com.esf.device.serial.comm.service

Class SerialCommInputStream

java.lang.Object

java.io.InputStream

com.esf.device.serial.comm.service.SerialCommInputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable

public abstract class SerialCommInputStream
extends java.io.InputStream

This is an extension of the standard InputStream, providing additional functionality to be able to wait for incoming data. This avoids the need to have an event driven mechanism for data input.

Author:

matt.demaree

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SerialCommInputStream()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract int	waitDataAvailable() Wait indefinitely for data to become available.
abstract int	waitDataAvailable(int timeout) Wait up to the specified timeout milliseconds for data to become available.

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

available, close, mark, markSupported, read, read, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SerialCommInputStream

public SerialCommInputStream()

Method Detail

waitDataAvailable

public abstract int waitDataAvailable()
                               throws java.io.IOException

Wait indefinitely for data to become available. Once data becomes available, the amount of data immediately available will be returned.

Returns:

number of bytes that can be read immediately from the port

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failure in attempting to wait for data

waitDataAvailable

public abstract int waitDataAvailable(int timeout)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Wait up to the specified timeout milliseconds for data to become available. Once data becomes available, the amount of data immediately available will be returned.

Parameters:

timeout - in milliseconds

Returns:

number of bytes that can be read immediately from the port or 0 if timeout occurred.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failure in attempting to wait for data