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Posted to commits@activemq.apache.org by ta...@apache.org on 2007/12/02 23:58:25 UTC

svn commit: r600402 [2/2] - in /activemq/activemq-cpp/decaf/trunk/src/main: ./ decaf/internal/nio/ decaf/nio/

Modified: activemq/activemq-cpp/decaf/trunk/src/main/decaf/nio/ByteBuffer.h
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/activemq/activemq-cpp/decaf/trunk/src/main/decaf/nio/ByteBuffer.h?rev=600402&r1=600401&r2=600402&view=diff
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--- activemq/activemq-cpp/decaf/trunk/src/main/decaf/nio/ByteBuffer.h (original)
+++ activemq/activemq-cpp/decaf/trunk/src/main/decaf/nio/ByteBuffer.h Sun Dec  2 14:58:25 2007
@@ -30,785 +30,783 @@
 namespace decaf{
 namespace nio{
 
-    class CharBuffer;
-    class DoubleBuffer;
-    class FloatBuffer;
-    class ShortBuffer;
-    class IntBuffer;
-    class LongBuffer;
-
-    /**
-     * This class defines six categories of operations upon byte buffers:
-     *
-     *  1. Absolute and relative get and put methods that read and write single bytes;
-     *  2. Relative bulk get methods that transfer contiguous sequences of bytes from
-     *     this buffer into an array;
-     *  3. Relative bulk put methods that transfer contiguous sequences of bytes from
-     *     a byte array or some other byte buffer into this buffer;
-     *  4. Absolute and relative get and put methods that read and write values of other
-     *     primitive types, translating them to and from sequences of bytes in a
-     *     particular byte order;
-     *  5. Methods for creating view buffers, which allow a byte buffer to be viewed as
-     *     a buffer containing values of some other primitive type; and
-     *  6. Methods for compacting, duplicating, and slicing a byte buffer.
-     *
-     * Byte buffers can be created either by allocation, which allocates space for the
-     * buffer's content, or by wrapping an existing byte array into a buffer.
-     *
-     * Access to binary data:
-     *
-     * This class defines methods for reading and writing values of all other primitive
-     * types, except boolean. Primitive values are translated to (or from) sequences of
-     * bytes according to the buffer's current byte order.
-     *
-     * For access to heterogeneous binary data, that is, sequences of values of
-     * different types, this class defines a family of absolute and relative get and
-     * put methods for each type. For 32-bit floating-point values, for example, this
-     * class defines:
-     *
-     *   float getFloat()
-     *   float getFloat(int index)
-     *   void  putFloat(float f)
-     *   void  putFloat(int index, float f)
-     *
-     * Corresponding methods are defined for the types char, short, int, long, and
-     * double. The index parameters of the absolute get and put methods are in terms
-     * of bytes rather than of the type being read or written.
-     *
-     * For access to homogeneous binary data, that is, sequences of values of the same
-     * type, this class defines methods that can create views of a given byte buffer.
-     * A view buffer is simply another buffer whose content is backed by the byte buffer.
-     * Changes to the byte buffer's content will be visible in the view buffer, and vice
-     * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values are independent. The
-     * asFloatBuffer method, for example, creates an instance of the FloatBuffer class
-     * that is backed by the byte buffer upon which the method is invoked. Corresponding
-     * view-creation methods are defined for the types char, short, int, long, and double.
-     *
-     * View buffers have two important advantages over the families of type-specific
-     * get and put methods described above:
-     *
-     *   A view buffer is indexed not in terms of bytes but rather in terms of the
-     *   type-specific size of its values;
-     *
-     *   A view buffer provides relative bulk get and put methods that can transfer
-     *   contiguous sequences of values between a buffer and an array or some other
-     *   buffer of the same type; and
-     *
-     */
-    class DECAF_API ByteBuffer : public Buffer,
-                                 public lang::Comparable<ByteBuffer> {
-    protected:
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a CharBuffer object that has its backing array allocated internally
-         * and is then owned and deleted when this object is deleted.  The array is
-         * initially created with all elements initialized to zero.
-         * @param capacity - size of the array, this is the limit we read and write to.
-         */
-        ByteBuffer( std::size_t capacity );
-
-    public:
-
-        virtual ~ByteBuffer() {}
-
-        /**
-         * @returns a std::string describing this object
-         */
-        virtual std::string toString() const;
-
-        /**
-         * Relative bulk get method.
-         * <p>
-         * This method transfers bytes from this buffer into the given destination
-         * vector. An invocation of this method of the form src.get(a) behaves in
-         * exactly the same way as the invocation.  The vector must be sized to the
-         * amount of data that is to be read, that is to say, the caller should call
-         * buffer.resize( N ) before calling this get method.
