From: Tuukka Lehtonen <tuukka.lehtonen@semantum.fi>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:05:07 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Fixed databoard Files.writeFile to not open file twice for writing
X-Git-Tag: v1.26.0~3
X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.simantics.org/r/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fchanges%2F36%2F236%2F1;p=simantics%2Fplatform.git

Fixed databoard Files.writeFile to not open file twice for writing

refs #6902

Change-Id: I543afb745922391f7a9a9ca8150f24cd3092b359
---

diff --git a/bundles/org.simantics.databoard/src/org/simantics/databoard/Files.java b/bundles/org.simantics.databoard/src/org/simantics/databoard/Files.java
index 16dbd1e00..ae4f46f31 100644
--- a/bundles/org.simantics.databoard/src/org/simantics/databoard/Files.java
+++ b/bundles/org.simantics.databoard/src/org/simantics/databoard/Files.java
@@ -1,382 +1,382 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2010- Association for Decentralized Information Management in
- * Industry THTH ry.
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- * 
- * Contributors:
- *    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.simantics.databoard;
-
-import java.io.DataInput;
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
-import org.simantics.databoard.accessor.error.AccessorException;
-import org.simantics.databoard.adapter.AdaptException;
-import org.simantics.databoard.adapter.Adapter;
-import org.simantics.databoard.adapter.AdapterConstructionException;
-import org.simantics.databoard.binding.Binding;
-import org.simantics.databoard.binding.RecordBinding;
-import org.simantics.databoard.binding.error.BindingException;
-import org.simantics.databoard.binding.mutable.MutableVariant;
-import org.simantics.databoard.parser.repository.DataTypeSyntaxError;
-import org.simantics.databoard.parser.repository.DataValueRepository;
-import org.simantics.databoard.serialization.RuntimeSerializerConstructionException;
-import org.simantics.databoard.serialization.Serializer;
-import org.simantics.databoard.serialization.SerializerConstructionException;
-import org.simantics.databoard.type.Datatype;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.StreamUtil;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.BinaryFile;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.BinaryReadable;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.ByteBufferReadable;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.ByteBufferWriteable;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.InputStreamReadable;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.OutputStreamWriteable;
-import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.UTF8;
-
-public class Files {
-	
-	/**
-	 * Create a text file (.dbv) with a value. The file is UTF-8 encoded.  
-	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
-	 * 
-	 * @param file
-	 * @param binding
-	 * @param value
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static void createTextFile(File file, Binding binding, Object value) 
-	throws IOException
-	{
-		try {
-			if (file.exists()) file.delete();
-			file.createNewFile();
-			
-			String txt = binding.printValueDefinition(value, false);
-			FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file, false);
-			try {
-				OutputStreamWriter os = new OutputStreamWriter(fos, UTF8.CHARSET);
-				os.append(txt);
-				os.flush();
-				os.close();
-			} finally {
-				fos.close();
-			}
-		} catch(BindingException e) {
-			throw new IOException(e);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Create a binary file (.dbb) with a initial value. Binary file is a variant, 
-	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file.
-	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
-	 * 
-	 * @param file
-	 * @param binding
-	 * @param value
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static void createFile(File file, Binding binding, Object value) 
-	throws IOException 
-	{
-		if (file.exists()) file.delete();
-		file.createNewFile();
-		MutableVariant v = new MutableVariant(binding, value);
-		Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT );
-		s.serialize(v, file);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a new binary file (.dbb) with an empty value. Binary file is a variant, 
-	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file.
-	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
-	 * 
-	 * @since 0.5
-	 * @param file
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 * @throws RuntimeSerializerConstructionException
-	 */
-	public static void createFile(File file) throws IOException, RuntimeSerializerConstructionException  
-	{
-		if (file.exists()) file.delete();
-		file.createNewFile();
-		BinaryFile bf = new BinaryFile(file);
-		try {
-			Binding binding = Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT;
-			Object value = new MutableVariant(); 
-			Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding );
-			s.serialize(bf, value);
-		} finally {
-			bf.close();
-		}
-	}	
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a binary file (.dbb) with empty value of given type. Binary file is a variant, 
-	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file.
