Class PropertyBlock

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    BlockWritable

    public class PropertyBlock
    extends Object
    A block of Property instances
    Author:
    Marc Johnson (mjohnson at apache dot org)
    • Method Detail

      • getBigBlockSize

        public int getBigBlockSize()
      • createPropertyBlockArray

        public static BlockWritable[] createPropertyBlockArray​(List properties,
                                                               int size)
        Create an array of PropertyBlocks from an array of Property instances, creating empty Property instances to make up any shortfall
        Parameters:
        properties - the Property instances to be converted into PropertyBlocks, in a java List
        Returns:
        the array of newly created PropertyBlock instances
      • doWriteData

        protected void doWriteData​(OutputStream stream,
                                   byte[] data)
                            throws IOException
        Default implementation of write for extending classes that contain their data in a simple array of bytes.
        Parameters:
        stream - the OutputStream to which the data should be written.
        data - the byte array of to be written.
        Throws:
        IOException - on problems writing to the specified stream.
      • writeBlocks

        public void writeBlocks​(OutputStream stream)
                         throws IOException
        Write the storage to an OutputStream
        Specified by:
        writeBlocks in interface BlockWritable
        Parameters:
        stream - the OutputStream to which the stored data should be written
        Throws:
        IOException - on problems writing to the specified stream