cern.colt.buffer
Class ObjectBuffer

java.lang.Object
  cern.colt.PersistentObject
      cern.colt.buffer.ObjectBuffer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, ObjectBufferConsumer, Serializable

public class ObjectBuffer

extends PersistentObject

implements ObjectBufferConsumer

Fixed sized (non resizable) streaming buffer connected to a target ObjectBufferConsumer to which data is automatically flushed upon buffer overflow.

Version:

1.0, 09/24/99

See Also:

Serialized Form

ObjectBuffer

public ObjectBuffer(ObjectBufferConsumer target,
                    int capacity)

Constructs and returns a new buffer with the given target.

Parameters:

target - the target to flush to.

capacity - the number of points the buffer shall be capable of holding before overflowing and flushing to the target.

add

public void add(Object element)

Adds the specified element to the receiver.

Parameters:

element - the element to add.

addAllOf

public void addAllOf(ObjectArrayList list)

Adds all elements of the specified list to the receiver.

Specified by:

addAllOf in interface ObjectBufferConsumer

Parameters:

list - the list of which all elements shall be added.

clear

public void clear()

Sets the receiver's size to zero. In other words, forgets about any internally buffered elements.

flush

public void flush()

Adds all internally buffered elements to the receiver's target, then resets the current buffer size to zero.