jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/DataInput.java
changeset 11676 7e75ec031b97
parent 5506 202f599c92aa
child 18786 52a2658627c2
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/DataInput.java	Mon Jan 23 13:23:05 2012 -0500
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/DataInput.java	Mon Jan 23 12:17:30 2012 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 package java.io;
 
 /**
- * The <code>DataInput</code> interface provides
+ * The {@code DataInput} interface provides
  * for reading bytes from a binary stream and
  * reconstructing from them data in any of
  * the Java primitive types. There is also
  * a
- * facility for reconstructing a <code>String</code>
+ * facility for reconstructing a {@code String}
  * from data in
  * <a href="#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>
  * format.
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
  * It is generally true of all the reading
  * routines in this interface that if end of
  * file is reached before the desired number
- * of bytes has been read, an <code>EOFException</code>
- * (which is a kind of <code>IOException</code>)
+ * of bytes has been read, an {@code EOFException}
+ * (which is a kind of {@code IOException})
  * is thrown. If any byte cannot be read for
- * any reason other than end of file, an <code>IOException</code>
- * other than <code>EOFException</code> is
- * thrown. In particular, an <code>IOException</code>
+ * any reason other than end of file, an {@code IOException}
+ * other than {@code EOFException} is
+ * thrown. In particular, an {@code IOException}
  * may be thrown if the input stream has been
  * closed.
  *
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
  * Note that in the following tables, the most significant bit appears in the
  * far left-hand column.
  * <p>
- * All characters in the range <code>'&#92;u0001'</code> to
- * <code>'&#92;u007F'</code> are represented by a single byte:
+ * All characters in the range {@code '\u005Cu0001'} to
+ * {@code '\u005Cu007F'} are represented by a single byte:
  *
  * <blockquote>
  *   <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" width="50%"
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
  * </blockquote>
  *
  * <p>
- * The null character <code>'&#92;u0000'</code> and characters in the
- * range <code>'&#92;u0080'</code> to <code>'&#92;u07FF'</code> are
+ * The null character {@code '\u005Cu0000'} and characters in the
+ * range {@code '\u005Cu0080'} to {@code '\u005Cu07FF'} are
  * represented by a pair of bytes:
  *
  * <blockquote>
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
  *  </blockquote>
  *
  * <br>
- * <code>char</code> values in the range <code>'&#92;u0800'</code> to
- * <code>'&#92;uFFFF'</code> are represented by three bytes:
+ * {@code char} values in the range {@code '\u005Cu0800'} to
+ * {@code '\u005CuFFFF'} are represented by three bytes:
  *
  * <blockquote>
  *   <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" width="50%"
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
  * The differences between this format and the
  * standard UTF-8 format are the following:
  * <ul>
- * <li>The null byte <code>'&#92;u0000'</code> is encoded in 2-byte format
+ * <li>The null byte {@code '\u005Cu0000'} is encoded in 2-byte format
  *     rather than 1-byte, so that the encoded strings never have
  *     embedded nulls.
  * <li>Only the 1-byte, 2-byte, and 3-byte formats are used.
@@ -195,36 +195,36 @@
     /**
      * Reads some bytes from an input
      * stream and stores them into the buffer
-     * array <code>b</code>. The number of bytes
+     * array {@code b}. The number of bytes
      * read is equal
-     * to the length of <code>b</code>.
+     * to the length of {@code b}.
      * <p>
      * This method blocks until one of the
      * following conditions occurs:<p>
      * <ul>
-     * <li><code>b.length</code>
+     * <li>{@code b.length}
      * bytes of input data are available, in which
      * case a normal return is made.
      *
      * <li>End of
-     * file is detected, in which case an <code>EOFException</code>
+     * file is detected, in which case an {@code EOFException}
      * is thrown.
      *
      * <li>An I/O error occurs, in
-     * which case an <code>IOException</code> other
-     * than <code>EOFException</code> is thrown.
+     * which case an {@code IOException} other
+     * than {@code EOFException} is thrown.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
-     * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,
-     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
-     * If <code>b.length</code> is zero, then
+     * If {@code b} is {@code null},
+     * a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
+     * If {@code b.length} is zero, then
      * no bytes are read. Otherwise, the first
-     * byte read is stored into element <code>b[0]</code>,
-     * the next one into <code>b[1]</code>, and
+     * byte read is stored into element {@code b[0]},
+     * the next one into {@code b[1]}, and
      * so on.
      * If an exception is thrown from
      * this method, then it may be that some but
-     * not all bytes of <code>b</code> have been
+     * not all bytes of {@code b} have been
      * updated with data from the input stream.
      *
      * @param     b   the buffer into which the data is read.
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
     /**
      *
-     * Reads <code>len</code>
+     * Reads {@code len}
      * bytes from
      * an input stream.
