org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes

Class ByteChunk

java.lang.Object

org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes.Chunk

org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes.ByteChunk

public class ByteChunk
extends Chunk

A Chunk that holds binary data, normally unparsed. Generally as we know how to make sense of the contents, we create a new Chunk class and add a special case in the parser for them.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes.Chunk

chunkId, DEFAULT_NAME_PREFIX, namePrefix, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ByteChunk(int chunkId, Types.MAPIType type) Create a Byte Chunk, with the specified type.
ByteChunk(String namePrefix, int chunkId, Types.MAPIType type) Creates a Byte Chunk.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAs7bitString() Returns the data, formatted as a string assuming it was a non-unicode string.
byte[]	getValue()
void	readValue(InputStream value) Reads the value of this chunk using an InputStream
void	setValue(byte[] value)
protected static String	toDebugFriendlyString(byte[] value) Formats the byte array in a debug-friendly way, showing all of a short array, and the start of a longer one.
String	toString() Returns the data in a debug-friendly string format
void	writeValue(OutputStream out) Writes the value of this chunk back out again.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes.Chunk

getChunkId, getEntryName, getType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ByteChunk

public ByteChunk(String namePrefix,
         int chunkId,
         Types.MAPIType type)

Creates a Byte Chunk.

ByteChunk

public ByteChunk(int chunkId,
         Types.MAPIType type)

Create a Byte Chunk, with the specified type.

Method Detail

readValue

public void readValue(InputStream value)
               throws IOException

Description copied from class: Chunk

Reads the value of this chunk using an InputStream

Specified by:

readValue in class Chunk

Throws:

IOException

writeValue

public void writeValue(OutputStream out)
                throws IOException

Description copied from class: Chunk

Writes the value of this chunk back out again.

Specified by:

writeValue in class Chunk

Throws:

IOException

getValue

public byte[] getValue()

setValue

public void setValue(byte[] value)

toString

public String toString()

Returns the data in a debug-friendly string format

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toDebugFriendlyString

protected static String toDebugFriendlyString(byte[] value)

Formats the byte array in a debug-friendly way, showing all of a short array, and the start of a longer one.

getAs7bitString

public String getAs7bitString()

Returns the data, formatted as a string assuming it was a non-unicode string. If your data isn't in fact stored as basically ASCII, don't expect this to return much of any sense....

Returns:

the data formatted as a string