Package org.python.core

Class PyArray

java.lang.Object
org.python.core.PyObject
org.python.core.PySequence
org.python.core.PyArray
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, BufferProtocol, Traverseproc
Direct Known Subclasses:
PyArrayDerived
public class PyArray extends PySequence implements Cloneable, BufferProtocol, Traverseproc
The type array.array. This is a wrapper around native Java arrays. Instances of PyArray are created either by Java functions or directly by the jarray module (q.v.).

The range of possible element (item) types exceeds that in Python, since it allows for arbitrary Java classes. This extended behaviour is accessible from Python by supplying a Java type (class) to the constructor, where one might have used a single character type code. For example:

 >>> ax = array.array(BigDecimal, (BigDecimal(str(n)) for n in range(5)))
 >>> ax
 array(java.math.BigDecimal, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
 >>> type(ax[2])
 <type 'java.math.BigDecimal'>
Supported item types
typecode Python type Java type serialised size signed
b int byte 1
B int byte 1 unsigned
h int short 2
H int short 2 unsigned
i int int 4
I long int 4 unsigned
l long long 8
L long long 8 unsigned
f float float 4
d float double 8
c str byte 1 unsigned
u unicode int 1 unsigned
z bool boolean 1
Types shown as "unsigned" represent positive values encoded in the same number of bits as the equivalent signed type. The Java value serialised makes no distinction. The consumer of the stream has to know whether to make a signed or unsigned interpretation of the bits. When reading a stream, the type code declared for the destination array decides the interpretation of the bytes.
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • TYPE

      public static final PyType TYPE

  • Constructor Details

    • PyArray

      public PyArray(PyType subtype)
      Create a default PyArray of specific Python type (for sub-class use).
      Parameters:
      subtype - actual Python type

    • PyArray

      public PyArray(Class<?> itemClass, Object data)
      Create a PyArray with the given array item class and content. If itemClass is one of the primitive types used to implement the "single letter" type codes, the type code of the array will be a signed zero of that item class.
      Parameters:
      itemClass - of elements in the array
      data - content array

    • PyArray

      public PyArray(Class<?> itemClass, PyObject initial)
      Create a PyArray with the given array item class and content initialised from a Python object (iterable).
      Parameters:
      itemClass - of elements in the array
      initial - provider of initial contents

    • PyArray

      public PyArray(Class<?> itemClass, int n)
      Create a PyArray with the given array item class and number of zero or null elements. If itemClass is one of the primitive types used to implement the "single letter" type codes, the type code of the array will be a signed zero of that item class.
      Parameters:
      itemClass - of elements in the array
      n - number of (zero or null) elements

    • PyArray

      public PyArray(PyArray toCopy)
      Create a PyArray as a copy of another.
      Parameters:
      toCopy - the other array

  • Method Details

    • zeros

      public static PyArray zeros(int n, char typecode)
      Create a PyArray with the given array type code and number of zero elements.
      Parameters:
      typecode - of elements in the array
      n - number of (zero or null) elements
      Returns:
      created array

    • zeros

      public static PyArray zeros(int n, Class<?> itemClass)
      Create a PyArray with the given array item class and number of zero or null elements. If itemClass is one of the primitive types used to implement the "single letter" type codes, the type code of the array will be a signed zero of that item class.
      Parameters:
      itemClass -
      n - number of (zero or null) elements
      Returns:
      created array

    • array

      public static PyArray array(PyObject seq, char typecode)
      Create a PyArray with the given array item type and content initialised from a Python object (iterable).
      Parameters:
      seq - to suply content
      typecode -
      Returns:
      created array

    • array_class

      public static Class<?> array_class(Class<?> type)

    • array

      public static PyArray array(PyObject init, Class<?> itemClass)
      Create a PyArray storing ctype types and being initialised with init.
      Parameters:
      init - an initialiser for the array - can be PyString or PySequence (including PyArray) or iterable type.
      itemClass - Class of the elements stored in the array.
      Returns:
      a new PyArray

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class PyObject

    • array___iter__

      public PyObject array___iter__()

    • __imul__

      public PyObject __imul__(PyObject o)
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Equivalent to the standard Python __imul__ method.
      Overrides:
      __imul__ in class PyObject
      Parameters:
      o - the object to perform this binary operation with (the right-hand operand).
      Returns:
      the result of the imul, or null if this operation is not defined.

