318   * @return The <code>boolean</code> value read
319   *
320   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the
321   * boolean
322   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
323   */
324  public final boolean readBoolean () throws IOException
325  {
326    return in.readBoolean ();
327  }
328
329  /**
330   * This method reads a Java byte value from an input stream.  The value
331   * is in the range of -128 to 127.
332   * <p>
333   * This method can read a <code>byte</code> written by an object
334   * implementing the
335   * <code>writeByte()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
336   *
337   * @return The <code>byte</code> value read
338   *
339   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the byte
340   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
341   *
342   * @see DataOutput
343   */
344  public final byte readByte () throws IOException
345  {
346    return in.readByte ();
347  }
348
349  /**
350   * This method reads a Java <code>char</code> value from an input stream.
351   * It operates by reading two bytes from the stream and converting them to
352   * a single 16-bit Java <code>char</code>  The two bytes are stored most
353   * significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native
354   * host byte ordering.
355   * <p>
356   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> and <code>byte2</code> represent
357   * the first
358   * and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be
359   * transformed to a <code>char</code> in the following manner:
360   * <p>
361   * <code>(char)(((byte1 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 8) | (byte2 &amp; 0xFF)</code>
362   * <p>
363   * This method can read a <code>char</code> written by an object
364   * implementing the
365   * <code>writeChar()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
366   *
367   * @return The <code>char</code> value read
368   *
369   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the char
370   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
371   *
372   * @see DataOutput
373   */
374  public final char readChar () throws IOException
375  {
376    return in.readChar();
377  }
378
379  /**
380   * This method reads a Java double value from an input stream.  It operates
381   * by first reading a <code>logn</code> value from the stream by calling the
382   * <code>readLong()</code> method in this interface, then
383   * converts that <code>long</code>
384   * to a <code>double</code> using the <code>longBitsToDouble</code>
385   * method in the class <code>java.lang.Double</code>
386   * <p>
387   * This method can read a <code>double</code> written by an object
388   * implementing the
389   * <code>writeDouble()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code>
390   * interface.
391   *
392   * @return The <code>double</code> value read
393   *
394   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading
395   * the double
396   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
397   *
398   * @see java.lang.Double
399   * @see DataOutput
400   */
401  public final double readDouble () throws IOException
402  {
403    return in.readDouble ();
404  }
405
406  /**
407   * This method reads a Java float value from an input stream.  It operates
408   * by first reading an <code>int</code> value from the stream by calling the
409   * <code>readInt()</code> method in this interface, then converts
410   * that <code>int</code>
411   * to a <code>float</code> using the <code>intBitsToFloat</code> method in
412   * the class <code>java.lang.Float</code>
413   * <p>
414   * This method can read a <code>float</code> written by an object
415   * implementing the
416   * <code>writeFloat()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
417   *
418   * @return The <code>float</code> value read
419   *
420   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the float
421   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
422   *
423   * @see java.lang.Float
424   * @see DataOutput
425   */
426  public final float readFloat () throws IOException
427  {
428    return in.readFloat();
429  }
430
431  /**
432   * This method reads raw bytes into the passed array until the array is
433   * full.  Note that this method blocks until the data is available and
434   * throws an exception if there is not enough data left in the stream to
435   * fill the buffer
436   *
437   * @param buffer The buffer into which to read the data
438   *
439   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before filling the
440   * buffer
441   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
442   */
443  public final void readFully (byte[] buffer) throws IOException
444  {
445    in.readFully(buffer);
446  }
447
448  /**
449   * This method reads raw bytes into the passed array <code>buf</code>
450   * starting
451   * <code>offset</code> bytes into the buffer.  The number of bytes read
452   * will be
453   * exactly <code>len</code>  Note that this method blocks until the data is
454   * available and throws an exception if there is not enough data left in
455   * the stream to read <code>len</code> bytes.
456   *
457   * @param buffer The buffer into which to read the data
458   * @param offset The offset into the buffer to start storing data
459   * @param count The number of bytes to read into the buffer
460   *
461   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before filling
462   * the buffer
463   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
464   */
465  public final void readFully (byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
466    throws IOException
467  {
468    in.readFully (buffer, offset, count);
469  }
470
471  /**
472   * This method reads a Java <code>int</code> value from an input stream
473   * It operates by reading four bytes from the stream and converting them to
474   * a single Java <code>int</code>  The bytes are stored most
475   * significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native
476   * host byte ordering.