-	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
-	 * 
-	 * @param file
-	 * @param type
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 * @throws RuntimeSerializerConstructionException 
-	 */
-	public static void createFile(File file, Datatype type) throws IOException, RuntimeSerializerConstructionException 
-	{
-		if (file.exists()) file.delete();
-		file.createNewFile();
-		BinaryFile bf = new BinaryFile(file);
-		try {
-			Binding binding = Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT;
-			Object value = binding.createDefault();
-			Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializer( binding );
-			s.serialize(bf, value);
-		} catch (BindingException e) {
-			throw new IOException(e);
-		} catch (SerializerConstructionException e) {
-			throw new IOException(e);
-		} finally {
-			bf.close();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	
-	/**
-	 * Read a text file (.dbv).   
-	 * 
-	 * @param file
-	 * @param binding
-	 * @return value
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 * @throws BindingException 
-	 * @throws DataTypeSyntaxError 
-	 */
-	public static Object readTextFile(File file, Binding binding) 
-	throws IOException, DataTypeSyntaxError, BindingException 
-	{
-		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
-		try {
-			byte[] data = StreamUtil.readFully(fis);
-			String txt = new String(data, UTF8.CHARSET);
-			DataValueRepository repo = new DataValueRepository();
-			repo.setTypeRepository( Datatypes.datatypeRepository );
-			return binding.parseValue(txt, repo);
-		} finally {
-			fis.close();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Read file type of a binary file. 
-	 * 
-	 * @param file
-	 * @return datatype
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static Datatype readFileType(File file) throws IOException {
-		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
-		try {
-			Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
-			return (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( rf );
-		} finally {
-			rf.close();
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Read a binary file into a java instance. Binary file is a variant, 
-	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file. 
-	 * If requested binding is not the exact binding of the file, an adapter is tried.
-	 * 
-	 * @param file file
-	 * @param binding content binding
-	 * @return instance
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static Object readFile(File file, Binding binding) throws IOException {
-		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
-		try {
-			Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
-			Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( rf );
-			
-			if (type.equals(binding.type())) {
-				return Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ).deserialize(rf);
-			} else {
-				try {
-					Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
-					Adapter adapter = Bindings.getAdapter(fileContentBinding, binding);
-					Object value = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding ).deserialize(rf);
-					return adapter.adapt( value );
-				} catch (AdapterConstructionException e) {
-					throw new IOException(e);
-				} catch (AdaptException e) {
-					throw new IOException(e);
-				}
-			}
-		} finally {
-			rf.close();
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Read a file to an object.
-	 * 
-	 * @param file
-	 * @param binding
-	 * @param dst
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static void readFile(File file, RecordBinding binding, Object dst) throws IOException {
-		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
-		try {
-			Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
-			Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( rf );
-			
-			if (type.equals(binding.type())) {
-				Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ); 
-				s.deserializeTo(rf, dst);
-			} else {
-				try {
-					Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
-					Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding );
-					Object tmpObj = s.deserialize( rf );					
-					binding.readFrom(fileContentBinding, tmpObj, dst);
-				} catch (BindingException e) {
-					throw new IOException(e);
-				}
-			}
-		} finally {
-			rf.close();
-		}
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Read input stream into a java instance. Binary file is a variant, 
-	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file. If requested binding is not the 
-	 * exact binding of the file, an adapter is tried.<p>
-	 * 
-	 * The implementation reads the inputstream fully into memory.<p>
-	 * 
-	 * @param is input stream
-	 * @param binding content binding
-	 * @return instance
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static Object readFile(InputStream is, Binding binding) throws IOException {
-		BinaryReadable readable = InputStreamReadable.readFully( is );
-		Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
-		Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( readable );
-			
-		if (!type.equals(binding.type())) {
-			try {
-				Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
-				Adapter adapter = Bindings.getAdapter(fileContentBinding, binding);
-				Object value = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding ).deserialize( readable );
-				return adapter.adapt( value );
-			} catch (AdapterConstructionException e) {
-				throw new IOException(e);
-			} catch (AdaptException e) {
-				throw new IOException(e);
-			}
-		}
-			
-		return Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ).deserialize( readable );
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Read input stream into a java instance. If requested binding is not the 
-	 * exact binding of the file, an adapter is tried.