    • __mul__

      public PyObject __mul__(PyObject o)
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Equivalent to the standard Python __mul__ method.
      Overrides:
      __mul__ in class PyObject
      Parameters:
      o - the object to perform this binary operation with (the right-hand operand).
      Returns:
      the result of the mul, or null if this operation is not defined

    • __rmul__

      public PyObject __rmul__(PyObject o)
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Equivalent to the standard Python __rmul__ method.
      Overrides:
      __rmul__ in class PyObject
      Parameters:
      o - the object to perform this binary operation with (the left-hand operand).
      Returns:
      the result of the mul, or null if this operation is not defined.

    • __iadd__

      public PyObject __iadd__(PyObject other)
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Equivalent to the standard Python __iadd__ method.
      Overrides:
      __iadd__ in class PyObject
      Parameters:
      other - the object to perform this binary operation with (the right-hand operand).
      Returns:
      the result of the iadd, or null if this operation is not defined

    • __add__

      public PyObject __add__(PyObject other)
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Equivalent to the standard Python __add__ method.
      Overrides:
      __add__ in class PyObject
      Parameters:
      other - the object to perform this binary operation with (the right-hand operand).
      Returns:
      the result of the add, or null if this operation is not defined.

    • __len__

      public int __len__()
      Length of the array (as the number of elements, not a storage size).
      Overrides:
      __len__ in class PyObject
      Returns:
      number of elements in the array

    • __reduce__

      public PyObject __reduce__()
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Used for pickling. Default implementation calls object___reduce__.
      Overrides:
      __reduce__ in class PyObject
      Returns:
      a tuple of (class, tuple)

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class PyObject

    • __tojava__

      public Object __tojava__(Class<?> c)
      Description copied from class: PyObject
      Equivalent to the Jython __tojava__ method. Tries to coerce this object to an instance of the requested Java class. Returns the special object Py.NoConversion if this PyObject can not be converted to the desired Java class.
      Overrides:
      __tojava__ in class PySequence
      Parameters:
      c - target Class for the conversion
      Returns:
      Java object converted to required class type if possible.

    • array_append

      public final void array_append(PyObject value)

    • append

      public void append(PyObject value)
      Append new value x to the end of the array.
      Parameters:
      value - item to be appended to the array

    • array_byteswap

      public void array_byteswap()

    • byteswap

      public void byteswap()
      "Byteswap" all items of the array. This is only supported for values which are 1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes in size; for other types of values, RuntimeError is raised. It is useful when reading data from a file written on a machine with a different byte order.

    • clone

      public Object clone()
      Implementation of Cloneable interface.
      Returns:
      copy of current PyArray

    • char2class

      public static Class<?> char2class(char typecode) throws PyIgnoreMethodTag
      Converts a character code for the array type to the Java Class of the elements of the implementation array.
      Parameters:
      typecode - character code for the array type
      Returns:
      Class of the native itemClass
      Throws:
      PyIgnoreMethodTag

    • array_count

      public final int array_count(PyObject value)

    • count

      public PyInteger count(PyObject value)
      Return the number of occurrences of x in the array.
      Parameters:
      value - instances of the value to be counted
      Returns:
      number of time value was found in the array.

    • array_extend

      public final void array_extend(PyObject iterable)

    • extend

      public void extend(PyObject iterable)
      Append items from iterable to the end of the array. If iterable is another array, it must have exactly the same type code; if not, TypeError will be raised. If iterable is not an array, it must be iterable and its elements must be the right type to be appended to the array.
      Parameters:
      iterable - iterable object used to extend the array

    • array_fromfile

      public final void array_fromfile(PyObject f, int count)

    • fromfile

      public void fromfile(PyObject f, int count)
      Read count items (as machine values) from the file object f and append them to the end of the array. If less than count items are available, EOFError is raised, but the items that were available are still inserted into the array. f must be a real built-in file object; something else with a read() method won't do.
      Parameters:
      f - Python builtin file object to retrieve data
      count - number of array elements to read

    • array_fromlist

      public final void array_fromlist(PyObject obj)