-         * @returns a reference to this Byte Buffer
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length bytes
-         * remaining in this buffer
-         */
-        ByteBuffer& get( std::vector<unsigned char> buffer )
-            throw ( BufferUnderflowException );
-
-        /**
-         * Relative bulk get method.
-         * <p>
-         * This method transfers bytes from this buffer into the given destination array.
-         * If there are fewer bytes remaining in the buffer than are required to satisfy
-         * the request, that is, if length > remaining(), then no bytes are transferred
-         * and a BufferUnderflowException is thrown.
-         * <p>
-         * Otherwise, this method copies length bytes from this buffer into the given
-         * array, starting at the current position of this buffer and at the given offset
-         * in the array. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
-         * <p>
-         * @param buffer - pointer to an allocated buffer to fill
-         * @param offset - position in the buffer to start filling
-         * @param length - amount of data to put in the passed buffer
-         * @returns a reference to this Buffer
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length bytes
-         * remaining in this buffer
-         * @throws NullPointerException if the passed buffer is null.
-         */
-        ByteBuffer& get( unsigned char* buffer,
-                         std::size_t offset,
-                         std::size_t length )
-            throw( BufferUnderflowException,
-                   lang::exceptions::NullPointerException );
-
-        /**
-         * This method transfers the bytes remaining in the given source buffer into
-         * this buffer. If there are more bytes remaining in the source buffer than in
-         * this buffer, that is, if src.remaining() > remaining(), then no bytes are
-         * transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.
-         * <p>
-         * Otherwise, this method copies n = src.remaining() bytes from the given
-         * buffer into this buffer, starting at each buffer's current position. The
-         * positions of both buffers are then incremented by n.
-         * @param src - the buffer to take bytes from an place in this one.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throws BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this
-         * buffer for the remaining bytes in the source buffer
-         * @throws IllegalArgumentException - If the source buffer is this buffer
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        ByteBuffer& put( ByteBuffer& src )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException,
-                   lang::exceptions::IllegalArgumentException );
-
-        /**
-         * This method transfers bytes into this buffer from the given source array.
-         * If there are more bytes to be copied from the array than remain in this buffer,
-         * that is, if length > remaining(), then no bytes are transferred and a
-         * BufferOverflowException is thrown.
-         * <p>
-         * Otherwise, this method copies length bytes from the given array into this
-         * buffer, starting at the given offset in the array and at the current position
-         * of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
-         * @param buffer - The array from which bytes are to be read
-         * @param offset - The offset within the array of the first byte to be read;
-         * @param length - The number of bytes to be read from the given array
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throws BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         * @throws NullPointerException if the passed buffer is null.
-         */
-        ByteBuffer& put( const unsigned char* buffer,
-                         std::size_t offset,
-                         std::size_t length )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException,
-                   lang::exceptions::NullPointerException );
-
-        /**
-         * This method transfers the entire content of the given source byte array into
-         * this buffer.  This is the same as calling put( &buffer[0], 0, buffer.size()
-         * @pparam buffer - The buffer whose contents are copied to this ByteBuffer
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throws BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        ByteBuffer& put( std::vector<unsigned char>& buffer )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException );
-
-    public:   // Abstract Methods
-
-        /**
-         * Tells whether or not this buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns true if, and only if, this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual bool isReadOnly() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the byte array that backs this buffer
-         * <p>
-         * Modifications to this buffer's content will cause the returned array's
-         * content to be modified, and vice versa.
-         * <p>
-         * Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure
-         * that this buffer has an accessible backing array.
-         * @returns The array that backs this buffer
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but
-         * is read-only
-         * @throws UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an
-         * accessible array
-         */
-        virtual unsigned char* array()
-            throw( ReadOnlyBufferException,
-                   lang::exceptions::UnsupportedOperationException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the offset within this buffer's backing array of the first element
-         * of the buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * If this buffer is backed by an array then buffer position p corresponds to
-         * array index p + arrayOffset().
-         * <p>
-         * Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure
-         * that this buffer has an accessible backing array.
-         * @returns The offset within this buffer's array of the first element of
-         * the buffer
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but
-         * is read-only
-         * @throws UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an
-         * accessible array
-         */
-        virtual std::size_t arrayOffset() const
-            throw( ReadOnlyBufferException,
-                   lang::exceptions::UnsupportedOperationException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Tells whether or not this buffer is backed by an accessible byte array.
-         * If this method returns true then the array and arrayOffset methods may safely
-         * be invoked.  Subclasses should override this method if they do not have a
-         * backing array as this class always returns true.