-	 * 
-	 * @param is input stream
-	 * @param streamLength
-	 * @param binding content binding
-	 * @return instance
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 * @throws AccessorException 
-	 */
-	public static Object readFile(InputStream is, long streamLength, Binding binding) throws IOException {
-		BinaryReadable readable = new InputStreamReadable( is, streamLength );
-		Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
-		Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( readable );
-			
-		if (!type.equals(binding.type())) {
-			try {
-				Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
-				Adapter adapter = Bindings.getAdapter(fileContentBinding, binding);
-				Object value = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding ).deserialize( readable );
-				return adapter.adapt( value );
-			} catch (AdapterConstructionException e) {
-				throw new IOException(e);
-			} catch (AdaptException e) {
-				throw new IOException(e);
-			}
-		}
-			
-		return Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ).deserialize( readable );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Write value as binary file (.dbb).
-	 * 
-	 * @param file file
-	 * @param binding content binding
-	 * @param value value
-	 * @throws IOException 
-	 */
-	public static void writeFile(File file, Binding binding, Object value) throws IOException {
-		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
-		try {
-			MutableVariant v = new MutableVariant(binding, value);
-			Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT );
-			s.serialize(v, file);
-		} finally {
-			rf.close();
-		}
-	}	
-
-	public static DataInput openInput( InputStream is )
-	{
-		return new InputStreamReadable(is, Long.MAX_VALUE);
-	}
-	
-	public static DataInput openInput( File file ) throws IOException
-	{
-		return new BinaryFile(file);
-	}
-	
-	public static DataInput openInput( byte[] data ) 
-	{
-		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap( data );
-		return new ByteBufferReadable( buffer );
-	}
-	
-	public static DataOutput openOutput( OutputStream os )
-	{
-		return new OutputStreamWriteable( os );
-	}
-	
-	public static DataOutput openOutput( File file ) throws IOException
-	{
-		return new BinaryFile( file );
-	}
-	
-	public static DataOutput openOutput( byte[] data ) throws IOException
-	{
-		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap( data );
-		return new ByteBufferWriteable( buffer );
-	}	
-
-}
-
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2010- Association for Decentralized Information Management in
+ * Industry THTH ry.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ *    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.simantics.databoard;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import org.simantics.databoard.accessor.error.AccessorException;
+import org.simantics.databoard.adapter.AdaptException;
+import org.simantics.databoard.adapter.Adapter;
+import org.simantics.databoard.adapter.AdapterConstructionException;
+import org.simantics.databoard.binding.Binding;
+import org.simantics.databoard.binding.RecordBinding;
+import org.simantics.databoard.binding.error.BindingException;
+import org.simantics.databoard.binding.mutable.MutableVariant;
+import org.simantics.databoard.parser.repository.DataTypeSyntaxError;
+import org.simantics.databoard.parser.repository.DataValueRepository;
+import org.simantics.databoard.serialization.RuntimeSerializerConstructionException;
+import org.simantics.databoard.serialization.Serializer;
+import org.simantics.databoard.serialization.SerializerConstructionException;
+import org.simantics.databoard.type.Datatype;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.StreamUtil;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.BinaryFile;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.BinaryReadable;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.ByteBufferReadable;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.ByteBufferWriteable;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.InputStreamReadable;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.OutputStreamWriteable;
+import org.simantics.databoard.util.binary.UTF8;
+
+public class Files {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Create a text file (.dbv) with a value. The file is UTF-8 encoded.  
