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OutputStream Class Referenceabstract

The base class for streams that write data to some kind of destination. More...

Inheritance diagram for OutputStream:

Public Member Functions

virtual ~OutputStream ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual void flush ()=0
 If the stream is using a buffer, this will ensure it gets written out to the destination. More...
 
virtual bool setPosition (int64 newPosition)=0
 Tries to move the stream's output position. More...
 
virtual int64 getPosition ()=0
 Returns the stream's current position. More...
 
virtual bool write (const void *dataToWrite, size_t numberOfBytes)=0
 Writes a block of data to the stream. More...
 
virtual bool writeByte (char byte)
 Writes a single byte to the stream. More...
 
virtual bool writeBool (bool boolValue)
 Writes a boolean to the stream as a single byte. More...
 
virtual bool writeShort (short value)
 Writes a 16-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order. More...
 
virtual bool writeShortBigEndian (short value)
 Writes a 16-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order. More...
 
virtual bool writeInt (int value)
 Writes a 32-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order. More...
 
virtual bool writeIntBigEndian (int value)
 Writes a 32-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order. More...
 
virtual bool writeInt64 (int64 value)
 Writes a 64-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order. More...
 
virtual bool writeInt64BigEndian (int64 value)
 Writes a 64-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order. More...
 
virtual bool writeFloat (float value)
 Writes a 32-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format. More...
 
virtual bool writeFloatBigEndian (float value)
 Writes a 32-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format. More...
 
virtual bool writeDouble (double value)
 Writes a 64-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format. More...
 
virtual bool writeDoubleBigEndian (double value)
 Writes a 64-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format. More...
 
virtual bool writeRepeatedByte (uint8 byte, size_t numTimesToRepeat)
 Writes a byte to the output stream a given number of times. More...
 
virtual bool writeCompressedInt (int value)
 Writes a condensed binary encoding of a 32-bit integer. More...
 
virtual bool writeString (const String &text)
 Stores a string in the stream in a binary format. More...
 
virtual bool writeText (const String &text, bool asUTF16, bool writeUTF16ByteOrderMark, const char *lineEndings)
 Writes a string of text to the stream. More...
 
virtual int64 writeFromInputStream (InputStream &source, int64 maxNumBytesToWrite)
 Reads data from an input stream and writes it to this stream. More...
 
void setNewLineString (const String &newLineString)
 Sets the string to write to the stream when a new line is written. More...
 
const StringgetNewLineString () const noexcept
 Returns the current new-line string that was set by setNewLineString(). More...
 

Protected Member Functions

 OutputStream ()
 

Detailed Description

The base class for streams that write data to some kind of destination.

Input and output streams are used throughout the library - subclasses can override some or all of the virtual functions to implement their behaviour.

See also
InputStream, MemoryOutputStream, FileOutputStream

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ OutputStream()

OutputStream::OutputStream ( )
protected

◆ ~OutputStream()

virtual OutputStream::~OutputStream ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Some subclasses might want to do things like call flush() during their destructors.

Member Function Documentation

◆ flush()

virtual void OutputStream::flush ( )
pure virtual

If the stream is using a buffer, this will ensure it gets written out to the destination.

Implemented in MemoryOutputStream, FileOutputStream, and GZIPCompressorOutputStream.

Referenced by MemoryOutputStream::getDataSize(), and FileOutputStream::openedOk().

◆ setPosition()

virtual bool OutputStream::setPosition ( int64  newPosition)
pure virtual

Tries to move the stream's output position.

Not all streams will be able to seek to a new position - this will return false if it fails to work.

See also
getPosition

Implemented in MemoryOutputStream, FileOutputStream, and GZIPCompressorOutputStream.

Referenced by MemoryOutputStream::getPosition(), and FileOutputStream::openedOk().

◆ getPosition()

virtual int64 OutputStream::getPosition ( )
pure virtual

Returns the stream's current position.

See also
setPosition

Implemented in MemoryOutputStream, FileOutputStream, and GZIPCompressorOutputStream.

Referenced by FileOutputStream::openedOk().

◆ write()

virtual bool OutputStream::write ( const void *  dataToWrite,
size_t  numberOfBytes 
)
pure virtual

Writes a block of data to the stream.

When creating a subclass of OutputStream, this is the only write method that needs to be overloaded - the base class has methods for writing other types of data which use this to do the work.

Parameters
dataToWritethe target buffer to receive the data. This must not be null.
numberOfBytesthe number of bytes to write.
Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason

Implemented in MemoryOutputStream, FileOutputStream, and GZIPCompressorOutputStream.

Referenced by MemoryOutputStream::getDataSize(), and FileOutputStream::openedOk().