-         * @returns true if, and only if, this buffer is backed by an array and is not
-         * read-only
-         */
-        virtual bool hasArray() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a char buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
-         * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
-         * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
-         * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer, and its mark will be undefined.
-         * The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the new Char Buffer, which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual CharBuffer* asCharBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a double buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
-         * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
-         * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
-         * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by eight, and its mark
-         * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
-         * buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the new double Buffer, which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual DoubleBuffer* asDoubleBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a float buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
-         * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
-         * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
-         * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by four, and its mark
-         * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
-         * buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the new float Buffer, which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual FloatBuffer* asFloatBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a int buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
-         * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
-         * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
-         * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by four, and its mark
-         * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
-         * buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the new int Buffer, which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual IntBuffer* asIntBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a long buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
-         * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
-         * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
-         * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by eight, and its mark
-         * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
-         * buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the new long Buffer, which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual LongBuffer* asLongBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a short buffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
-         * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
-         * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
-         * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by two, and its mark
-         * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
-         * buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the new short Buffer, which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual ShortBuffer* asShortBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a new, read-only byte buffer that shares this buffer's content.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this
-         * buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer; the new buffer itself,
-         * however, will be read-only and will not allow the shared content to be
-         * modified. The two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be
-         * independent.
-         * <p>
-         * If this buffer is itself read-only then this method behaves in exactly the
-         * same way as the duplicate method.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be
-         * identical to those of this buffer.
-         * @return The new, read-only byte buffer which the caller then owns.
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer* asReadOnlyBuffer() const = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Compacts this buffer
-         * <p>
-         * The bytes between the buffer's current position and its limit, if any, are
-         * copied to the beginning of the buffer. That is, the byte at index
-         * p = position() is copied to index zero, the byte at index p + 1 is copied
-         * to index one, and so forth until the byte at index limit() - 1 is copied
-         * to index n = limit() - 1 - p. The buffer's position is then set to n+1 and
-         * its limit is set to its capacity. The mark, if defined, is discarded.
-         * <p>
-         * The buffer's position is set to the number of bytes copied, rather than to
-         * zero, so that an invocation of this method can be followed immediately by
-         * an invocation of another relative put method.
-         * @returns a reference to this ByteBuffer
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& compact() throw( ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a new byte buffer that shares this buffer's content.
-         * <p>
-         * The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this
-         * buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two
-         * buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical
-         * to those of this buffer. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if,
-         * this buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns a new Byte Buffer which the caller owns.
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer* duplicate() = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Relative get method. Reads the byte at this buffer's current position, and
-         * then increments the position.
-         * @returns The byte at the buffer's current position
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If the buffer's current position is not
-         * smaller than its limit
-         */
-        virtual unsigned char get() const throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Absolute get method. Reads the byte at the given index.
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the byte is to be read
-         * @returns the byte that is located at the given index
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is not smaller than the
-         * buffer's limit
-         */
-        virtual unsigned char get( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads the next byte at this buffer's current position, and then increments
-         * the position by one
-         * @returns the next char in the buffer..
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
-         * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
-         */
-        virtual char getChar() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads one byte at the given index and returns it
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the byte is to be read
-         * @returns the char at the given index in the buffer
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is not smaller than the
-         * buffer's limit
-         */
-        virtual char getChar( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads the next eight bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
-         * increments the position by that amount.
-         * @returns the next double in the buffer..
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
-         * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
-         */
-        virtual double getDouble() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads eight bytes at the given index and returns it
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
-         * @returns the double at the given index in the buffer
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
-         * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
-         */
-        virtual double getDouble( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads the next four bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
-         * increments the position by that amount.
-         * @returns the next float in the buffer..
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
-         * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
-         */
-        virtual float getFloat() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads four bytes at the given index and returns it
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
-         * @returns the float at the given index in the buffer
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
-         * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
-         */
-        virtual float getFloat( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads the next eight bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
-         * increments the position by that amount.
-         * @returns the next long long in the buffer..
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
-         * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
-         */
-        virtual long long getLong() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads eight bytes at the given index and returns it
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
-         * @returns the long long at the given index in the buffer
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
-         * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
-         */
-        virtual long long getLong( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads the next four bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
-         * increments the position by that amount.
-         * @returns the next int in the buffer..
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
-         * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
-         */
-        virtual int getInt() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads four bytes at the given index and returns it
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
-         * @returns the int at the given index in the buffer
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
-         * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
-         */
-        virtual int getInt( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads the next two bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
-         * increments the position by that amount.
-         * @returns the next short in the buffer..
