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SequenceInputStream.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API6165Fri Aug 26 14:57:00 BST 2005java.io

SequenceInputStream

public class SequenceInputStream extends InputStream
A SequenceInputStream represents the logical concatenation of other input streams. It starts out with an ordered collection of input streams and reads from the first one until end of file is reached, whereupon it reads from the second one, and so on, until end of file is reached on the last of the contained input streams.
author
Author van Hoff
version
1.28, 05/12/04
since
JDK1.0

Fields Summary
Enumeration
e
InputStream
in
Constructors Summary
public SequenceInputStream(Enumeration e)
Initializes a newly created SequenceInputStream by remembering the argument, which must be an Enumeration that produces objects whose run-time type is InputStream. The input streams that are produced by the enumeration will be read, in order, to provide the bytes to be read from this SequenceInputStream. After each input stream from the enumeration is exhausted, it is closed by calling its close method.

param
e an enumeration of input streams.
see
java.util.Enumeration

	this.e = e;
	try {
	    nextStream();
	} catch (IOException ex) {
	    // This should never happen
	    throw new Error("panic");
	}
    
public SequenceInputStream(InputStream s1, InputStream s2)
Initializes a newly created SequenceInputStream by remembering the two arguments, which will be read in order, first s1 and then s2, to provide the bytes to be read from this SequenceInputStream.

param
s1 the first input stream to read.
param
s2 the second input stream to read.

	Vector	v = new Vector(2);

	v.addElement(s1);
	v.addElement(s2);
	e = v.elements();
	try {
	    nextStream();
	} catch (IOException ex) {
	    // This should never happen
	    throw new Error("panic");
	}
    
Methods Summary
public intavailable()
Returns the number of bytes available on the current stream.

since
JDK1.1

	if(in == null) {
	    return 0; // no way to signal EOF from available()
	}
	return in.available();
    
public voidclose()
Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream. A closed SequenceInputStream cannot perform input operations and cannot be reopened.

If this stream was created from an enumeration, all remaining elements are requested from the enumeration and closed before the close method returns. of InputStream .

exception
IOException if an I/O error occurs.

	do {
	    nextStream();
	} while (in != null);
    
final voidnextStream()
Continues reading in the next stream if an EOF is reached.

	if (in != null) {
	    in.close();
	}

        if (e.hasMoreElements()) {
            in = (InputStream) e.nextElement();
            if (in == null)
                throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        else in = null;

    
public intread()
Reads the next byte of data from this input stream. The byte is returned as an int in the range 0 to 255. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value -1 is returned. This method blocks until input data is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

This method tries to read one character from the current substream. If it reaches the end of the stream, it calls the close method of the current substream and begins reading from the next substream.

return
the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached.
exception
IOException if an I/O error occurs.

	if (in == null) {
	    return -1;
	}
	int c = in.read();
	if (c == -1) {
	    nextStream();
	    return read();
	}
	return c;
    
public intread(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes. This method blocks until at least 1 byte of input is available. If the first argument is null, up to len bytes are read and discarded.

The read method of SequenceInputStream tries to read the data from the current substream. If it fails to read any characters because the substream has reached the end of the stream, it calls the close method of the current substream and begins reading from the next substream.

param
b the buffer into which the data is read.
param
off the start offset of the data.
param
len the maximum number of bytes read.
return
int the number of bytes read.
exception
IOException if an I/O error occurs.

	if (in == null) {
	    return -1;
	} else if (b == null) {
	    throw new NullPointerException();
	} else if ((off < 0) || (off > b.length) || (len < 0) ||
		   ((off + len) > b.length) || ((off + len) < 0)) {
	    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
	} else if (len == 0) {
	    return 0;
	}

	int n = in.read(b, off, len);
	if (n <= 0) {
	    nextStream();
	    return read(b, off, len);
	}
	return n;