From f3997ccf90496a4519cd8ec8f0985202b79f69d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:41:30 +0000
Subject: StringWriter.java: Merged with Classpath.

	* java/io/StringWriter.java: Merged with Classpath.
	* java/io/InputStream.java: Merged with Classpath.
	* java/io/OutputStream.java: Merged with Classpath.
	* java/io/PushbackInputStream.java: Merged with Classpath.
	* java/io/CharArrayReader.java: Merged with Classpath.
	* java/io/CharArrayWriter.java: Merged with Classpath.

From-SVN: r44652
---
 libjava/java/io/OutputStream.java | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

(limited to 'libjava/java/io/OutputStream.java')

diff --git a/libjava/java/io/OutputStream.java b/libjava/java/io/OutputStream.java
index 4677039..d4d9a19 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/OutputStream.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/OutputStream.java
@@ -1,34 +1,95 @@
-// OutputStream.java - Send output bytes to output sink.
+/* OutputStream.java -- Base class for byte output streams
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999  Free Software Foundation
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
 
-   This file is part of libgcj.
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
 
-This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
-Libgcj License.  Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
-details.  */
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
 
-package java.io;
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
 
-/**
- * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
- * @date September 24, 1998 
- */
 
-/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
- * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
- * Status:  Complete to version 1.1.
- */
+package java.io;
 
+/**
+  * This abstract class forms the base of the hierarchy of classes that 
+  * write output as a stream of bytes.  It provides a common set of methods
+  * for writing bytes to stream.  Subclasses implement and/or extend these
+  * methods to write bytes in a particular manner or to a particular 
+  * destination such as a file on disk or network connection.
+  *
+  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+  * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
+  */
 public abstract class OutputStream
 {
+  /**
+   * This is the default no-argument constructor for this class.  This method
+   * does nothing in this class.
+   */
+  public OutputStream ()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method writes a single byte to the output stream.  The byte written
+   * is the low eight bits of the <code>int</code> passed and a argument.
+   * <p>
+   * Subclasses must provide an implementation of this abstract method
+   *
+   * @param b The byte to be written to the output stream, passed as
+   *          the low eight bits of an <code>int</code> 
+   *
+   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
+   */
   public abstract void write (int b) throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * This method all the writes bytes from the passed array to the
+   * output stream.  This method is equivalent to <code>write(b, 0,
+   * buf.length)</code> which is exactly how it is implemented in this
+   * class.
+   *
+   * @param b The array of bytes to write
+   *
+   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
+   */
   public void write (byte[] b) throws IOException, NullPointerException
   {
     write (b, 0, b.length);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This method writes <code>len</code> bytes from the specified array
+   * <code>b</code> starting at index <code>off</code> into the array.
+   * <p>
+   * This method in this class calls the single byte <code>write()</code>
+   * method in a loop until all bytes have been written.  Subclasses should
+   * override this method if possible in order to provide a more efficent
+   * implementation.
+   *
+   * @param b The array of bytes to write from
+   * @param off The index into the array to start writing from
+   * @param len The number of bytes to write
+   * 
+   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
+   */
   public void write (byte[] b, int off, int len)
     throws IOException, NullPointerException, IndexOutOfBoundsException
   {
@@ -38,10 +99,30 @@ public abstract class OutputStream
       write (b[off + i]);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This method forces any data that may have been buffered to be written
+   * to the underlying output device.  Please note that the host environment
+   * might perform its own buffering unbeknowst to Java.  In that case, a
+   * write made (for example, to a disk drive) might be cached in OS
+   * buffers instead of actually being written to disk.
+   * <p>
+   * This method in this class does nothing.
+   *
+   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
+   */
   public void flush () throws IOException
   {
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This method closes the stream.  Any internal or native resources
+   * associated with this stream are freed.  Any subsequent attempt to
+   * access the stream might throw an exception.
+   * <p>
+   * This method in this class does nothing.
+   *
+   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
+   */
   public void close () throws IOException
   {
   }
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