EXDRInputStream

java.lang.Object
- java.io.InputStream
- - java.io.FilterInputStream
  - - java.io.DataInputStream
    - - com.parctechnologies.eclipse.EXDRInputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.io.DataInput, java.lang.AutoCloseable
```
public class EXDRInputStream
extends java.io.DataInputStream
```
A stream which can read EXDR format. An EXDRInputStream can be constructed from any instance of the InputStream class and extends it to be able to interpret incoming data which is in the EXDR (ECLiPSe eXternal Data Representation) format.
Use the method readTerm() to convert from EXDR into Java CompoundTerm objects and instances of other relevant Java classes which represent ECLiPSe types.
Note that EXDRInputStream objects are often constructed using the FromEclipseQueue class.

See Also:

CompoundTerm, FromEclipseQueue

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

EXDRInputStream(java.io.InputStream in)
Construct an EXDRInputStream using a given InputStream for incoming data.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`readTerm()`	Read a chunk (one term's worth) of EXDR from the incoming data and convert it into the corresponding object (an instance of CompoundTerm, Integer, etc.).

Methods inherited from class java.io.DataInputStream
read, read, readBoolean, readByte, readChar, readDouble, readFloat, readFully, readFully, readInt, readLine, readLong, readShort, readUnsignedByte, readUnsignedShort, readUTF, readUTF, skipBytes

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream
available, close, mark, markSupported, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream
nullInputStream, readAllBytes, readNBytes, readNBytes, transferTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EXDRInputStream
```
public EXDRInputStream(java.io.InputStream in)
```
    Construct an EXDRInputStream using a given InputStream for incoming data.
- Method Detail
  - readTerm
```
public java.lang.Object readTerm()
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Read a chunk (one term's worth) of EXDR from the incoming data and convert it into the corresponding object (an instance of CompoundTerm, Integer, etc.). This works as an atomic action so no other thread can read until the complete term has been read in.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException