Class IntervalCodec

Method Details

• clone

  public IntervalCodec clone()

  Description copied from interface: SortingCollection.Codec

  Must return a cloned copy of the codec that can be used independently of the original instance. This is required so that multiple codecs can exist simultaneously that each is reading a separate file.

  Specified by:

  clone in interface SortingCollection.Codec<Interval>

  Overrides:

  clone in class Object

• setOutputStream

  public void setOutputStream(OutputStream os)

  Sets the output stream that records will be written to.

  Specified by:

  setOutputStream in interface SortingCollection.Codec<Interval>

• setOutputStream

  public void setOutputStream(OutputStream os, String filename)

  Sets the output stream that records will be written to.

• setInputStream

  public void setInputStream(InputStream is)

  Sets the input stream that records will be read from.

  Specified by:

  setInputStream in interface SortingCollection.Codec<Interval>

• setInputStream

  public void setInputStream(InputStream is, String filename)

  Sets the input stream that records will be read from.

• encode

  public void encode(Interval interval)

  Writes the interval to the output stream.

  Specified by:

  encode in interface SortingCollection.Codec<Interval>

  Parameters:

  interval - the interval to write.

• decode

  public Interval decode()

  Reads an interval from the input stream.

  Specified by:

  decode in interface SortingCollection.Codec<Interval>

  Returns:

  null if no more intervals, otherwise the next interval.