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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package com.sun.tools.javac.util;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+/** A byte buffer is a flexible array which grows when elements are
+ *  appended. There are also methods to append names to byte buffers
+ *  and to convert byte buffers to names.
+ *
+ *  <p><b>This is NOT part of any API supported by Sun Microsystems.  If
+ *  you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
+ *  This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
+ *  deletion without notice.</b>
+ */
+public class ByteBuffer {
+
+    /** An array holding the bytes in this buffer; can be grown.
+     */
+    public byte[] elems;
+
+    /** The current number of defined bytes in this buffer.
+     */
+    public int length;
+
+    /** Create a new byte buffer.
+     */
+    public ByteBuffer() {
+        this(64);
+    }
+
+    /** Create a new byte buffer with an initial elements array
+     *  of given size.
+     */
+    public ByteBuffer(int initialSize) {
+        elems = new byte[initialSize];
+        length = 0;
+    }
+
+    private void copy(int size) {
+        byte[] newelems = new byte[size];
+        System.arraycopy(elems, 0, newelems, 0, elems.length);
+        elems = newelems;
+    }
+
+    /** Append byte to this buffer.
+     */
+    public void appendByte(int b) {
+        if (length >= elems.length) copy(elems.length * 2);
+        elems[length++] = (byte)b;
+    }
+
+    /** Append `len' bytes from byte array,
+     *  starting at given `start' offset.
+     */
+    public void appendBytes(byte[] bs, int start, int len) {
+        while (length + len > elems.length) copy(elems.length * 2);
+        System.arraycopy(bs, start, elems, length, len);
+        length += len;
+    }
+
+    /** Append all bytes from given byte array.
+     */
+    public void appendBytes(byte[] bs) {
+        appendBytes(bs, 0, bs.length);
+    }
+
+    /** Append a character as a two byte number.
+     */
+    public void appendChar(int x) {
+        while (length + 1 >= elems.length) copy(elems.length * 2);
+        elems[length  ] = (byte)((x >>  8) & 0xFF);
+        elems[length+1] = (byte)((x      ) & 0xFF);
+        length = length + 2;
+    }
+
+    /** Append an integer as a four byte number.
+     */
+    public void appendInt(int x) {
+        while (length + 3 >= elems.length) copy(elems.length * 2);
+        elems[length  ] = (byte)((x >> 24) & 0xFF);
+        elems[length+1] = (byte)((x >> 16) & 0xFF);
+        elems[length+2] = (byte)((x >>  8) & 0xFF);
+        elems[length+3] = (byte)((x      ) & 0xFF);
+        length = length + 4;
+    }
+
+    /** Append a long as an eight byte number.
+     */
+    public void appendLong(long x) {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream(8);
+        DataOutputStream bufout = new DataOutputStream(buffer);
+        try {
+            bufout.writeLong(x);
+            appendBytes(buffer.toByteArray(), 0, 8);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError("write");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Append a float as a four byte number.
+     */
+    public void appendFloat(float x) {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream(4);
+        DataOutputStream bufout = new DataOutputStream(buffer);
+        try {
+            bufout.writeFloat(x);
+            appendBytes(buffer.toByteArray(), 0, 4);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError("write");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Append a double as a eight byte number.
+     */
+    public void appendDouble(double x) {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream(8);
+        DataOutputStream bufout = new DataOutputStream(buffer);
+        try {
+            bufout.writeDouble(x);
+            appendBytes(buffer.toByteArray(), 0, 8);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError("write");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Append a name.
+     */
+    public void appendName(Name name) {
+        appendBytes(name.table.names, name.index, name.len);
+    }
+
+    /** Reset to zero length.
+     */
+    public void reset() {
+        length = 0;
+    }
+
+    /** Convert contents to name.
+     */
+    public Name toName(Name.Table names) {
+        return names.fromUtf(elems, 0, length);
+    }
+}