-         * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
-         * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
-         */
-        virtual short getShort() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Reads two bytes at the given index and returns it
-         * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
-         * @returns the short at the given index in the buffer
-         * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
-         * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
-         */
-        virtual short getShort( std::size_t index ) const
-            throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes the given byte into this buffer at the current position, and then
-         * increments the position.
-         * @param value - the byte value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throws BufferOverflowException - If this buffer's current position is not
-         * smaller than its limit
-         * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& put( unsigned char value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes the given byte into this buffer at the given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the byte to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& put( std::size_t index, unsigned char value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes one byte containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * current position, and then increments the position by one.
-         * @param value - The value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
-         * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putChar( char value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes one byte containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the value to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putChar( std::size_t index, char value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
-         * @param value - The value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
-         * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putDouble( double value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the value to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putDouble( std::size_t index, double value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
-         * @param value - The value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
-         * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putFloat( float value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the value to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putFloat( std::size_t index, float value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
-         * @param value - The value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
-         * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putLong( long long value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the value to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putLong( std::size_t index, long long value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
-         * @param value - The value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
-         * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putInt( int value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the value to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putInt( std::size_t index, int value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes two bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
-         * @param value - The value to be written
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
-         * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putShort( short value )
-            throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Writes two bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
-         * given index.
-         * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
-         * @param value - the value to write.
-         * @returns a reference to this buffer
-         * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
-         * minus the size of the type being written.
-         * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer& putShort( std::size_t index, short value )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
-                   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
-
-        /**
-         * Creates a new byte buffer whose content is a shared subsequence of this
-         * buffer's content.  The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's
-         * current position. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new
-         * buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will
-         * be independent.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be the
-         * number of bytes remaining in this buffer, and its mark will be undefined. The
-         * new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
-         * @returns the newly create ByteBuffer which the caller owns.
-         */
-        virtual ByteBuffer* slice() const = 0;
-
-    public:  // Comparable
-
-        /**
-         * Compares this object with the specified object for order. Returns a
-         * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
-         * than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
-         * @param value - the Object to be compared.
-         * @returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this
-         * object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
-         */
-        virtual int compareTo( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
-
-        /**
-         * @return true if this value is considered equal to the passed value.
-         */
-        virtual bool equals( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
-
-        /**
-         * Compares equality between this object and the one passed.
-         * @param value - the value to be compared to this one.
-         * @return true if this object is equal to the one passed.
-         */
-        virtual bool operator==( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
-
-        /**
-         * Compares this object to another and returns true if this object
-         * is considered to be less than the one passed.  This
-         * @param value - the value to be compared to this one.
-         * @return true if this object is equal to the one passed.
-         */
-        virtual bool operator<( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
-
-    public:
-
-        /**
-         * Allocates a new byte buffer whose position will be zero its limit will
-         * be its capacity and its mark is not set.
-         * @param capacity - the internal buffer's capacity.
-         * @returns a newly allocated ByteBuffer which the caller owns.
-         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if capacity is zero.
-         */
-        static ByteBuffer* allocate( std::size_t capacity )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::IllegalArgumentException );
-
-        /**
-         * Wraps the passed buffer with a new ByteBuffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer will be backed by the given byte array; that is, modifications
-         * to the buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new
-         * buffer's capacity will be array.length, its position will be offset, its limit
-         * will be offset + length, and its mark will be undefined. Its backing array
-         * will be the given array, and its array offset will be zero.
-         * @param buffer - The array that will back the new buffer
-         * @param offset - The offset of the subarray to be used
-         * @param length - The length of the subarray to be used
-         * @returns a new ByteBuffer that is backed by buffer, caller owns.
-         */
-        static ByteBuffer* wrap( unsigned char* array, std::size_t offset, std::size_t length )
-            throw( lang::exceptions::NullPointerException );
-
-        /**
-         * Wraps the passed STL Byte Vector in a ByteBuffer.
-         * <p>
-         * The new buffer will be backed by the given byte array; modifications to the
-         * buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new buffer's
-         * capacity and limit will be buffer.size(), its position will be zero, and its
-         * mark will be undefined. Its backing array will be the given array, and its
-         * array offset will be zero.
-         * @param buffer - The vector that will back the new buffer, the vector must
-         * have been sized to the desired size already by calling vector.resize( N ).
-         * @returns a new ByteBuffer that is backed by buffer, caller owns.
