com.hdcookbook.grin.io.binary
Class GrinBinaryReader

java.lang.Object
  com.hdcookbook.grin.io.binary.GrinBinaryReader

public class GrinBinaryReader
extends java.lang.Object

The main class to read in a Show object from a binary file format.

Constructor Summary

GrinBinaryReader(java.io.InputStream stream)
Constructs a GrinBinaryReader instance.

GrinBinaryReader(java.io.InputStream stream, java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
Constructs a GrinBinaryReader instance.

Method Summary

void	readShow(Show show) Reconstructs the Show object passed in as argument.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GrinBinaryReader

public GrinBinaryReader(java.io.InputStream stream)

Constructs a GrinBinaryReader instance.

Parameters:

stream - An InputStream to the grin binary format data. It is recommended to be an instance of BufferedInputStream for a performance improvement.

GrinBinaryReader

public GrinBinaryReader(java.io.InputStream stream,
                        java.lang.ClassLoader loader)

Constructs a GrinBinaryReader instance.

Parameters:

stream - An InputStream to the grin binary format data. It is recommended to be an instance of BufferedInputStream for a performance improvement.

loader - An ClassLoader to use for finding needed classes to construct the Show object. Extensions and Command subclasses will be searched using this classloader, if given.

Method Detail

readShow

public void readShow(Show show)
              throws java.io.IOException

Reconstructs the Show object passed in as argument.

Parameters:

show - An empty Show object to reconstruct.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if binary data parsing fails.