BitInputStream.java

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 * Copyright 2002-2003 Tor-Einar Jarnbjo
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package sound.jarnbjo.util.io;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 *	An interface with methods allowing bit-wise reading from
 * an input stream. All methods in this interface are optional
 * and an implementation not support a method or a specific state
 * (e.g. endian) will throw an UnspportedOperationException if
 * such a method is being called. This should be speicified in
 * the implementation documentation.
 */

public interface BitInputStream {
	
	/**
	 *  constant for setting this stream's mode to little endian
	 *
	 *  @see #setEndian(int)
	 */
	 
   public static final int LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0;

	/**
	 *  constant for setting this stream's mode to big endian
	 *
	 *  @see #setEndian(int)
	 */

   public static final int BIG_ENDIAN = 1;

	/**
	 *  reads one bit (as a boolean) from the input stream
	 *
	 *  @return <code>true</code> if the next bit is 1, 
	 *          <code>false</code> otherwise
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */
	 
   public boolean getBit() throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  reads <code>bits</code> number of bits from the input
	 *  stream
	 *
	 *  @return the unsigned integer value read from the stream
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */
	 
   public int getInt(int bits) throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  reads <code>bits</code> number of bits from the input
	 *  stream
	 *
	 *  @return the signed integer value read from the stream
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public int getSignedInt(int bits) throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  reads a huffman codeword based on the <code>root</code> 
	 *  parameter and returns the decoded value
	 *
	 *  @param root the root of the Huffman tree used to decode the codeword
	 *  @return the decoded unsigned integer value read from the stream
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public int getInt(HuffmanNode root) throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  reads an integer encoded as "signed rice" as described in
	 *  the FLAC audio format specification
	 *
	 *  @param order 
	 *  @return the decoded integer value read from the stream
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public int readSignedRice(int order) throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  fills the array from <code>offset</code> with <code>len</code> 
	 *  integers encoded as "signed rice" as described in
	 *  the FLAC audio format specification
	 *
	 *  @param order 
	 *  @param buffer
	 *  @param offset
	 *  @param len 
	 *  @return the decoded integer value read from the stream
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public void readSignedRice(int order, int[] buffer, int offset, int len) throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  reads <code>bits</code> number of bits from the input
	 *  stream
	 *
	 *  @return the unsigned long value read from the stream
	 *
	 *  @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public long getLong(int bits) throws IOException;

	/**
	 *  causes the read pointer to be moved to the beginning
	 *  of the next byte, remaining bits in the current byte
	 *  are discarded
	 *
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public void align();

	/**
	 *  changes the endian mode used when reading bit-wise from
	 *  the stream, changing the mode mid-stream will cause the
	 *  read cursor to move to the beginning of the next byte
	 *  (as if calling the <code>allign</code> method
	 *
	 *  @see #align()
	 *
	 *  @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the method is not supported by the implementation
	 */

   public void setEndian(int endian);
}