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## java.io
Interface DataOutput

All Known Subinterfaces:
  Datagram

All Known Implementing Classes:
  DataOutputStream

public interface DataOutput

The `DataOutput` interface provides for converting data from any of the Java primitive types to a series of bytes and writing these bytes to a binary stream. There is also a facility for converting a `String` into Java modified UTF-8 format and writing the resulting series of bytes.

For all the methods in this interface that write bytes, it is generally true that if a byte cannot be written for any reason, an `IOException` is thrown.

Since:
  JDK1.0
See Also:
  `DataInput`

Method Summary
`void` | `write(byte[] b)` Writes to the output stream all the bytes in array `b`.
`void` | `write(byte[] b, int off, int len)` Writes `len` bytes from array `b`, in order, to the output stream.
`void` | `write(int b)` Writes to the output stream the eight low-order bits of the argument `b`.
`void` | `writeBoolean(boolean v)` Writes a `boolean` value to this output stream.
`void` | `writeByte(int v)` Writes to the output stream the eight low- order bits of the argument `v`.
`void` | `writeChar(int v)` Writes a `char` value, which is comprised of two bytes, to the output stream.
`void` | `writeChars(String s)` Writes every character in the string `s`, to the output stream, in order, two bytes per character.
`void` | `writeInt(int v)` Writes an `int` value, which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
`void` | `writeLong(long v)` Writes an `long` value, which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream.
`void` | `writeShort(int v)` Writes two bytes to the output stream to represent the value of the argument.
`void` | `writeUTF(String str)` Writes two bytes of length information to the output stream, followed by the Java modified UTF representation of every character in the string `s`.

Method Detail

### write

    public void write(int b)
               throws IOException

  Writes to the output stream the eight low-order bits of the argument `b`. The 24 high-order bits of `b` are ignored.
  Parameters:
    `b` - the byte to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### write

    public void write(byte[] b)
               throws IOException

  Writes to the output stream all the bytes in array `b`. If `b` is `null`, a `NullPointerException` is thrown. If `b.length` is zero, then no bytes are written. Otherwise, the byte `b[0]` is written first, then `b[1]`, and so on; the last byte written is `b[b.length-1]`.
  Parameters:
    `b` - the data.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### write

    public void write(byte[] b,
                      int off,
                      int len)
               throws IOException

  Writes `len` bytes from array `b`, in order, to the output stream. If `b` is `null`, a `NullPointerException` is thrown. If `off` is negative, or `len` is negative, or `off+len` is greater than the length of the array `b`, then an `IndexOutOfBoundsException` is thrown. If `len` is zero, then no bytes are written. Otherwise, the byte `b[off]` is written first, then `b[off+1]`, and so on; the last byte written is `b[off+len-1]`.
  Parameters:
    `b` - the data.
    `off` - the start offset in the data.
    `len` - the number of bytes to write.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeBoolean

    public void writeBoolean(boolean v)
                      throws IOException

  Writes a `boolean` value to this output stream. If the argument `v` is `true`, the value `(byte)1` is written; if `v` is `false`, the value `(byte)0` is written. The byte written by this method may be read by the `readBoolean` method of interface `DataInput`, which will then return a `boolean` equal to `v`.
  Parameters:
    `v` - the boolean to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeByte

    public void writeByte(int v)
                   throws IOException

  Writes to the output stream the eight low- order bits of the argument `v`. The 24 high-order bits of `v` are ignored. (This means that `writeByte` does exactly the same thing as `write` for an integer argument.) The byte written by this method may be read by the `readByte` method of interface `DataInput`, which will then return a `byte` equal to `(byte)v`.
  Parameters:
    `v` - the byte value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeShort

    public void writeShort(int v)
                    throws IOException

  Writes two bytes to the output stream to represent the value of the argument. The byte values to be written, in the order shown, are:

       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
       (byte)(0xff & v)

  The bytes written by this method may be read by the `readShort` method of interface `DataInput` , which will then return a `short` equal to `(short)v`.

  Parameters:
    `v` - the `short` value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeChar

    public void writeChar(int v)
                   throws IOException

  Writes a `char` value, which is comprised of two bytes, to the output stream. The byte values to be written, in the order shown, are:

       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 8))
       (byte)(0xff & v)

  The bytes written by this method may be read by the `readChar` method of interface `DataInput` , which will then return a `char` equal to `(char)v`.

  Parameters:
    `v` - the `char` value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeInt

    public void writeInt(int v)
                  throws IOException

  Writes an `int` value, which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream. The byte values to be written, in the order shown, are:

       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >>    8))
       (byte)(0xff & v)

  The bytes written by this method may be read by the `readInt` method of interface `DataInput` , which will then return an `int` equal to `v`.

  Parameters:
    `v` - the `int` value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeLong

    public void writeLong(long v)
                   throws IOException

  Writes an `long` value, which is comprised of four bytes, to the output stream. The byte values to be written, in the order shown, are:

       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 48))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 40))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 32))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 24))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >> 16))
       (byte)(0xff & (v >>  8))
       (byte)(0xff & v)

  The bytes written by this method may be read by the `readLong` method of interface `DataInput` , which will then return a `long` equal to `v`.

  Parameters:
    `v` - the `long` value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeChars

    public void writeChars(String s)
                    throws IOException

  Writes every character in the string `s`, to the output stream, in order, two bytes per character. If `s` is `null`, a `NullPointerException` is thrown. If `s.length` is zero, then no characters are written. Otherwise, the character `s[0]` is written first, then `s[1]`, and so on; the last character written is `s[s.length-1]`. For each character, two bytes are actually written, high-order byte first, in exactly the manner of the `writeChar` method.
  Parameters:
    `s` - the string value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

### writeUTF

    public void writeUTF(String str)
                  throws IOException

  Writes two bytes of length information to the output stream, followed by the Java modified UTF representation of every character in the string `s`. If `s` is `null`, a `NullPointerException` is thrown. Each character in the string `s` is converted to a group of one, two, or three bytes, depending on the value of the character.

  If a character `c` is in the range `\u0001` through `\u007f`, it is represented by one byte:

      (byte)c

  If a character `c` is `\u0000` or is in the range `\u0080` through `\u07ff`, then it is represented by two bytes, to be written in the order shown:

       (byte)(0xc0 | (0x1f & (c >> 6)))
       (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))

  If a character `c` is in the range `\u0800` through `uffff`, then it is represented by three bytes, to be written in the order shown:

       (byte)(0xe0 | (0x0f & (c >> 12)))
       (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & (c >>  6)))
       (byte)(0x80 | (0x3f & c))

  First, the total number of bytes needed to represent all the characters of `s` is calculated. If this number is larger than `65535`, then a `UTFDataFormatError` is thrown. Otherwise, this length is written to the output stream in exactly the manner of the `writeShort` method; after this, the one-, two-, or three-byte representation of each character in the string `s` is written.

  The bytes written by this method may be read by the `readUTF` method of interface `DataInput` , which will then return a `String` equal to `s`.

  Parameters:
    `str` - the string value to be written.
  Throws:
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

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