477   * <p>
478   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> through <code>byte4</code>
479   * represent the first
480   * four bytes read from the stream, they will be
481   * transformed to an <code>int</code> in the following manner:
482   * <p>
483   * <code>(int)(((byte1 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 24) + ((byte2 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 16) +
484   * ((byte3 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 8) + (byte4 &amp; 0xFF)))</code>
485   * <p>
486   * The value returned is in the range of 0 to 65535.
487   * <p>
488   * This method can read an <code>int</code> written by an object
489   * implementing the
490   * <code>writeInt()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
491   *
492   * @return The <code>int</code> value read
493   *
494   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the int
495   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
496   *
497   * @see DataOutput
498   */
499  public final int readInt () throws IOException
500  {
501    return in.readInt();
502  }
503
504  /**
505   * This method reads the next line of text data from an input stream.
506   * It operates by reading bytes and converting those bytes to
507   * <code>char</code>
508   * values by treating the byte read as the low eight bits of the
509   * <code>char</code>
510   * and using <code>0</code> as the high eight bits.  Because of this, it does
511   * not support the full 16-bit Unicode character set.
512   * <p>
513   * The reading of bytes ends when either the end of file or a line terminator
514   * is encountered.  The bytes read are then returned as a <code>String</code>
515   * A line terminator is a byte sequence consisting of either
516   * <code>\r</code> <code>\n</code> or <code>\r\n</code>  These
517   * termination charaters are
518   * discarded and are not returned as part of the string.
519   * <p>
520   * This method can read data that was written by an object implementing the
521   * <code>writeLine()</code> method in <code>DataOutput</code>
522   *
523   * @return The line read as a <code>String</code>
524   *
525   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
526   *
527   * @see DataOutput
528   */
529  public final String readLine () throws IOException
530  {
531    return in.readLine ();
532  }
533
534  /**
535   * This method reads a Java long value from an input stream
536   * It operates by reading eight bytes from the stream and converting them to
537   * a single Java <code>long</code>  The bytes are stored most
538   * significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native
539   * host byte ordering.
540   * <p>
541   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> through <code>byte8</code>
542   * represent the first
543   * eight bytes read from the stream, they will be
544   * transformed to an <code>long</code> in the following manner:
545   * <p>
546   * <code>
547   * (long)((((long)byte1 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 56) + (((long)byte2 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 48) +
548   * (((long)byte3 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 40) + (((long)byte4 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 32) +
549   * (((long)byte5 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 24) + (((long)byte6 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 16) +
550   * (((long)byte7 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 8) + ((long)byte9 &amp; 0xFF)))</code>
551   * <p>
552   * The value returned is in the range of 0 to 65535.
553   * <p>
554   * This method can read an <code>long</code> written by an object
555   * implementing the
556   * <code>writeLong()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
557   *
558   * @return The <code>long</code> value read
559   *
560   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the long
561   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
562   *
563   * @see DataOutput
564   */
565  public final long readLong () throws IOException
566  {
567    return in.readLong();
568  }
569
570  /**
571   * This method reads a signed 16-bit value into a Java in from the stream.
572   * It operates by reading two bytes from the stream and converting them to
573   * a single 16-bit Java <code>short</code>  The two bytes are stored most
574   * significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native
575   * host byte ordering.
576   * <p>
577   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> and <code>byte2</code>
578   * represent the first
579   * and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be
580   * transformed to a <code>short</code> in the following manner:
581   * <p>
582   * <code>(short)(((byte1 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 8) | (byte2 &amp; 0xFF)</code>
583   * <p>
584   * The value returned is in the range of -32768 to 32767.
585   * <p>
586   * This method can read a <code>short</code> written by an object
587   * implementing the
588   * <code>writeShort()</code> method in the <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
589   *
590   * @return The <code>short</code> value read
591   *
592   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the value
593   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
594   *
595   * @see DataOutput
596   */
597  public final short readShort () throws IOException
598  {
599    return in.readShort();
600  }
601
602  /**
603   * This method reads 8 unsigned bits into a Java <code>int</code> value
604   * from the
605   * stream. The value returned is in the range of 0 to 255.
606   * <p>
607   * This method can read an unsigned byte written by an object implementing
608   * the <code>writeUnsignedByte()</code> method in the
609   * <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
610   *
611   * @return The unsigned bytes value read as a Java <code>int</code>
612   *
613   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the value
614   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
615   *
616   * @see DataOutput
617   */
618  public final int readUnsignedByte () throws IOException
619  {
620    return in.readUnsignedByte();
621  }
622
623  /**
624   * This method reads 16 unsigned bits into a Java int value from the stream.
