/*
Copyright (c) 2007 Health Market Science, Inc.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA
You can contact Health Market Science at info@healthmarketscience.com
or at the following address:
Health Market Science
2700 Horizon Drive
Suite 200
King of Prussia, PA 19406
*/
package com.healthmarketscience.rmiio;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* Adds support for packet based access to data from an OutputStream. Can be
* more effecient for certain stream implementations, especially for remote
* stream usage where data is coming across the wire in byte[] packets.
*
* @author James Ahlborn
*/
public abstract class PacketOutputStream extends OutputStream
{
public PacketOutputStream() {
}
/**
* Puts the given "packet" into the output stream. The packet should be
* filled with data. The caller is giving control of the buffer to the
* PacketOutputStream, and therefore should not attempt to use the byte[]
* again.
*
* @param packet fully filled array of bytes to give to the OutputStream
*/
public abstract void writePacket(byte[] packet)
throws IOException;
}