"======================================================================
|
|   ReadStream Method Definitions
|
|   $Revision: 1.7.5$
|   $Date: 2000/05/28 16:56:52$
|   $Author: pb$
|
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PositionableStream subclass: #ReadStream
		   instanceVariableNames: ''
		   classVariableNames: ''
		   poolDictionaries: ''
		   category: 'Streams-Collections'
!

ReadStream comment: 
'I implement the set of read-only stream objects.  You may read from
my objects, but you may not write to them.' !


!ReadStream class methodsFor: 'instance creation'!

on: aCollection
    "Answer a new stream working on aCollection from its start."
    ^(self new initCollection: aCollection) beReadOnly
! !



!ReadStream methodsFor: 'accessing-reading'!

size
    "Answer the receiver's size."
    ^collection size
!

reverseContents
    "May be faster than generic stream reverseContents."
    | aCollection i numElts |
    numElts := collection size.
    aCollection := collection copyEmpty: numElts.
    i := 0.
    [ i := i + 1. 
      i <= endPtr ] whileTrue:
    	[ aCollection at: numElts - i + 1
	    	      put: (collection at: i) ].
    ^aCollection
! !



!ReadStream methodsFor: 'private methods'!

initCollection: aCollection
    collection := aCollection.
    ptr := 1.
    endPtr := collection size

! !
