java.io.DataInput (JDK 1.0)

This interface defines the methods required for streams that can read Java primitive data types in a machine-independent binary format. It is implemented by DataInputStream and RandomAccessFile. See DataInputStream for more information on the methods.

public abstract interface DataInput {
 // Public Instance Methods public abstract boolean readBoolean() throws IOException;
public abstract byte readByte() throws IOException;
public abstract char readChar() throws IOException;
public abstract double readDouble() throws IOException;
public abstract float readFloat() throws IOException;
public abstract void readFully(byte[] b) throws IOException;
public abstract void readFully(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;
public abstract int readInt() throws IOException;
public abstract String readLine() throws IOException;
public abstract long readLong() throws IOException;
public abstract short readShort() throws IOException;
public abstract String readUTF() throws IOException;
public abstract int readUnsignedByte() throws IOException;
public abstract int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException;
public abstract int skipBytes(int n) throws IOException;
}

Extended By:

ObjectInput

Implemented By:

DataInputStream, RandomAccessFile

Passed To:

DataInputStream.readUTF()