org.niffty
Class RiffBeam

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.niffty.RiffBeam

public class RiffBeam
extends java.lang.Object

A RiffBeam provides static methods for encoding/decoding a Beam using RIFF.


Method Summary
static Beam maybeNew(RIFF parentInput)
          Peek into the parentInput's input stream and if the next item is a NIFF beam, return a new Beam.
static Beam newInstance(RIFF parentInput)
          Creates new Beam from the parentInput's input stream.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

newInstance

public static Beam newInstance(RIFF parentInput)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               RIFFFormatException
Creates new Beam from the parentInput's input stream. The next object in the input stream must be of this type.

Parameters:
parentInput - the parent RIFF object being used to read the input stream
java.io.IOException
RIFFFormatException

maybeNew

public static Beam maybeNew(RIFF parentInput)
                     throws java.io.IOException,
                            RIFFFormatException
Peek into the parentInput's input stream and if the next item is a NIFF beam, return a new Beam. Otherwise, return null and leave the input stream unchanged.

Parameters:
parentInput - the parent RIFF object being used to read the input stream
java.io.IOException
RIFFFormatException