Package it.tidalwave.role.io

Interface BinaryWritable

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 final Class<BinaryWritable>	_BinaryWritable_
static final BinaryWritable	DEFAULT	A default implementation which throws IOException when opening the stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
OutputStream	openStream()	Returns an OutputStream to write into the object.

Field Details

_BinaryWritable_

static final Class<BinaryWritable> _BinaryWritable_

DEFAULT

static final BinaryWritable DEFAULT

A default implementation which throws IOException when opening the stream.

Method Details

openStream

@Nonnull
OutputStream openStream()
                 throws IOException

Returns an OutputStream to write into the object.

Returns:

the OutputStream

Throws:

IOException - if the operation can't be performed