Reads a byte array field from the stream message into the
specified byte[] object (the read buffer).
To read the field value, readBytes should be
successively called
until it returns a value less than the length of the read buffer.
The value of the bytes in the buffer following the last byte
read is undefined.
If readBytes returns a value equal to the length of the
buffer, a subsequent readBytes call must be made. If there
are no more bytes to be read, this call returns -1.
If the byte array field value is null, readBytes
returns -1.
If the byte array field value is empty, readBytes
returns 0.
Once the first readBytes call on a byte[]
field value has been made,
the full value of the field must be read before it is valid to read
the next field. An attempt to read the next field before that has
been done will throw a MessageFormatException .
To read the byte field value into a new byte[] object,
use the readObject method.
Parameters: value - the buffer into which the data is read the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 ifthere is no more data because the end of the byte field has beenreached throws: JMSException - if the JMS provider fails to read the messagedue to some internal error. throws: MessageEOFException - if unexpected end of message stream hasbeen reached. throws: MessageFormatException - if this type conversion is invalid. throws: MessageNotReadableException - if the message is in write-onlymode. See Also: StreamMessageImpl.readObject() |