625   * It operates by reading two bytes from the stream and converting them to
626   * a single Java <code>int</code>  The two bytes are stored most
627   * significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") regardless of the native
628   * host byte ordering.
629   * <p>
630   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> and <code>byte2</code>
631   * represent the first
632   * and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be
633   * transformed to an <code>int</code> in the following manner:
634   * <p>
635   * <code>(int)(((byte1 &amp; 0xFF) &lt;&lt; 8) + (byte2 &amp; 0xFF))</code>
636   * <p>
637   * The value returned is in the range of 0 to 65535.
638   * <p>
639   * This method can read an unsigned short written by an object implementing
640   * the <code>writeUnsignedShort()</code> method in the
641   * <code>DataOutput</code> interface.
642   *
643   * @return The unsigned short value read as a Java <code>int</code>
644   *
645   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the value
646   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
647   */
648  public final int readUnsignedShort () throws IOException
649  {
650    return in.readUnsignedShort();
651  }
652
653  /**
654   * This method reads a <code>String</code> from an input stream that
655   * is encoded in
656   * a modified UTF-8 format.  This format has a leading two byte sequence
657   * that contains the remaining number of bytes to read.  This two byte
658   * sequence is read using the <code>readUnsignedShort()</code> method of this
659   * interface.
660   * <p>
661   * After the number of remaining bytes have been determined, these bytes
662   * are read an transformed into <code>char</code> values.
663   * These <code>char</code> values
664   * are encoded in the stream using either a one, two, or three byte format.
665   * The particular format in use can be determined by examining the first
666   * byte read.
667   * <p>
668   * If the first byte has a high order bit of 0 then
669   * that character consists on only one byte.  This character value consists
670   * of seven bits that are at positions 0 through 6 of the byte.  As an
671   * example, if <code>byte1</code> is the byte read from the stream, it would
672   * be converted to a <code>char</code> like so:
673   * <p>
674   * <code>(char)byte1</code>
675   * <p>
676   * If the first byte has <code>110</code> as its high order bits, then the
677   * character consists of two bytes.  The bits that make up the character
678   * value are in positions 0 through 4 of the first byte and bit positions
679   * 0 through 5 of the second byte.  (The second byte should have
680   * 10 as its high order bits).  These values are in most significant
681   * byte first (i.e., "big endian") order.
682   * <p>
683   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> and <code>byte2</code>
684   * are the first two bytes
685   * read respectively, and the high order bits of them match the patterns
686   * which indicate a two byte character encoding, then they would be
687   * converted to a Java <code>char</code> like so:
688   * <p>
689   * <code>(char)(((byte1 & 0x1F) << 6) | (byte2 & 0x3F))</code>
690   * <p>
691   * If the first byte has a <code>1110</code> as its high order bits, then the
692   * character consists of three bytes.  The bits that make up the character
693   * value are in positions 0 through 3 of the first byte and bit positions
694   * 0 through 5 of the other two bytes.  (The second and third bytes should
695   * have <code>10</code> as their high order bits).  These values are in most
696   * significant byte first (i.e., "big endian") order.
697   * <p>
698   * As an example, if <code>byte1</code> <code>byte2</code>
699   * and <code>byte3</code> are the
700   * three bytes read, and the high order bits of them match the patterns
701   * which indicate a three byte character encoding, then they would be
702   * converted to a Java <code>char</code> like so:
703   * <p>
704   * <code>(char)(((byte1 & 0x0F) << 12) | ((byte2 & 0x3F) << 6) |
705   * (byte3 & 0x3F))</code>
706   * <p>
707   * Note that all characters are encoded in the method that requires the
708   * fewest number of bytes with the exception of the character with the
709   * value of <code>&#92;u0000</code> which is encoded as two bytes.  This is
710   * a  modification of the UTF standard used to prevent C language style
711   * <code>NUL</code> values from appearing in the byte stream.
712   * <p>
713   * This method can read data that was written by an object implementing the
714   * <code>writeUTF()</code> method in <code>DataOutput</code>
715   *
716   * @return The <code>String</code> read
717   *
718   * @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the
719   * String
720   * @exception UTFDataFormatException If the data is not in UTF-8 format
721   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
722   *
723   * @see DataOutput
724   */
725  public final String readUTF () throws IOException
726  {
727    return in.readUTF();
728  }
729
730  /**
731   * This method sets the current file position to the specified offset
732   * from the beginning of the file.  Note that some operating systems will
733   * allow the file pointer to be set past the current end of the file.
