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package gnu.CORBA.CDR;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An abstract data output stream that could write data in either
 * Big Endian or Little Endian format.
 *
 * This class reuses code from GNU Classpath DataOutputStream.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 */
public interface AbstractDataOutput
{
  /**
   * This method flushes any unwritten bytes to the underlying stream.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
   */
  void flush()
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes the specified byte (passed as an <code>int</code>)
   * to the underlying output stream.
   *
   * @param value The <code>byte</code> to write, passed as an <code>int</code>.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
   */
  void write(int value)
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes <code>len</code> bytes from the specified byte array
   * <code>buf</code> starting at position <code>offset</code> into the
   * buffer to the underlying output stream.
   *
   * @param buf The byte array to write from.
   * @param offset The index into the byte array to start writing from.
   * @param len The number of bytes to write.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs.
   */
  void write(byte[] buf, int offset, int len)
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * Write the complete byte array.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  void write(byte[] buf)
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java boolean value to an output stream.  If
   * <code>value</code> is <code>true</code>, a byte with the value of
   * 1 will be written, otherwise a byte with the value of 0 will be
   * written.
   *
   * The value written can be read using the <code>readBoolean</code>
   * method in <code>DataInput</code>.
   *
   * @param value The <code>boolean</code> value to write to the stream
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeBoolean(boolean value)
             throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java byte value to an output stream.  The
   * byte to be written will be in the lowest 8 bits of the
   * <code>int</code> value passed.
   *
   * The value written can be read using the <code>readByte</code> or
   * <code>readUnsignedByte</code> methods in <code>DataInput</code>.
   *
   * @param value The <code>byte</code> to write to the stream, passed as
   * the low eight bits of an <code>int</code>.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeByte(int value)
          throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java short value to an output stream.  The
   * char to be written will be in the lowest 16 bits of the <code>int</code>
   * value passed.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeShort(int value)
           throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java char value to an output stream.  The
   * char to be written will be in the lowest 16 bits of the <code>int</code>
   * value passed.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeChar(int value)
          throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java int value to an output stream.
   *
   * @param value The <code>int</code> value to write to the stream
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeInt(int value)
         throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java long value to an output stream.
   *
   * @param value The <code>long</code> value to write to the stream
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeLong(long value)
          throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java <code>float</code> value to the stream.
   * @param value The <code>float</code> value to write to the stream
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeFloat(float value)
           throws IOException;

  /**
   * This method writes a Java <code>double</code> value to the stream.
   *
   * @param value The <code>double</code> value to write to the stream
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  void writeDouble(double value)
            throws IOException;
}