-         */
-        static ByteBuffer* wrap( std::vector<unsigned char>& buffer );
+	class CharBuffer;
+	class DoubleBuffer;
+	class FloatBuffer;
+	class ShortBuffer;
+	class IntBuffer;
+	class LongBuffer;
+
+	/**
+	 * This class defines six categories of operations upon byte buffers:
+	 *
+	 *  1. Absolute and relative get and put methods that read and write single bytes;
+	 *  2. Relative bulk get methods that transfer contiguous sequences of bytes from
+	 *     this buffer into an array;
+	 *  3. Relative bulk put methods that transfer contiguous sequences of bytes from
+	 *     a byte array or some other byte buffer into this buffer;
+	 *  4. Absolute and relative get and put methods that read and write values of other
+	 *     primitive types, translating them to and from sequences of bytes in a
+	 *     particular byte order;
+	 *  5. Methods for creating view buffers, which allow a byte buffer to be viewed as
+	 *     a buffer containing values of some other primitive type; and
+	 *  6. Methods for compacting, duplicating, and slicing a byte buffer.
+	 *
+	 * Byte buffers can be created either by allocation, which allocates space for the
+	 * buffer's content, or by wrapping an existing byte array into a buffer.
+	 *
+	 * Access to binary data:
+	 *
+	 * This class defines methods for reading and writing values of all other primitive
+	 * types, except boolean. Primitive values are translated to (or from) sequences of
+	 * bytes according to the buffer's current byte order.
+	 *
+	 * For access to heterogeneous binary data, that is, sequences of values of
+	 * different types, this class defines a family of absolute and relative get and
+	 * put methods for each type. For 32-bit floating-point values, for example, this
+	 * class defines:
+	 *
+	 *   float getFloat()
+	 *   float getFloat(int index)
+	 *   void  putFloat(float f)
+	 *   void  putFloat(int index, float f)
+	 *
+	 * Corresponding methods are defined for the types char, short, int, long, and
+	 * double. The index parameters of the absolute get and put methods are in terms
+	 * of bytes rather than of the type being read or written.
+	 *
+	 * For access to homogeneous binary data, that is, sequences of values of the same
+	 * type, this class defines methods that can create views of a given byte buffer.
+	 * A view buffer is simply another buffer whose content is backed by the byte buffer.
+	 * Changes to the byte buffer's content will be visible in the view buffer, and vice
+	 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values are independent. The
+	 * asFloatBuffer method, for example, creates an instance of the FloatBuffer class
+	 * that is backed by the byte buffer upon which the method is invoked. Corresponding
+	 * view-creation methods are defined for the types char, short, int, long, and double.
+	 *
+	 * View buffers have two important advantages over the families of type-specific
+	 * get and put methods described above:
+	 *
+	 *   A view buffer is indexed not in terms of bytes but rather in terms of the
+	 *   type-specific size of its values;
+	 *
+	 *   A view buffer provides relative bulk get and put methods that can transfer
+	 *   contiguous sequences of values between a buffer and an array or some other
+	 *   buffer of the same type; and
+	 *
+	 */
+	class DECAF_API ByteBuffer : public Buffer,
+								 public lang::Comparable<ByteBuffer> {
+	protected:
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a CharBuffer object that has its backing array allocated internally
+		 * and is then owned and deleted when this object is deleted.  The array is
+		 * initially created with all elements initialized to zero.
+		 * @param capacity - size of the array, this is the limit we read and write to.
+		 */
+		ByteBuffer( std::size_t capacity );
+
+	public:
+
+		virtual ~ByteBuffer() {}
+
+		/**
+		 * @returns a std::string describing this object
+		 */
+		virtual std::string toString() const;
+
+		/**
+		 * Relative bulk get method.
+		 * <p>
+		 * This method transfers bytes from this buffer into the given destination
+		 * vector. An invocation of this method of the form src.get(a) behaves in
+		 * exactly the same way as the invocation.  The vector must be sized to the
+		 * amount of data that is to be read, that is to say, the caller should call
+		 * buffer.resize( N ) before calling this get method.
+		 * @returns a reference to this Byte Buffer
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length bytes
+		 * remaining in this buffer
+		 */
+		ByteBuffer& get( std::vector<unsigned char> buffer )
+			throw ( BufferUnderflowException );
+
+		/**
+		 * Relative bulk get method.
+		 * <p>
+		 * This method transfers bytes from this buffer into the given destination array.
+		 * If there are fewer bytes remaining in the buffer than are required to satisfy
+		 * the request, that is, if length > remaining(), then no bytes are transferred
+		 * and a BufferUnderflowException is thrown.
+		 * <p>
+		 * Otherwise, this method copies length bytes from this buffer into the given
+		 * array, starting at the current position of this buffer and at the given offset
+		 * in the array. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
+		 * <p>
+		 * @param buffer - pointer to an allocated buffer to fill
+		 * @param offset - position in the buffer to start filling
+		 * @param length - amount of data to put in the passed buffer
+		 * @returns a reference to this Buffer
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length bytes
+		 * remaining in this buffer
+		 * @throws NullPointerException if the passed buffer is null.
