com.gurock.smartinspect

Class BinaryFormatter

java.lang.Object

com.gurock.smartinspect.Formatter

com.gurock.smartinspect.BinaryFormatter

public class BinaryFormatter
extends Formatter

Responsible for formatting and writing a packet in the standard SmartInspect binary format.

This class formats and writes a packet in the standard binary format which can be read by the SmartInspect Console. The compile method preprocesses a packet and computes the required size of the packet. The write method writes the preprocessed packet to the supplied stream.

This class is not guaranteed to be threadsafe.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BinaryFormatter() Creates and initializes a BinaryFormatter instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compile(Packet packet) Overridden.
void	write(OutputStream stream) Overridden.

Methods inherited from class com.gurock.smartinspect.Formatter

format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BinaryFormatter

public BinaryFormatter()

Creates and initializes a BinaryFormatter instance.

Method Detail

compile

public int compile(Packet packet)
            throws IOException

Overridden. Preprocesses (or compiles) a packet and returns the required size for the compiled result.

This method preprocesses the supplied packet and computes the required binary format size. To write this compiled packet, call the write method.

Specified by:

compile in class Formatter

Parameters:

packet - The packet to compile

Returns:

The size for the compiled result

Throws:

IOException - io exception

write

public void write(OutputStream stream)
           throws IOException

Overridden. Writes a previously compiled packet to the supplied stream.

This method writes the previously compiled packet (see Compile) to the supplied stream object. If the return value of the compile method was 0, nothing is written.

Specified by:

write in class Formatter

Parameters:

stream - The stream to write the packet to

Throws:

IOException - An I/O error occurred while trying to write the compiled packet.