      * <p>
@@ -244,32 +244,32 @@
      * blocks until one of the following conditions
      * occurs:<p>
      * <ul>
-     * <li><code>len</code> bytes
+     * <li>{@code len} bytes
      * of input data are available, in which case
      * a normal return is made.
      *
      * <li>End of file
-     * is detected, in which case an <code>EOFException</code>
+     * is detected, in which case an {@code EOFException}
      * is thrown.
      *
      * <li>An I/O error occurs, in
-     * which case an <code>IOException</code> other
-     * than <code>EOFException</code> is thrown.
+     * which case an {@code IOException} other
+     * than {@code EOFException} is thrown.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
-     * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,
-     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
-     * If <code>off</code> is negative, or <code>len</code>
-     * is negative, or <code>off+len</code> is
-     * greater than the length of the array <code>b</code>,
-     * then an <code>IndexOutOfBoundsException</code>
+     * If {@code b} is {@code null},
+     * a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
+     * If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len}
+     * is negative, or {@code off+len} is
+     * greater than the length of the array {@code b},
+     * then an {@code IndexOutOfBoundsException}
      * is thrown.
-     * If <code>len</code> is zero,
+     * If {@code len} is zero,
      * then no bytes are read. Otherwise, the first
-     * byte read is stored into element <code>b[off]</code>,
-     * the next one into <code>b[off+1]</code>,
+     * byte read is stored into element {@code b[off]},
+     * the next one into {@code b[off+1]},
      * and so on. The number of bytes read is,
-     * at most, equal to <code>len</code>.
+     * at most, equal to {@code len}.
      *
      * @param     b   the buffer into which the data is read.
      * @param off  an int specifying the offset into the data.
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Makes an attempt to skip over
-     * <code>n</code> bytes
+     * {@code n} bytes
      * of data from the input
      * stream, discarding the skipped bytes. However,
      * it may skip
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@
      * bytes, possibly zero. This may result from
      * any of a
      * number of conditions; reaching
-     * end of file before <code>n</code> bytes
+     * end of file before {@code n} bytes
      * have been skipped is
      * only one possibility.
-     * This method never throws an <code>EOFException</code>.
+     * This method never throws an {@code EOFException}.
      * The actual
      * number of bytes skipped is returned.
      *
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads one input byte and returns
-     * <code>true</code> if that byte is nonzero,
-     * <code>false</code> if that byte is zero.
+     * {@code true} if that byte is nonzero,
+     * {@code false} if that byte is zero.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * the byte written by the <code>writeBoolean</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * the byte written by the {@code writeBoolean}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>boolean</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code boolean} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@
     /**
      * Reads and returns one input byte.
      * The byte is treated as a signed value in
-     * the range <code>-128</code> through <code>127</code>,
+     * the range {@code -128} through {@code 127},
      * inclusive.
      * This method is suitable for
-     * reading the byte written by the <code>writeByte</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * reading the byte written by the {@code writeByte}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
      * @return     the 8-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -336,16 +336,16 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads one input byte, zero-extends
-     * it to type <code>int</code>, and returns
+     * it to type {@code int}, and returns
      * the result, which is therefore in the range
-     * <code>0</code>
-     * through <code>255</code>.
+     * {@code 0}
+     * through {@code 255}.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * the byte written by the <code>writeByte</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>
-     * if the argument to <code>writeByte</code>
+     * the byte written by the {@code writeByte}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}
+     * if the argument to {@code writeByte}
      * was intended to be a value in the range
-     * <code>0</code> through <code>255</code>.
+     * {@code 0} through {@code 255}.
      *
      * @return     the unsigned 8-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads two input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>short</code> value. Let <code>a</code>
-     * be the first byte read and <code>b</code>
+     * a {@code short} value. Let {@code a}
+     * be the first byte read and {@code b}
      * be the second byte. The value
      * returned
      * is:
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@
      * </code></pre>
      * This method
      * is suitable for reading the bytes written
-     * by the <code>writeShort</code> method of
-     * interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * by the {@code writeShort} method of
+     * interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
      * @return     the 16-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -377,19 +377,19 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads two input bytes and returns
-     * an <code>int</code> value in the range <code>0</code>
-     * through <code>65535</code>. Let <code>a</code>
+     * an {@code int} value in the range {@code 0}
+     * through {@code 65535}. Let {@code a}
      * be the first byte read and
-     * <code>b</code>
+     * {@code b}
      * be the second byte. The value returned is:
      * <p><pre><code>(((a &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 8) | (b &amp; 0xff))
      * </code></pre>
      * This method is suitable for reading the bytes
-     * written by the <code>writeShort</code> method
-     * of interface <code>DataOutput</code>  if
-     * the argument to <code>writeShort</code>
+     * written by the {@code writeShort} method
+     * of interface {@code DataOutput}  if
+     * the argument to {@code writeShort}
      * was intended to be a value in the range
-     * <code>0</code> through <code>65535</code>.