+		 */
+		ByteBuffer& get( unsigned char* buffer,
+						 std::size_t offset,
+						 std::size_t length )
+			throw( BufferUnderflowException,
+				   lang::exceptions::NullPointerException );
+
+		/**
+		 * This method transfers the bytes remaining in the given source buffer into
+		 * this buffer. If there are more bytes remaining in the source buffer than in
+		 * this buffer, that is, if src.remaining() > remaining(), then no bytes are
+		 * transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.
+		 * <p>
+		 * Otherwise, this method copies n = src.remaining() bytes from the given
+		 * buffer into this buffer, starting at each buffer's current position. The
+		 * positions of both buffers are then incremented by n.
+		 * @param src - the buffer to take bytes from an place in this one.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throws BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this
+		 * buffer for the remaining bytes in the source buffer
+		 * @throws IllegalArgumentException - If the source buffer is this buffer
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		ByteBuffer& put( ByteBuffer& src )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException,
+				   lang::exceptions::IllegalArgumentException );
+
+		/**
+		 * This method transfers bytes into this buffer from the given source array.
+		 * If there are more bytes to be copied from the array than remain in this buffer,
+		 * that is, if length > remaining(), then no bytes are transferred and a
+		 * BufferOverflowException is thrown.
+		 * <p>
+		 * Otherwise, this method copies length bytes from the given array into this
+		 * buffer, starting at the given offset in the array and at the current position
+		 * of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
+		 * @param buffer - The array from which bytes are to be read
+		 * @param offset - The offset within the array of the first byte to be read;
+		 * @param length - The number of bytes to be read from the given array
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throws BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 * @throws NullPointerException if the passed buffer is null.
+		 */
+		ByteBuffer& put( const unsigned char* buffer,
+						 std::size_t offset,
+						 std::size_t length )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException,
+				   lang::exceptions::NullPointerException );
+
+		/**
+		 * This method transfers the entire content of the given source byte array into
+		 * this buffer.  This is the same as calling put( &buffer[0], 0, buffer.size()
+		 * @pparam buffer - The buffer whose contents are copied to this ByteBuffer
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throws BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		ByteBuffer& put( std::vector<unsigned char>& buffer )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException );
+
+	public:   // Abstract Methods
+
+		/**
+		 * Tells whether or not this buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns true if, and only if, this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual bool isReadOnly() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the byte array that backs this buffer
+		 * <p>
+		 * Modifications to this buffer's content will cause the returned array's
+		 * content to be modified, and vice versa.
+		 * <p>
+		 * Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure
+		 * that this buffer has an accessible backing array.
+		 * @returns The array that backs this buffer
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but
+		 * is read-only
+		 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an
+		 * accessible array
+		 */
+		virtual unsigned char* array()
+			throw( ReadOnlyBufferException,
+				   lang::exceptions::UnsupportedOperationException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the offset within this buffer's backing array of the first element
+		 * of the buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * If this buffer is backed by an array then buffer position p corresponds to
+		 * array index p + arrayOffset().
+		 * <p>
+		 * Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure
+		 * that this buffer has an accessible backing array.
+		 * @returns The offset within this buffer's array of the first element of
+		 * the buffer
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but
+		 * is read-only
+		 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an
+		 * accessible array
+		 */
+		virtual std::size_t arrayOffset() const
+			throw( ReadOnlyBufferException,
+				   lang::exceptions::UnsupportedOperationException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Tells whether or not this buffer is backed by an accessible byte array.
+		 * If this method returns true then the array and arrayOffset methods may safely
+		 * be invoked.  Subclasses should override this method if they do not have a
+		 * backing array as this class always returns true.
+		 * @returns true if, and only if, this buffer is backed by an array and is not
+		 * read-only
+		 */
+		virtual bool hasArray() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a char buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
+		 * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
+		 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
+		 * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer, and its mark will be undefined.
+		 * The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the new Char Buffer, which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual CharBuffer* asCharBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a double buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
+		 * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
+		 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
+		 * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by eight, and its mark
+		 * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
+		 * buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the new double Buffer, which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual DoubleBuffer* asDoubleBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a float buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
+		 * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
+		 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
+		 * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by four, and its mark
+		 * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
+		 * buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the new float Buffer, which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual FloatBuffer* asFloatBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a int buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
+		 * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
+		 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
+		 * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by four, and its mark
+		 * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
+		 * buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the new int Buffer, which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual IntBuffer* asIntBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a long buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
+		 * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
+		 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
+		 * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by eight, and its mark
+		 * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
+		 * buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the new long Buffer, which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual LongBuffer* asLongBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a view of this byte buffer as a short buffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position.
