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+/*
+ * @(#)LEDataInputStream.java
+ *
+ * Summary: Little-Endian version of DataInputStream.
+ *
+ * Copyright: (c) 1998-2010 Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products, http://mindprod.com
+ *
+ * Licence: This software may be copied and used freely for any purpose but military.
+ *          http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
+ *
+ * Requires: JDK 1.1+
+ *
+ * Created with: IntelliJ IDEA IDE.
+ *
+ * Version History:
+ *  1.8 2007-05-24
+ */
+package com.mindprod.ledatastream;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Little-Endian version of DataInputStream.
+ * <p/>
+ * Very similar to DataInputStream except it reads
+ * little-endian instead of big-endian binary data. We can't extend
+ * DataInputStream directly since it has only final methods, though
+ * DataInputStream itself is not final. This forces us implement
+ * LEDataInputStream with a DataInputStream object, and use wrapper methods.
+ *
+ * @author Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products
+ * @version 1.8 2007-05-24
+ * @since 1998
+ */
+public final class LEDataInputStream implements DataInput
+    {
+    // ------------------------------ CONSTANTS ------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * undisplayed copyright notice.
+     *
+     * @noinspection UnusedDeclaration
+     */
+    private static final String EMBEDDED_COPYRIGHT =
+            "copyright (c) 1999-2010 Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products, http://mindprod.com";
+
+    // ------------------------------ FIELDS ------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * to get at the big-Endian methods of a basic DataInputStream
+     *
+     * @noinspection WeakerAccess
+     */
+    protected final DataInputStream dis;
+
+    /**
+     * to get at the a basic readBytes method.
+     *
+     * @noinspection WeakerAccess
+     */
+    protected final InputStream is;
+
+    /**
+     * work array for buffering input.
+     *
+     * @noinspection WeakerAccess
+     */
+    protected final byte[] work;
+    // -------------------------- PUBLIC STATIC METHODS --------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Note. This is a STATIC method!
+     *
+     * @param in stream to read UTF chars from (endian irrelevant)
+     *
+     * @return string from stream
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public static String readUTF( DataInput in ) throws IOException
+        {
+        return DataInputStream.readUTF( in );
+        }
+
+    // -------------------------- PUBLIC INSTANCE  METHODS --------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * constructor.
+     *
+     * @param in binary inputstream of little-endian data.
+     */
+    public LEDataInputStream( InputStream in )
+        {
+        this.is = in;
+        this.dis = new DataInputStream( in );
+        work = new byte[8];
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * close.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if close fails.
+     */
+    public final void close() throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.close();
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read bytes. Watch out, read may return fewer bytes than requested.
+     *
+     * @param ba  where the bytes go.
+     * @param off offset in buffer, not offset in file.
+     * @param len count of bytes to read.
+     *
+     * @return how many bytes read.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public final int read( byte ba[], int off, int len ) throws IOException
+        {
+        // For efficiency, we avoid one layer of wrapper
+        return is.read( ba, off, len );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * read only a one-byte boolean.
+     *
+     * @return true or false.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     * @see java.io.DataInput#readBoolean()
+     */
+    public final boolean readBoolean() throws IOException
+        {
+        return dis.readBoolean();
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * read byte.
+     *
+     * @return the byte read.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     * @see java.io.DataInput#readByte()
+     */
+    public final byte readByte() throws IOException
+        {
+        return dis.readByte();
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read on char. like DataInputStream.readChar except little endian.
+     *
+     * @return little endian 16-bit unicode char from the stream.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public final char readChar() throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( work, 0, 2 );
+        return ( char ) ( ( work[ 1 ] & 0xff ) << 8 | ( work[ 0 ] & 0xff ) );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read a double. like DataInputStream.readDouble except little endian.
+     *
+     * @return little endian IEEE double from the datastream.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public final double readDouble() throws IOException
+        {
+        return Double.longBitsToDouble( readLong() );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read one float. Like DataInputStream.readFloat except little endian.
+     *
+     * @return little endian IEEE float from the datastream.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public final float readFloat() throws IOException
+        {
+        return Float.intBitsToFloat( readInt() );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read bytes until the array is filled.
+     *
+     * @see java.io.DataInput#readFully(byte[])
+     */
+    public final void readFully( byte ba[] ) throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( ba, 0, ba.length );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read bytes until the count is satisfied.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     * @see java.io.DataInput#readFully(byte[],int,int)
+     */
+    public final void readFully( byte ba[],
+                                 int off,
+                                 int len ) throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( ba, off, len );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read an int, 32-bits. Like DataInputStream.readInt except little endian.
+     *
+     * @return little-endian binary int from the datastream
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public final int readInt() throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( work, 0, 4 );
+        return ( work[ 3 ] ) << 24
+               | ( work[ 2 ] & 0xff ) << 16
+               | ( work[ 1 ] & 0xff ) << 8
+               | ( work[ 0 ] & 0xff );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read a line.
+     *
+     * @return a rough approximation of the 8-bit stream as a 16-bit unicode string
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @noinspection deprecation
+     * @deprecated This method does not properly convert bytes to characters. Use a Reader instead with a little-endian
+     *             encoding.
+     */
+    public final String readLine() throws IOException
+        {
+        return dis.readLine();
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * read a long, 64-bits.  Like DataInputStream.readLong except little endian.
+     *
+     * @return little-endian binary long from the datastream.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public final long readLong() throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( work, 0, 8 );
+        return ( long ) ( work[ 7 ] ) << 56
+               |
+               /* long cast needed or shift done modulo 32 */
+               ( long ) ( work[ 6 ] & 0xff ) << 48
+               | ( long ) ( work[ 5 ] & 0xff ) << 40
+               | ( long ) ( work[ 4 ] & 0xff ) << 32
+               | ( long ) ( work[ 3 ] & 0xff ) << 24
+               | ( long ) ( work[ 2 ] & 0xff ) << 16
+               | ( long ) ( work[ 1 ] & 0xff ) << 8
+               | ( long ) ( work[ 0 ] & 0xff );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read short, 16-bits. Like DataInputStream.readShort except little endian.
+     *
+     * @return little endian binary short from stream.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public final short readShort() throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( work, 0, 2 );
+        return ( short ) ( ( work[ 1 ] & 0xff ) << 8 | ( work[ 0 ] & 0xff ) );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read UTF counted string.
+     *
+     * @return String read.
+     */
+    public final String readUTF() throws IOException
+        {
+        return dis.readUTF();
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read an unsigned byte. Note: returns an int, even though says Byte (non-Javadoc)
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     * @see java.io.DataInput#readUnsignedByte()
+     */
+    public final int readUnsignedByte() throws IOException
+        {
+        return dis.readUnsignedByte();
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Read an unsigned short, 16 bits. Like DataInputStream.readUnsignedShort except little endian. Note, returns int
+     * even though it reads a short.
+     *
+     * @return little-endian int from the stream.
+     * @throws IOException if read fails.
+     */
+    public final int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException
+        {
+        dis.readFully( work, 0, 2 );
+        return ( ( work[ 1 ] & 0xff ) << 8 | ( work[ 0 ] & 0xff ) );
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Skip over bytes in the stream. See the general contract of the <code>skipBytes</code> method of
+     * <code>DataInput</code>.
+     * <p/>
+     * Bytes for this operation are read from the contained input stream.
+     *
+     * @param n the number of bytes to be skipped.
+     *
+     * @return the actual number of bytes skipped.
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+     */
+    public final int skipBytes( int n ) throws IOException
+        {
+        return dis.skipBytes( n );
+        }
+    }