+     * {@code 0} through {@code 65535}.
      *
      * @return     the unsigned 16-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -399,19 +399,19 @@
     int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Reads two input bytes and returns a <code>char</code> value.
-     * Let <code>a</code>
-     * be the first byte read and <code>b</code>
+     * Reads two input bytes and returns a {@code char} value.
+     * Let {@code a}
+     * be the first byte read and {@code b}
      * be the second byte. The value
      * returned is:
      * <p><pre><code>(char)((a &lt;&lt; 8) | (b &amp; 0xff))
      * </code></pre>
      * This method
      * is suitable for reading bytes written by
-     * the <code>writeChar</code> method of interface
-     * <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * the {@code writeChar} method of interface
+     * {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>char</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code char} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -420,18 +420,17 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads four input bytes and returns an
-     * <code>int</code> value. Let <code>a-d</code>
+     * {@code int} value. Let {@code a-d}
      * be the first through fourth bytes read. The value returned is:
-     * <p><pre>
-     * <code>
+     * <p><pre><code>
      * (((a &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 24) | ((b &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 16) |
      * &#32;((c &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 8) | (d &amp; 0xff))
      * </code></pre>
      * This method is suitable
-     * for reading bytes written by the <code>writeInt</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * for reading bytes written by the {@code writeInt}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>int</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code int} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -440,10 +439,10 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads eight input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>long</code> value. Let <code>a-h</code>
+     * a {@code long} value. Let {@code a-h}
      * be the first through eighth bytes read.
      * The value returned is:
-     * <p><pre> <code>
+     * <p><pre><code>
      * (((long)(a &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 56) |
      *  ((long)(b &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 48) |
      *  ((long)(c &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 40) |
@@ -455,10 +454,10 @@
      * </code></pre>
      * <p>
      * This method is suitable
-     * for reading bytes written by the <code>writeLong</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * for reading bytes written by the {@code writeLong}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>long</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code long} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -467,18 +466,18 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads four input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>float</code> value. It does this
-     * by first constructing an <code>int</code>
+     * a {@code float} value. It does this
+     * by first constructing an {@code int}
      * value in exactly the manner
-     * of the <code>readInt</code>
-     * method, then converting this <code>int</code>
-     * value to a <code>float</code> in
-     * exactly the manner of the method <code>Float.intBitsToFloat</code>.
+     * of the {@code readInt}
+     * method, then converting this {@code int}
+     * value to a {@code float} in
+     * exactly the manner of the method {@code Float.intBitsToFloat}.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * bytes written by the <code>writeFloat</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * bytes written by the {@code writeFloat}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>float</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code float} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -487,18 +486,18 @@
 
     /**
      * Reads eight input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>double</code> value. It does this
-     * by first constructing a <code>long</code>
+     * a {@code double} value. It does this
+     * by first constructing a {@code long}
      * value in exactly the manner
-     * of the <code>readlong</code>
-     * method, then converting this <code>long</code>
-     * value to a <code>double</code> in exactly
-     * the manner of the method <code>Double.longBitsToDouble</code>.
+     * of the {@code readlong}
+     * method, then converting this {@code long}
+     * value to a {@code double} in exactly
+     * the manner of the method {@code Double.longBitsToDouble}.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * bytes written by the <code>writeDouble</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * bytes written by the {@code writeDouble}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>double</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code double} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -512,35 +511,35 @@
      * until it encounters a line terminator or
      * end of
      * file; the characters read are then
-     * returned as a <code>String</code>. Note
+     * returned as a {@code String}. Note
      * that because this
      * method processes bytes,
      * it does not support input of the full Unicode
      * character set.
      * <p>
      * If end of file is encountered
-     * before even one byte can be read, then <code>null</code>
+     * before even one byte can be read, then {@code null}
      * is returned. Otherwise, each byte that is
-     * read is converted to type <code>char</code>
-     * by zero-extension. If the character <code>'\n'</code>
+     * read is converted to type {@code char}
+     * by zero-extension. If the character {@code '\n'}
      * is encountered, it is discarded and reading
-     * ceases. If the character <code>'\r'</code>
+     * ceases. If the character {@code '\r'}
      * is encountered, it is discarded and, if
      * the following byte converts &#32;to the
-     * character <code>'\n'</code>, then that is
+     * character {@code '\n'}, then that is
      * discarded also; reading then ceases. If
      * end of file is encountered before either
-     * of the characters <code>'\n'</code> and
-     * <code>'\r'</code> is encountered, reading
-     * ceases. Once reading has ceased, a <code>String</code>
+     * of the characters {@code '\n'} and
+     * {@code '\r'} is encountered, reading
+     * ceases. Once reading has ceased, a {@code String}
      * is returned that contains all the characters
      * read and not discarded, taken in order.