+		 * Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice
+		 * versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be
+		 * the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided by two, and its mark
+		 * will be undefined. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this
+		 * buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the new short Buffer, which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual ShortBuffer* asShortBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new, read-only byte buffer that shares this buffer's content.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this
+		 * buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer; the new buffer itself,
+		 * however, will be read-only and will not allow the shared content to be
+		 * modified. The two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be
+		 * independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * If this buffer is itself read-only then this method behaves in exactly the
+		 * same way as the duplicate method.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be
+		 * identical to those of this buffer.
+		 * @return The new, read-only byte buffer which the caller then owns.
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer* asReadOnlyBuffer() const = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Compacts this buffer
+		 * <p>
+		 * The bytes between the buffer's current position and its limit, if any, are
+		 * copied to the beginning of the buffer. That is, the byte at index
+		 * p = position() is copied to index zero, the byte at index p + 1 is copied
+		 * to index one, and so forth until the byte at index limit() - 1 is copied
+		 * to index n = limit() - 1 - p. The buffer's position is then set to n+1 and
+		 * its limit is set to its capacity. The mark, if defined, is discarded.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The buffer's position is set to the number of bytes copied, rather than to
+		 * zero, so that an invocation of this method can be followed immediately by
+		 * an invocation of another relative put method.
+		 * @returns a reference to this ByteBuffer
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& compact() throw( ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new byte buffer that shares this buffer's content.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this
+		 * buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two
+		 * buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical
+		 * to those of this buffer. The new buffer will be read-only if, and only if,
+		 * this buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns a new Byte Buffer which the caller owns.
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer* duplicate() = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Relative get method. Reads the byte at this buffer's current position, and
+		 * then increments the position.
+		 * @returns The byte at the buffer's current position
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If the buffer's current position is not
+		 * smaller than its limit
+		 */
+		virtual unsigned char get() const throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Absolute get method. Reads the byte at the given index.
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the byte is to be read
+		 * @returns the byte that is located at the given index
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is not smaller than the
+		 * buffer's limit
+		 */
+		virtual unsigned char get( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads the next byte at this buffer's current position, and then increments
+		 * the position by one
+		 * @returns the next char in the buffer..
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
+		 * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
+		 */
+		virtual char getChar() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads one byte at the given index and returns it
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the byte is to be read
+		 * @returns the char at the given index in the buffer
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is not smaller than the
+		 * buffer's limit
+		 */
+		virtual char getChar( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads the next eight bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
+		 * increments the position by that amount.
+		 * @returns the next double in the buffer..
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
+		 * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
+		 */
+		virtual double getDouble() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads eight bytes at the given index and returns it
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
+		 * @returns the double at the given index in the buffer
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
+		 * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
+		 */
+		virtual double getDouble( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads the next four bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
+		 * increments the position by that amount.
+		 * @returns the next float in the buffer..
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
+		 * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
+		 */
+		virtual float getFloat() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads four bytes at the given index and returns it
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
+		 * @returns the float at the given index in the buffer
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
+		 * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
+		 */
+		virtual float getFloat( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads the next eight bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
+		 * increments the position by that amount.
+		 * @returns the next long long in the buffer..
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
+		 * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
+		 */
+		virtual long long getLong() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads eight bytes at the given index and returns it
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
+		 * @returns the long long at the given index in the buffer
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
+		 * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
+		 */
+		virtual long long getLong( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads the next four bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
+		 * increments the position by that amount.
+		 * @returns the next int in the buffer..
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
+		 * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
+		 */
+		virtual int getInt() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads four bytes at the given index and returns it
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
+		 * @returns the int at the given index in the buffer
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
+		 * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
+		 */
+		virtual int getInt( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads the next two bytes at this buffer's current position, and then
+		 * increments the position by that amount.
+		 * @returns the next short in the buffer..
+		 * @throws BufferUnderflowException - If there are no more bytes remaining in
+		 * this buffer, meaning we have reached the set limit.
+		 */
+		virtual short getShort() throw( BufferUnderflowException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Reads two bytes at the given index and returns it
+		 * @param index - the index in the Buffer where the bytes are to be read
+		 * @returns the short at the given index in the buffer
+		 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - If there are not enough bytes
+		 * remaining to fill the requested Data Type
+		 */
+		virtual short getShort( std::size_t index ) const
+			throw ( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes the given byte into this buffer at the current position, and then
+		 * increments the position.
