/**@class java.io.ObjectInput @extends java.io.DataInput @extends java.lang.AutoCloseable ObjectInput extends the DataInput interface to include the reading of objects. DataInput includes methods for the input of primitive types, ObjectInput extends that interface to include objects, arrays, and Strings. @author unascribed @see java.io.InputStream @see java.io.ObjectOutputStream @see java.io.ObjectInputStream @since JDK1.1 */ var ObjectInput = { /**Read and return an object. The class that implements this interface defines where the object is "read" from. @return {Object {java.lang.Object}} the object read from the stream @exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException If the class of a serialized object cannot be found. @exception IOException If any of the usual Input/Output related exceptions occur. */ readObject : function( ) {}, /**Reads a byte of data. This method will block if no input is available. @return {Number} the byte read, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached. @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred. */ read : function( ) {}, /**Reads into an array of bytes. This method will block until some input is available. @param {Object {byte[]}} b the buffer into which the data is read @return {Number} the actual number of bytes read, -1 is returned when the end of the stream is reached. @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred. */ read : function( ) {}, /**Reads into an array of bytes. This method will block until some input is available. @param {Object {byte[]}} b the buffer into which the data is read @param {Number} off the start offset of the data @param {Number} len the maximum number of bytes read @return {Number} the actual number of bytes read, -1 is returned when the end of the stream is reached. @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred. */ read : function( ) {}, /**Skips n bytes of input. @param {Number} n the number of bytes to be skipped @return {Number} the actual number of bytes skipped. @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred. */ skip : function( ) {}, /**Returns the number of bytes that can be read without blocking. @return {Number} the number of available bytes. @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred. */ available : function( ) {}, /**Closes the input stream. Must be called to release any resources associated with the stream. @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred. */ close : function( ) {}, };