org.openoffice.xmerge.converter.palm.PdbDecoder Class Reference

Provides functionality to decode a PDB formatted file into a PalmDB object given an InputStream. More...

Public Member Functions
PalmDB	parse (byte[] b) throws IOException
	This method decodes a PDB file into a PalmDB object. More...

Detailed Description

Provides functionality to decode a PDB formatted file into a PalmDB object given an InputStream.

This class is only used by the PalmDB object.

Sample usage:

PdbDecoder decoder = new PdbDecoder("sample.pdb");

PalmDB palmDB = decoder.parse();

This decoder has the following assumptions on the PDB file:

1. There is only one RecordList section in the PDB.
2. The Record indices in the RecordList are sorted in order, i.e. the first Record index refers to Record 0, and so forth.
3. The raw Record in the Record section are sorted as well in order, i.e. first Record comes ahead of second Record, etc.

Other decoders assume these as well.

See also

PalmDB

Record

Definition at line 51 of file PdbDecoder.java.

Member Function Documentation

parse()

PalmDB org.openoffice.xmerge.converter.palm.PdbDecoder.parse ( byte[]  b ) throws IOException

inline

This method decodes a PDB file into a PalmDB object.

First, the header data is read using the PdbHeader.read method. Next, the RecordList section is read and the Record offsets are stored for use when parsing the Records. Based on these offsets, the bytes corresponding to each Record are read and each is stored in a Record object. Lastly, the data is used to create a PalmDB object.

Parameters

b	byte[] containing PDB.

Exceptions

IOException

If I/O error occurs.

Definition at line 67 of file PdbDecoder.java.

References header, and i.

Referenced by org.openoffice.xmerge.converter.palm.PalmDocument.read().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• PdbDecoder.java