+		 * @param value - the byte value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throws BufferOverflowException - If this buffer's current position is not
+		 * smaller than its limit
+		 * @throws ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& put( unsigned char value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes the given byte into this buffer at the given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the byte to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& put( std::size_t index, unsigned char value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes one byte containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * current position, and then increments the position by one.
+		 * @param value - The value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
+		 * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putChar( char value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes one byte containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the value to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putChar( std::size_t index, char value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
+		 * @param value - The value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
+		 * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putDouble( double value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the value to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putDouble( std::size_t index, double value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
+		 * @param value - The value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
+		 * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putFloat( float value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the value to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putFloat( std::size_t index, float value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
+		 * @param value - The value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
+		 * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putLong( long long value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes eight bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the value to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putLong( std::size_t index, long long value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
+		 * @param value - The value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
+		 * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putInt( int value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes four bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the value to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putInt( std::size_t index, int value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes two bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * current position, and then increments the position by eight.
+		 * @param value - The value to be written
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw BufferOverflowException - If there are fewer than bytes remaining
+		 * in this buffer than the size of the data to be written
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putShort( short value )
+			throw( BufferOverflowException, ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Writes two bytes containing the given value, into this buffer at the
+		 * given index.
+		 * @param index - position in the Buffer to write the data
+		 * @param value - the value to write.
+		 * @returns a reference to this buffer
+		 * @throw IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index greater than the buffer's limit
+		 * minus the size of the type being written.
+		 * @throw ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer& putShort( std::size_t index, short value )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
+				   ReadOnlyBufferException ) = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new byte buffer whose content is a shared subsequence of this
+		 * buffer's content.  The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's
+		 * current position. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new
+		 * buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will
+		 * be independent.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be the
+		 * number of bytes remaining in this buffer, and its mark will be undefined. The
+		 * new buffer will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
+		 * @returns the newly create ByteBuffer which the caller owns.
+		 */
+		virtual ByteBuffer* slice() const = 0;
+
+	public:  // Comparable
+
+		/**
+		 * Compares this object with the specified object for order. Returns a
+		 * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
+		 * than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
+		 * @param value - the Object to be compared.
+		 * @returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this
+		 * object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
+		 */
+		virtual int compareTo( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
+
+		/**
+		 * @return true if this value is considered equal to the passed value.
+		 */
+		virtual bool equals( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
+
+		/**
+		 * Compares equality between this object and the one passed.
+		 * @param value - the value to be compared to this one.
+		 * @return true if this object is equal to the one passed.
+		 */
+		virtual bool operator==( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
+
+		/**
+		 * Compares this object to another and returns true if this object
+		 * is considered to be less than the one passed.  This
+		 * @param value - the value to be compared to this one.
+		 * @return true if this object is equal to the one passed.
+		 */
+		virtual bool operator<( const ByteBuffer& value ) const;
+
+	public:
+
+		/**
+		 * Allocates a new byte buffer whose position will be zero its limit will
+		 * be its capacity and its mark is not set.
+		 * @param capacity - the internal buffer's capacity.
+		 * @returns a newly allocated ByteBuffer which the caller owns.
+		 */
+		static ByteBuffer* allocate( std::size_t capacity );
+
+		/**
+		 * Wraps the passed buffer with a new ByteBuffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer will be backed by the given byte array; that is, modifications
+		 * to the buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new
+		 * buffer's capacity will be array.length, its position will be offset, its limit
+		 * will be offset + length, and its mark will be undefined. Its backing array
+		 * will be the given array, and its array offset will be zero.
+		 * @param buffer - The array that will back the new buffer
+		 * @param offset - The offset of the subarray to be used
+		 * @param length - The length of the subarray to be used
+		 * @returns a new ByteBuffer that is backed by buffer, caller owns.
+		 */
+		static ByteBuffer* wrap( unsigned char* array, std::size_t offset, std::size_t length )
+			throw( lang::exceptions::NullPointerException );
+
+		/**
+		 * Wraps the passed STL Byte Vector in a ByteBuffer.
+		 * <p>
+		 * The new buffer will be backed by the given byte array; modifications to the
+		 * buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new buffer's
+		 * capacity and limit will be buffer.size(), its position will be zero, and its
+		 * mark will be undefined. Its backing array will be the given array, and its
+		 * array offset will be zero.
+		 * @param buffer - The vector that will back the new buffer, the vector must
+		 * have been sized to the desired size already by calling vector.resize( N ).
+		 * @returns a new ByteBuffer that is backed by buffer, caller owns.
+		 */
+		static ByteBuffer* wrap( std::vector<unsigned char>& buffer );
 
-    };
+	};
 
 }}