org.niffty
Class RiffBeam

java.lang.Object
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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