+	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @param binding
+	 * @param value
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static void createTextFile(File file, Binding binding, Object value) 
+	throws IOException
+	{
+		try {
+			if (file.exists()) file.delete();
+			file.createNewFile();
+			
+			String txt = binding.printValueDefinition(value, false);
+			FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file, false);
+			try {
+				OutputStreamWriter os = new OutputStreamWriter(fos, UTF8.CHARSET);
+				os.append(txt);
+				os.flush();
+				os.close();
+			} finally {
+				fos.close();
+			}
+		} catch(BindingException e) {
+			throw new IOException(e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Create a binary file (.dbb) with a initial value. Binary file is a variant, 
+	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file.
+	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @param binding
+	 * @param value
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static void createFile(File file, Binding binding, Object value) 
+	throws IOException 
+	{
+		if (file.exists()) file.delete();
+		file.createNewFile();
+		MutableVariant v = new MutableVariant(binding, value);
+		Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT );
+		s.serialize(v, file);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new binary file (.dbb) with an empty value. Binary file is a variant, 
+	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file.
+	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
+	 * 
+	 * @since 0.5
+	 * @param file
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @throws RuntimeSerializerConstructionException
+	 */
+	public static void createFile(File file) throws IOException, RuntimeSerializerConstructionException  
+	{
+		if (file.exists()) file.delete();
+		file.createNewFile();
+		BinaryFile bf = new BinaryFile(file);
+		try {
+			Binding binding = Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT;
+			Object value = new MutableVariant(); 
+			Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding );
+			s.serialize(bf, value);
+		} finally {
+			bf.close();
+		}
+	}	
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a binary file (.dbb) with empty value of given type. Binary file is a variant, 
+	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file.
+	 * If old file exists, it is deleted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @param type
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @throws RuntimeSerializerConstructionException 
+	 */
+	public static void createFile(File file, Datatype type) throws IOException, RuntimeSerializerConstructionException 
+	{
+		if (file.exists()) file.delete();
+		file.createNewFile();
+		BinaryFile bf = new BinaryFile(file);
+		try {
+			Binding binding = Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT;
+			Object value = binding.createDefault();
+			Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializer( binding );
+			s.serialize(bf, value);
+		} catch (BindingException e) {
+			throw new IOException(e);
+		} catch (SerializerConstructionException e) {
+			throw new IOException(e);
+		} finally {
+			bf.close();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read a text file (.dbv).   
+	 * 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @param binding
+	 * @return value
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @throws BindingException 
+	 * @throws DataTypeSyntaxError 
+	 */
+	public static Object readTextFile(File file, Binding binding) 
+	throws IOException, DataTypeSyntaxError, BindingException 
+	{
+		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+		try {
+			byte[] data = StreamUtil.readFully(fis);
+			String txt = new String(data, UTF8.CHARSET);
+			DataValueRepository repo = new DataValueRepository();
+			repo.setTypeRepository( Datatypes.datatypeRepository );
+			return binding.parseValue(txt, repo);
+		} finally {
+			fis.close();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read file type of a binary file. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @return datatype
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static Datatype readFileType(File file) throws IOException {
+		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
+		try {
+			Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
+			return (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( rf );
+		} finally {
+			rf.close();
+		}		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read a binary file into a java instance. Binary file is a variant, 
+	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file. 
+	 * If requested binding is not the exact binding of the file, an adapter is tried.
