com.brackeen.javagamebook.util
Class LoopingByteInputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.InputStream
      java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
          com.brackeen.javagamebook.util.LoopingByteInputStream

public class LoopingByteInputStream

extends java.io.ByteArrayInputStream

The LoopingByteInputStream is a ByteArrayInputStream that loops indefinitly. The looping stops when the close() method is called.

Possible ideas to extend this class:

• Add an option to only loop a certain number of times.

Constructor Summary

LoopingByteInputStream(byte[] buffer)
Creates a new LoopingByteInputStream with the specified byte array.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the stream.
int	read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) Reads length bytes from the array.

Methods inherited from class java.io.ByteArrayInputStream

available, mark, markSupported, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

read

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LoopingByteInputStream

public LoopingByteInputStream(byte[] buffer)

Creates a new LoopingByteInputStream with the specified byte array. The array is not copied.

Method Detail

read

public int read(byte[] buffer,
                int offset,
                int length)

Reads length bytes from the array. If the end of the array is reached, the reading starts over from the beginning of the array. Returns -1 if the array has been closed.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes the stream. Future calls to the read() methods will return 1.

Throws:

java.io.IOException