734   *
735   * @param pos The offset from the beginning of the file at which to set
736   * the file pointer
737   *
738   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
739   */
740  public void seek (long pos) throws IOException
741  {
742    ch.position(pos);
743  }
744
745  /**
746   * This method attempts to skip and discard the specified number of bytes
747   * in the input stream.  It may actually skip fewer bytes than requested.
748   * The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.  This method will not
749   * skip any bytes if passed a negative number of bytes to skip.
750   *
751   * @param numBytes The requested number of bytes to skip.
752   *
753   * @return The number of bytes actually skipped.
754   *
755   * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
756   */
757  public int skipBytes (int numBytes) throws IOException
758  {
759    if (numBytes < 0)
760      throw new IllegalArgumentException ("Can't skip negative bytes: " +
761                                          numBytes);
762
763    if (numBytes == 0)
764      return 0;
765
766    long oldPos = ch.position();
767    long newPos = oldPos + numBytes;
768    long size = ch.size();
769    if (newPos > size)
770      newPos = size;
771    ch.position(newPos);
772    return (int) (ch.position() - oldPos);
773  }
774
775  /**
776   * This method writes a single byte of data to the file. The file must
777   * be open for read-write in order for this operation to succeed.
778   *
779   * @param oneByte The byte of data to write, passed as an int.
780   *
781   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
782   */
783  public void write (int oneByte) throws IOException
784  {
785    if (out == null)
786      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
787
788    out.write(oneByte);
789  }
790
791  /**
792   * This method writes all the bytes in the specified array to the file.
793   * The file must be open read-write in order for this operation to succeed.
794   *
795   * @param buffer The array of bytes to write to the file
796   */
797  public void write (byte[] buffer) throws IOException
798  {
799    if (out == null)
800      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
801
802    out.write(buffer);
803  }
804
805  /**
806   * This method writes <code>len</code> bytes to the file from the specified
807   * array starting at index <code>offset</code> into the array.
808   *
809   * @param buffer The array of bytes to write to the file
810   * @param offset The index into the array to start writing file
811   * @param len The number of bytes to write
812   *
813   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
814   */
815  public void write (byte[] buffer, int offset, int len) throws IOException
816  {
817    if (out == null)
818      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
819
820    out.write (buffer, offset, len);
821  }
822
823  /**
824   * This method writes a Java <code>boolean</code> to the underlying output
825   * stream. For a value of <code>true</code>, 1 is written to the stream.
826   * For a value of <code>false</code>, 0 is written.
827   *
828   * @param val The <code>boolean</code> value to write to the stream
829   *
830   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
831   */
832  public final void writeBoolean (boolean val) throws IOException
833  {
834    if (out == null)
835      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
836
837    out.writeBoolean(val);
838  }
839
840  /**
841   * This method writes a Java <code>byte</code> value to the underlying
842   * output stream.
843   *
844   * @param val The <code>byte</code> to write to the stream, passed
845   * as an <code>int</code>.
846   *
847   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
848   */
849  public final void writeByte (int val) throws IOException
850  {
851    if (out == null)
852      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
853
854    out.writeByte(val);
855  }
856
857  /**
858   * This method writes a Java <code>short</code> to the stream, high byte
859   * first.  This method requires two bytes to encode the value.
860   *
861   * @param val The <code>short</code> value to write to the stream,
862   * passed as an <code>int</code>.
863   *
864   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
865   */
866  public final void writeShort (int val) throws IOException
867  {
868    if (out == null)
869      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
870
871    out.writeShort(val);
872  }
873
874  /**
875   * This method writes a single <code>char</code> value to the stream,
876   * high byte first.
877   *
878   * @param val The <code>char</code> value to write, passed as
879   * an <code>int</code>.
880   *
881   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
882   */
883  public final void writeChar (int val) throws IOException
884  {
885    if (out == null)
886      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
887
888    out.writeChar(val);
889  }
890
891  /**
892   * This method writes a Java <code>int</code> to the stream, high bytes
893   * first.  This method requires four bytes to encode the value.
894   *
895   * @param val The <code>int</code> value to write to the stream.
896   *
897   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
898   */
899  public final void writeInt (int val) throws IOException
900  {
901    if (out == null)
902      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
903
904    out.writeInt(val);
905  }
906
907  /**
908   * This method writes a Java <code>long</code> to the stream, high bytes
909   * first.  This method requires eight bytes to encode the value.
910   *
911   * @param val The <code>long</code> value to write to the stream.
