edu.vt.middleware.crypt.io
Class IOHelper

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.crypt.io.IOHelper

public final class IOHelper
extends Object

Utility class with methods for common IO operations.

Version:

$Revision: 1818 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

static byte[]	read(FileChannel channel) Reads all data from the given file channel.
static byte[]	read(InputStream in) Reads all data from a stream of unknown length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

read

public static byte[] read(InputStream in)
                   throws IOException

Reads all data from a stream of unknown length.

Parameters:

in - Input stream to read.

Returns:

Entire contents of stream.

Throws:

IOException - On read errors.

read

public static byte[] read(FileChannel channel)
                   throws IOException

Reads all data from the given file channel. The channel is closed upon completion.

Parameters:

channel - File channel to read.

Returns:

Entire contents of channel.

Throws:

IOException - On read errors.