BinaryWritable (TheseFoolishThings 3.2-ALPHA-22 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PathBinaryWritable

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface BinaryWritable
```
The role of an object that can be written as a stream of bytes.

Author:

Fabrizio Giudici

Status: stable API

Stereotype:

Role

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static java.lang.Class<BinaryWritable>`	`_BinaryWritable_`
`static BinaryWritable`	`DEFAULT`	A default implementation which throws `IOException` when opening the stream.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

java.io.OutputStream openStream()
Returns an OutputStream to write into the object.

- Field Detail
  - _BinaryWritable_
```
static final java.lang.Class<BinaryWritable> _BinaryWritable_
```
  - DEFAULT
```
static final BinaryWritable DEFAULT
```
    A default implementation which throws IOException when opening the stream.
- Method Detail
  - openStream
```
@Nonnull
java.io.OutputStream openStream()
                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Returns an OutputStream to write into the object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the OutputStream
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if the operation can't be performed