◆ writeByte()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeByte ( char  byte)
virtual

Writes a single byte to the stream.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readByte

◆ writeBool()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeBool ( bool  boolValue)
virtual

Writes a boolean to the stream as a single byte.

This is encoded as a binary byte (not as text) with a value of 1 or 0.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readBool

◆ writeShort()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeShort ( short  value)
virtual

Writes a 16-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order.

This will write two bytes to the stream: (value & 0xff), then (value >> 8).

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readShort

◆ writeShortBigEndian()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeShortBigEndian ( short  value)
virtual

Writes a 16-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order.

This will write two bytes to the stream: (value >> 8), then (value & 0xff).

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readShortBigEndian

◆ writeInt()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeInt ( int  value)
virtual

Writes a 32-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readInt

◆ writeIntBigEndian()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeIntBigEndian ( int  value)
virtual

Writes a 32-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readIntBigEndian

◆ writeInt64()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeInt64 ( int64  value)
virtual

Writes a 64-bit integer to the stream in a little-endian byte order.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readInt64

◆ writeInt64BigEndian()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeInt64BigEndian ( int64  value)
virtual

Writes a 64-bit integer to the stream in a big-endian byte order.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readInt64BigEndian

◆ writeFloat()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeFloat ( float  value)
virtual

Writes a 32-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.

The binary 32-bit encoding of the float is written as a little-endian int.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readFloat

◆ writeFloatBigEndian()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeFloatBigEndian ( float  value)
virtual

Writes a 32-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.

The binary 32-bit encoding of the float is written as a big-endian int.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readFloatBigEndian

◆ writeDouble()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeDouble ( double  value)
virtual

Writes a 64-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.

The eight raw bytes of the double value are written out as a little-endian 64-bit int.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readDouble

◆ writeDoubleBigEndian()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeDoubleBigEndian ( double  value)
virtual

Writes a 64-bit floating point value to the stream in a binary format.

The eight raw bytes of the double value are written out as a big-endian 64-bit int.

See also
InputStream::readDoubleBigEndian
Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason

◆ writeRepeatedByte()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeRepeatedByte ( uint8  byte,
size_t  numTimesToRepeat 
)
virtual

Writes a byte to the output stream a given number of times.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason

Reimplemented in MemoryOutputStream, and FileOutputStream.

Referenced by MemoryOutputStream::getPosition(), and FileOutputStream::openedOk().

◆ writeCompressedInt()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeCompressedInt ( int  value)
virtual

Writes a condensed binary encoding of a 32-bit integer.

If you're storing a lot of integers which are unlikely to have very large values, this can save a lot of space, because values under 0xff will only take up 2 bytes, under 0xffff only 3 bytes, etc.

The format used is: number of significant bytes + up to 4 bytes in little-endian order.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readCompressedInt

◆ writeString()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeString ( const String text)
virtual

Stores a string in the stream in a binary format.

This isn't the method to use if you're trying to append text to the end of a text-file! It's intended for storing a string so that it can be retrieved later by InputStream::readString().

It writes the string to the stream as UTF8, including the null termination character.

For appending text to a file, instead use writeText, or operator<<

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason
See also
InputStream::readString, writeText, operator<<

◆ writeText()

virtual bool OutputStream::writeText ( const String text,
bool  asUTF16,
bool  writeUTF16ByteOrderMark,
const char *  lineEndings 
)
virtual

Writes a string of text to the stream.

It can either write the text as UTF-8 or UTF-16, and can also add the UTF-16 byte-order-mark bytes (0xff, 0xfe) to indicate the endianness (these should only be used at the start of a file).

If lineEndings is nullptr, then line endings in the text won't be modified. If you pass "\\n" or "\\r\\n" then this function will replace any existing line feeds.

Returns
false if the write operation fails for some reason

◆ writeFromInputStream()

virtual int64 OutputStream::writeFromInputStream ( InputStream source,
int64  maxNumBytesToWrite 
)
virtual

Reads data from an input stream and writes it to this stream.

Parameters
sourcethe stream to read from
maxNumBytesToWritethe number of bytes to read from the stream (if this is less than zero, it will keep reading until the input is exhausted)
Returns
the number of bytes written

Reimplemented in MemoryOutputStream.

Referenced by MemoryOutputStream::getPosition().

◆ setNewLineString()

void OutputStream::setNewLineString ( const String newLineString)

Sets the string to write to the stream when a new line is written.

By default this will be set the value of NewLine::getDefault().

◆ getNewLineString()

const String& OutputStream::getNewLineString ( ) const
noexcept

Returns the current new-line string that was set by setNewLineString().

References JUCE_API, JUCE_CALLTYPE, JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR, and operator<<().


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