Class: Interpreter

Description:
This is a generic base class for binary readers and writers. It provides support for a one byte buffer for handling individual bit I/O. It also has a number of I/O exception classes embedded in it.

Embedded Classes:
Interpreter::Exception, Interpreter::IOException, Interpreter::EOFException, Interpreter::HardwareException

Data Fields
protected	unsigned char	bit_buffer
protected	int	n_bits_in_buffer
protected	int	bytes_per_int
protected	int	bits_per_int

Constructors / Destructor
public	Interpreter()

Methods
public	virtual	int	leftOverBits()
protected	virtual	void	checkStream(ios* stream, const string& context) Check an istream or ostream for errors and throw the appropriate exception if there was one. Throws: Interpreter::IOException
public	static	void	checkIEEE() Check if this machine uses the stardard 4 and 8 byte IEEE representation for floats and doubles, respectively. Throws a HardwareException if the machine is not compliant. Throws: Interpreter::HardwareException
public	static	double	powerOf2(int power) Calculates 2 to some power and returns the result as a double. The result should be exact if the machine represents powers of two exactly. In other words it does a string of multiplications and does not use the exp() function.
public	static	int	logBase2(double value, double* remainder=NULL)

Operators