Constructor Detail

• BitInputStream

  public BitInputStream(InputStream in,
                ByteOrder byteOrder)

  Constructor taking an InputStream and its bit arrangement.

  Parameters:

  in - the InputStream

  byteOrder - the bit arrangement across byte boundaries, either BIG_ENDIAN (aaaaabbb bb000000) or LITTLE_ENDIAN (bbbaaaaa 000000bb)

Method Detail

• close

  public void close()
             throws IOException

  Specified by:

  close in interface Closeable

  Specified by:

  close in interface AutoCloseable

  Throws:

  IOException

• clearBitCache

  public void clearBitCache()

  Clears the cache of bits that have been read from the underlying stream but not yet provided via readBits(int).

• readBits

  public long readBits(int count)
                throws IOException

  Returns at most 63 bits read from the underlying stream.

  Parameters:

  count - the number of bits to read, must be a positive number not bigger than 63.

  Returns:

  the bits concatenated as a long using the stream's byte order. -1 if the end of the underlying stream has been reached before reading the requested number of bits

  Throws:

  IOException - on error