## com.ericsson.otp.erlang
Class OtpErlangBinary

    java.lang.Object
      com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
          com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangBitstr
              com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangBinary

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

    public class OtpErlangBinary

extends OtpErlangBitstr
implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Provides a Java representation of Erlang binaries. Anything that can be represented as a sequence of bytes can be made into an Erlang binary.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
`OtpErlangObject.Hash`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangBitstr
`bin, pad_bits`

Fields inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
`hashCodeValue`

Constructor Summary
`OtpErlangBinary(byte[] bin)` Create a binary from a byte array
`OtpErlangBinary(java.lang.Object o)` Create a binary from an arbitrary Java Object.
`OtpErlangBinary(OtpInputStream buf)` Create a binary from a stream containing a binary encoded in Erlang external format.

Method Summary
`java.lang.Object` `clone()`
`void` `encode(OtpOutputStream buf)` Convert this binary to the equivalent Erlang external representation.

Methods inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangBitstr
`binaryValue, doHashCode, equals, getObject, pad_bits, size, toString`

Methods inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
`decode, hashCode`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### OtpErlangBinary

    public OtpErlangBinary(byte[] bin)

  Create a binary from a byte array

  Parameters:
    `bin` - the array of bytes from which to create the binary.

### OtpErlangBinary

    public OtpErlangBinary(OtpInputStream buf)
                    throws OtpErlangDecodeException

  Create a binary from a stream containing a binary encoded in Erlang external format.

  Parameters:
    `buf` - the stream containing the encoded binary.
  Throws:
    `OtpErlangDecodeException` - if the buffer does not contain a valid external representation of an Erlang binary.

### OtpErlangBinary

    public OtpErlangBinary(java.lang.Object o)

  Create a binary from an arbitrary Java Object. The object must implement java.io.Serializable or java.io.Externalizable.

  Parameters:
    `o` - the object to serialize and create this binary from.

Method Detail

### encode

    public void encode(OtpOutputStream buf)

  Convert this binary to the equivalent Erlang external representation.

  Overrides:
    `encode` in class `OtpErlangBitstr`
  Parameters:
    `buf` - an output stream to which the encoded binary should be written.

### clone

    public java.lang.Object clone()

  Overrides:
    `clone` in class `OtpErlangBitstr`