912   *
913   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
914   */
915  public final void writeLong (long val) throws IOException
916  {
917    if (out == null)
918      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
919
920    out.writeLong(val);
921  }
922
923  /**
924   * This method writes a Java <code>float</code> value to the stream.  This
925   * value is written by first calling the method
926   * <code>Float.floatToIntBits</code>
927   * to retrieve an <code>int</code> representing the floating point number,
928   * then writing this <code>int</code> value to the stream exactly the same
929   * as the <code>writeInt()</code> method does.
930   *
931   * @param val The floating point number to write to the stream.
932   *
933   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
934   *
935   * @see #writeInt(int)
936   */
937  public final void writeFloat (float val) throws IOException
938  {
939    if (out == null)
940      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
941
942    out.writeFloat(val);
943  }
944
945  /**
946   * This method writes a Java <code>double</code> value to the stream.  This
947   * value is written by first calling the method
948   * <code>Double.doubleToLongBits</code>
949   * to retrieve an <code>long</code> representing the floating point number,
950   * then writing this <code>long</code> value to the stream exactly the same
951   * as the <code>writeLong()</code> method does.
952   *
953   * @param val The double precision floating point number to write to the
954   * stream.
955   *
956   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
957   *
958   * @see #writeLong(long)
959   */
960  public final void writeDouble (double val) throws IOException
961  {
962    if (out == null)
963      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
964
965    out.writeDouble(val);
966  }
967
968  /**
969   * This method writes all the bytes in a <code>String</code> out to the
970   * stream.  One byte is written for each character in the <code>String</code>.
971   * The high eight bits of each character are discarded.
972   *
973   * @param val The <code>String</code> to write to the stream
974   *
975   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
976   */
977  public final void writeBytes (String val) throws IOException
978  {
979    if (out == null)
980      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
981
982    out.writeBytes(val);
983  }
984
985  /**
986   * This method writes all the characters in a <code>String</code> to the
987   * stream.  There will be two bytes for each character value.  The high
988   * byte of the character will be written first.
989   *
990   * @param val The <code>String</code> to write to the stream.
991   *
992   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
993   */
994  public final void writeChars (String val) throws IOException
995  {
996    if (out == null)
997      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
998
999    out.writeChars(val);
1000  }
1001
1002  /**
1003   * This method writes a Java <code>String</code> to the stream in a modified
1004   * UTF-8 format.  First, two bytes are written to the stream indicating the
1005   * number of bytes to follow.  Note that this is the number of bytes in the
1006   * encoded <code>String</code> not the <code>String</code> length.  Next
1007   * come the encoded characters.  Each character in the <code>String</code>
1008   * is encoded as either one, two or three bytes.  For characters in the
1009   * range of <code>&#92;u0001</code> to <code>&#92;u007F</code>,
1010   * one byte is used.  The character
1011   * value goes into bits 0-7 and bit eight is 0.  For characters in the range
1012   * of <code>&#92;u0080</code> to <code>&#92;u007FF</code>, two
1013   * bytes are used.  Bits
1014   * 6-10 of the character value are encoded bits 0-4 of the first byte, with
1015   * the high bytes having a value of "110".  Bits 0-5 of the character value
1016   * are stored in bits 0-5 of the second byte, with the high bits set to
1017   * "10".  This type of encoding is also done for the null character
1018   * <code>&#92;u0000</code>.  This eliminates any C style NUL character values
1019   * in the output.  All remaining characters are stored as three bytes.
1020   * Bits 12-15 of the character value are stored in bits 0-3 of the first
1021   * byte.  The high bits of the first bytes are set to "1110".  Bits 6-11
1022   * of the character value are stored in bits 0-5 of the second byte.  The
1023   * high bits of the second byte are set to "10".  And bits 0-5 of the
1024   * character value are stored in bits 0-5 of byte three, with the high bits
1025   * of that byte set to "10".
1026   *
1027   * @param val The <code>String</code> to write to the output in UTF format
1028   *
1029   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
1030   */
1031  public final void writeUTF (String val) throws IOException
1032  {
1033    if (out == null)
1034      throw new IOException("Bad file descriptor");
1035
1036    out.writeUTF(val);
1037  }
1038
1039  /**
1040   * This method creates a java.nio.channels.FileChannel.
1041   * Nio does not allow one to create a file channel directly.
1042   * A file channel must be created by first creating an instance of
1043   * Input/Output/RandomAccessFile and invoking the getChannel() method on it.
1044   */
1045  public final synchronized FileChannel getChannel ()
1046  {
1047    return ch;
1048  }
1049}