      * Note that every character in this string
-     * will have a value less than <code>&#92;u0100</code>,
-     * that is, <code>(char)256</code>.
+     * will have a value less than {@code \u005Cu0100},
+     * that is, {@code (char)256}.
      *
      * @return the next line of text from the input stream,
-     *         or <CODE>null</CODE> if the end of file is
+     *         or {@code null} if the end of file is
      *         encountered before a byte can be read.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
@@ -550,15 +549,15 @@
      * Reads in a string that has been encoded using a
      * <a href="#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>
      * format.
-     * The general contract of <code>readUTF</code>
+     * The general contract of {@code readUTF}
      * is that it reads a representation of a Unicode
      * character string encoded in modified
      * UTF-8 format; this string of characters
-     * is then returned as a <code>String</code>.
+     * is then returned as a {@code String}.
      * <p>
      * First, two bytes are read and used to
      * construct an unsigned 16-bit integer in
-     * exactly the manner of the <code>readUnsignedShort</code>
+     * exactly the manner of the {@code readUnsignedShort}
      * method . This integer value is called the
      * <i>UTF length</i> and specifies the number
      * of additional bytes to be read. These bytes
@@ -570,58 +569,58 @@
      * next group.
      * <p>
      * If the first byte of a group
-     * matches the bit pattern <code>0xxxxxxx</code>
-     * (where <code>x</code> means "may be <code>0</code>
-     * or <code>1</code>"), then the group consists
+     * matches the bit pattern {@code 0xxxxxxx}
+     * (where {@code x} means "may be {@code 0}
+     * or {@code 1}"), then the group consists
      * of just that byte. The byte is zero-extended
      * to form a character.
      * <p>
      * If the first byte
-     * of a group matches the bit pattern <code>110xxxxx</code>,
-     * then the group consists of that byte <code>a</code>
-     * and a second byte <code>b</code>. If there
-     * is no byte <code>b</code> (because byte
-     * <code>a</code> was the last of the bytes
-     * to be read), or if byte <code>b</code> does
-     * not match the bit pattern <code>10xxxxxx</code>,
-     * then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
+     * of a group matches the bit pattern {@code 110xxxxx},
+     * then the group consists of that byte {@code a}
+     * and a second byte {@code b}. If there
+     * is no byte {@code b} (because byte
+     * {@code a} was the last of the bytes
+     * to be read), or if byte {@code b} does
+     * not match the bit pattern {@code 10xxxxxx},
+     * then a {@code UTFDataFormatException}
      * is thrown. Otherwise, the group is converted
      * to the character:<p>
      * <pre><code>(char)(((a&amp; 0x1F) &lt;&lt; 6) | (b &amp; 0x3F))
      * </code></pre>
      * If the first byte of a group
-     * matches the bit pattern <code>1110xxxx</code>,
-     * then the group consists of that byte <code>a</code>
-     * and two more bytes <code>b</code> and <code>c</code>.
-     * If there is no byte <code>c</code> (because
-     * byte <code>a</code> was one of the last
+     * matches the bit pattern {@code 1110xxxx},
+     * then the group consists of that byte {@code a}
+     * and two more bytes {@code b} and {@code c}.
+     * If there is no byte {@code c} (because
+     * byte {@code a} was one of the last
      * two of the bytes to be read), or either
-     * byte <code>b</code> or byte <code>c</code>
-     * does not match the bit pattern <code>10xxxxxx</code>,
-     * then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
+     * byte {@code b} or byte {@code c}
+     * does not match the bit pattern {@code 10xxxxxx},
+     * then a {@code UTFDataFormatException}
      * is thrown. Otherwise, the group is converted
      * to the character:<p>
      * <pre><code>
      * (char)(((a &amp; 0x0F) &lt;&lt; 12) | ((b &amp; 0x3F) &lt;&lt; 6) | (c &amp; 0x3F))
      * </code></pre>
      * If the first byte of a group matches the
-     * pattern <code>1111xxxx</code> or the pattern
-     * <code>10xxxxxx</code>, then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
+     * pattern {@code 1111xxxx} or the pattern
+     * {@code 10xxxxxx}, then a {@code UTFDataFormatException}
      * is thrown.
      * <p>
      * If end of file is encountered
      * at any time during this entire process,
-     * then an <code>EOFException</code> is thrown.
+     * then an {@code EOFException} is thrown.
      * <p>
      * After every group has been converted to
      * a character by this process, the characters
      * are gathered, in the same order in which
      * their corresponding groups were read from
-     * the input stream, to form a <code>String</code>,
+     * the input stream, to form a {@code String},
      * which is returned.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>writeUTF</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>
+     * The {@code writeUTF}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}
      * may be used to write data that is suitable
      * for reading by this method.
      * @return     a Unicode string.