com.apple.mrj.console
Class NullInputStream

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.InputStream
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        +--com.apple.mrj.console.NullInputStream

Deprecated. As of MacOSX 10.2

public class NullInputStream

extends InputStream

The NullInputStream class is used as a convenient and neverending source of end-of-file returns. It is convenient as a source of standard input, when no interation is desired.

Since:

MRJ-Simba

See Also:

System.in, InputStream

Constructor Summary

NullInputStream()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

int	read() Deprecated. Supplies an end-of-stream return code immediately, without supplying any data.
int	read(byte[] b, int off, int len) Deprecated. Supplies an end-of-stream return code immediately, without supplying any data.
long	skip(long n) Deprecated. Supplies an end-of-stream return code immediately, since there is no data to skip.

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

available, close, mark, markSupported, read, reset

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NullInputStream

public NullInputStream()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws IOException

Deprecated.

Supplies an end-of-stream return code immediately, without supplying any data.

Overrides:

read in class InputStream

Returns:

-1, to indicate that we have reached the end of the "stream".

Throws:

IOException - in the (highly unlikely) event that an I/O error occurs...

See Also:

InputStream.read()

read

public int read(byte[] b,
                int off,
                int len)
         throws IOException

Deprecated.

Supplies an end-of-stream return code immediately, without supplying any data.

Overrides:

read in class InputStream

Parameters:

b - the buffer that would be filled with data, had we any to provide.

off - the offset into the start of the buffer.

len - the length of the buffer.

Returns:

-1, to indicate that we have reached the end of the "stream".

Throws:

IOException - in the (highly unlikely) event that an I/O error occurs...

See Also:

InputStream.read(byte[], int, int)

skip

public long skip(long n)
          throws IOException

Deprecated.

Supplies an end-of-stream return code immediately, since there is no data to skip.

Overrides:

skip in class InputStream

Parameters:

n - the number of bytes to skip (ignored).

Returns:

-1, to indicate that we have reached the end of the "stream".

Throws:

IOException - in the (highly unlikely) event that an I/O error occurs...

See Also:

InputStream.skip(long)