NonBlockingInputStream.java

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package org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.collection;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * An abstract {@link InputStream} extension that defines contract for non-blocking
 * streaming {@code read} operations.
 *
 * @author Marek Potociar
 */
public abstract class NonBlockingInputStream extends InputStream {
    /**
     * Constant used as a return value from {@link #tryRead()} method, to indicate that nothing
     * has been read.
     */
    public static final int NOTHING = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

    /**
     * Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or
     * skipped over) from this input stream without blocking by the next
     * invocation of a method for this input stream. The next invocation
     * might be the same thread or another thread.  A single read or skip of this
     * many bytes will not block, but may read or skip fewer bytes.
     * <p>
     * Note that while some implementations of {@code InputStream} will return
     * the total number of bytes in the stream, many will not. It is
     * never correct to use the return value of this method to allocate
     * a buffer intended to hold all data in this stream.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * A subclass' implementation of this method may choose to throw an
     * {@link java.io.IOException} if this input stream has been closed by
     * invoking the {@link #close()} method.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * The default implementation of this method in {@code NonBlockingInputStream}
     * throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. This method must be overridden
     * by subclasses. The overriding implementations must guarantee non-blocking behavior
     * of the method. The overriding implementation must also guarantee that a non-empty
     * stream does not return zero from the method. IOW, it must be possible to use the
     * method for empty check: {@code stream.available() == 0}
     * </p>
     *
     * @return an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped
     *         over) from this input stream without blocking or {@code 0} when
     *         it reaches the end of the input stream or the stream is empty.
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    @Override
    public int available() throws IOException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    /**
     * Behaves mostly like {@link java.io.InputStream#read()}.
     *
     * The main difference is that this method is non-blocking. In case there are no
     * data available to be read, the method returns {@link #NOTHING} immediately.
     *
     * @return next byte of data, {@code -1} if end of the stream has been reached or
     *         {@link #NOTHING} in case no data are available to be read at the moment.
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public abstract int tryRead() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Behaves mostly like {@link java.io.InputStream#read(byte[])}.
     *
     * The main difference is that this method is non-blocking. In case there are no
     * data available to be read, the method returns zero immediately.
     *
     * @param b the buffer into which the data is read.
     * @return the total number of bytes read into the buffer or {@code -1} if end of the
     *         stream has been reached or {@code 0} in case no data are available to be
     *         read at the moment.
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public abstract int tryRead(byte b[]) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Behaves mostly like {@link java.io.InputStream#read(byte[], int, int)}.
     *
     * The main difference is that this method is non-blocking. In case there are no
     * data available to be read, the method returns zero immediately.
     *
     * @param b   the buffer into which the data is read.
     * @param off the start offset in array {@code b}
     *            at which the data is written.
     * @param len the maximum number of bytes to read.
     * @return the total number of bytes read into the buffer or {@code -1} if end of the
     *         stream has been reached or {@code 0} in case no data are available to be
     *         read at the moment.
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public abstract int tryRead(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException;
}