step.io
Class StepSerialInput

java.lang.Object
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  +--step.io.StepSerialInput

All Implemented Interfaces:

StepRecordInput

public class StepSerialInput

extends Object

implements StepRecordInput

An intput stream that uses Java's serialization mechanism.

See Also:

StepRecord, StepSerialOutput

Constructor Summary

StepSerialInput(ObjectInput input)
Create a STEP record input stream from a Java object input stream.

Method Summary

void	close() Close this input stream.
StepRecord	readRecord() Read the next STEP record from the object input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StepSerialInput

public StepSerialInput(ObjectInput input)

Create a STEP record input stream from a Java object input stream.

Method Detail

readRecord

public StepRecord readRecord()
                      throws IOException,
                             ClassNotFoundException

Read the next STEP record from the object input stream.

Specified by:

readRecord in interface StepRecordInput

Returns:

the next (relevant) record from the input stream, or null if the end of input has been reached.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class of a serialized object cannot be found.

IOException - if any of the usual I/O related exceptions occur.

ClassCastException - if the next object is not a STEP record.

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close this input stream.

Specified by:

close in interface StepRecordInput

IOException