com.jguild.jrpm.io

Class IndexEntry

public class IndexEntry extends Object

RPM Index Entry (16 byte).

tag; what the data is for (4 bytes)
type; what type of data is stored (see RPMFileType.java) (4 bytes)
offset; where to the data begins (4 bytes)
count; how much data of the type is there (4 bytes)

Version: $Id: IndexEntry.java,v 1.5 2004/05/06 20:59:22 mkuss Exp $

Constructor Summary
	IndexEntry(DataInputStream inputStream) Constructs a IndexEntry out of a InputStream.

Method Summary
long	getCount() Get the number of elements of this data type
long	getOffset() Returns the offset of this data type
int	getSize() Get the size of this index entry in bytes
long	getTag() Get the tag id as a long
RPMIndexType	getType() Get the data type of this entry

Constructor Detail

IndexEntry

public IndexEntry(DataInputStream inputStream)

Constructs a IndexEntry out of a InputStream. This will read the tag id, the data type, the offset of the data and the number of elements of data. Note that the number of elements varies in its meaning depending on the data type.

Parameters: inputStream An InputStream containing a rpm file.

Throws: IOException If an error occurs during reading from stream