+	 * 
+	 * @param file file
+	 * @param binding content binding
+	 * @return instance
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static Object readFile(File file, Binding binding) throws IOException {
+		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
+		try {
+			Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
+			Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( rf );
+			
+			if (type.equals(binding.type())) {
+				return Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ).deserialize(rf);
+			} else {
+				try {
+					Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
+					Adapter adapter = Bindings.getAdapter(fileContentBinding, binding);
+					Object value = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding ).deserialize(rf);
+					return adapter.adapt( value );
+				} catch (AdapterConstructionException e) {
+					throw new IOException(e);
+				} catch (AdaptException e) {
+					throw new IOException(e);
+				}
+			}
+		} finally {
+			rf.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a file to an object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param file
+	 * @param binding
+	 * @param dst
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static void readFile(File file, RecordBinding binding, Object dst) throws IOException {
+		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
+		try {
+			Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
+			Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( rf );
+			
+			if (type.equals(binding.type())) {
+				Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ); 
+				s.deserializeTo(rf, dst);
+			} else {
+				try {
+					Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
+					Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding );
+					Object tmpObj = s.deserialize( rf );					
+					binding.readFrom(fileContentBinding, tmpObj, dst);
+				} catch (BindingException e) {
+					throw new IOException(e);
+				}
+			}
+		} finally {
+			rf.close();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read input stream into a java instance. Binary file is a variant, 
+	 * there is a filetype in the header of the file. If requested binding is not the 
+	 * exact binding of the file, an adapter is tried.<p>
+	 * 
+	 * The implementation reads the inputstream fully into memory.<p>
+	 * 
+	 * @param is input stream
+	 * @param binding content binding
+	 * @return instance
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static Object readFile(InputStream is, Binding binding) throws IOException {
+		BinaryReadable readable = InputStreamReadable.readFully( is );
+		Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
+		Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( readable );
+			
+		if (!type.equals(binding.type())) {
+			try {
+				Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
+				Adapter adapter = Bindings.getAdapter(fileContentBinding, binding);
+				Object value = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding ).deserialize( readable );
+				return adapter.adapt( value );
+			} catch (AdapterConstructionException e) {
+				throw new IOException(e);
+			} catch (AdaptException e) {
+				throw new IOException(e);
+			}
+		}
+			
+		return Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ).deserialize( readable );
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read input stream into a java instance. If requested binding is not the 
+	 * exact binding of the file, an adapter is tried.
+	 * 
+	 * @param is input stream
+	 * @param streamLength
+	 * @param binding content binding
+	 * @return instance
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @throws AccessorException 
+	 */
+	public static Object readFile(InputStream is, long streamLength, Binding binding) throws IOException {
+		BinaryReadable readable = new InputStreamReadable( is, streamLength );
+		Binding datatype_binding = Bindings.getBindingUnchecked( Datatype.class );
+		Datatype type = (Datatype) Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( datatype_binding ).deserialize( readable );
+			
+		if (!type.equals(binding.type())) {
+			try {
+				Binding fileContentBinding = Bindings.getMutableBinding(type);
+				Adapter adapter = Bindings.getAdapter(fileContentBinding, binding);
+				Object value = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( fileContentBinding ).deserialize( readable );
+				return adapter.adapt( value );
+			} catch (AdapterConstructionException e) {
+				throw new IOException(e);
+			} catch (AdaptException e) {
+				throw new IOException(e);
+			}
+		}
+			
+		return Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( binding ).deserialize( readable );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Write value as binary file (.dbb).
+	 * 
+	 * @param file file
+	 * @param binding content binding
+	 * @param value value
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 */
+	public static void writeFile(File file, Binding binding, Object value) throws IOException {
+		BinaryFile rf = new BinaryFile( file );
+		try {
+			MutableVariant v = new MutableVariant(binding, value);
+			Serializer s = Bindings.getSerializerUnchecked( Bindings.MUTABLE_VARIANT );
+			s.serialize(rf, v);
+		} finally {
+			rf.close();
+		}
+	}	
+
+	public static DataInput openInput( InputStream is )
+	{
+		return new InputStreamReadable(is, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+	}
+	
+	public static DataInput openInput( File file ) throws IOException
+	{
+		return new BinaryFile(file);
+	}
+	
+	public static DataInput openInput( byte[] data ) 
+	{
+		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap( data );
+		return new ByteBufferReadable( buffer );
+	}
+	
+	public static DataOutput openOutput( OutputStream os )
+	{
+		return new OutputStreamWriteable( os );
+	}
+	
+	public static DataOutput openOutput( File file ) throws IOException
+	{
+		return new BinaryFile( file );
+	}
+	
+	public static DataOutput openOutput( byte[] data ) throws IOException
+	{
+		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap( data );
+		return new ByteBufferWriteable( buffer );
+	}	
+
+}
+