    • fromlist

      public void fromlist(PyObject obj)
      Append items from the list. This is equivalent to for x in list: a.append(x) except that if there is a type error, the array is unchanged.
      Parameters:
      obj - input list object that will be appended to the array

    • fillFromStream

      public int fillFromStream(InputStream is) throws IOException
      Fill the current array with primitive values (of the type the array holds) from a stream, starting at array index zero, up to the capacity of the array, without resizing. Data are read until the array is filled or the stream runs out. If the stream does not contain a whole number of items (possible if the item size is not one byte), the behaviour in respect of the final partial item and stream position is not defined.
      Parameters:
      is - InputStream to source the data from
      Returns:
      number of primitives successfully read
      Throws:
      IOException - reflecting I/O errors during reading

    • fromstring

      public void fromstring(PyObject input)
      Append items from the object, which is a byte string of some kind (PyString or object with the buffer interface providing bytes). The string of bytes is interpreted as an array of machine values (as if it had been read from a file using the fromfile() method).
      Parameters:
      input - string of bytes containing array data

    • fromstring

      public void fromstring(String input)
      Append items from the string, interpreting the string as an array of bytes (as if it had been read from a file using the fromfile() method). The bytes encode primitive values of the type appropriate to the array,
      Parameters:
      input - string of bytes containing array data

    • fromstring

      public int fromstring(int start, String input)
      Read primitive values from a stream into a slice of the array, defined by a start and the number of items encoded in the bytes. Data are read until the array slice is filled or the stream runs out. Data in the array beyond the slice are not altered. Write a slice of the array with primitive values items from the string, interpreting the string as an array of bytes (as if it had been read from a file using the fromfile() method). The bytes encode primitive values of the type appropriate to the array,
      Parameters:
      start - first element index to read into
      input - string of bytes containing array data
      Returns:
      number of primitives successfully read (=count, if not ended by EOF)

    • fromunicode

      public void fromunicode(PyUnicode input)

    • getArray

      public Object getArray() throws PyIgnoreMethodTag
      Return the internal Java array storage of the PyArray instance
      Returns:
      the Array store.
      Throws:
      PyIgnoreMethodTag

    • getItemsize

      public int getItemsize()
      Getter for the item size of the array element type.

      The sizes returned by this method represent the number of bytes used to store the type. In the case of streams of primitive values, this is the number of bytes written to, or read from a stream. The amount of memory occupied by each item is an internal matter for Java.

      This method is used by other methods to define read/write quanta from strings and streams.

      Returns:
      number of bytes used to store array type, relevant when serialising to an array of bytes, or the reverse.

    • getStorageSize

      @Deprecated public int getStorageSize()
      Deprecated.
      Use getItemsize() instead which (since 2.7.3) gives the same result.
      Getter for the storage size of the array's type, relevant when serialising to an array of bytes, or the reverse.
      Returns:
      actual storage size

    • getTypecode

      public String getTypecode()
      Return either a Python-style array.array type code for the element (item) type or the Java class name.
      Returns:
      single character type code or simple class name

    • array_index

      public final int array_index(PyObject value)

    • index

      public PyObject index(PyObject value)
      Return the smallest i such that i is the index of the first occurrence of value in the array.
      Parameters:
      value - value to find the index of
      Returns:
      index of the first occurrence of value

    • array_insert

      public final void array_insert(int index, PyObject value)

    • insert

      public void insert(int index, PyObject value)
      Insert a new item with value value in the array before position index. Negative values are treated as being relative to the end of the array.
      Parameters:
      index - insert position
      value - value to be inserted into array

    • array_pop

      public final PyObject array_pop(int i)
      Removes the item at the index i from the array and returns it. The optional argument defaults to -1, so that by default the last item is removed and returned.

    • pop

      public PyObject pop()
      Removes the last item from the array and return it.

    • pop

      public PyObject pop(int index)
      Removes the item with the index index from the array and returns it.
      Parameters:
      index - array location to be popped from the array
      Returns:
      array element popped from index

    • array_remove

      public final void array_remove(PyObject value)

    • remove

      public void remove(PyObject value)
      Remove the first occurrence of value from the array.
      Parameters:
      value - array value to be removed

    • array_reverse

      public final void array_reverse()

    • reverse

      public void reverse()
      Reverse the elements in the array

    • set

      public void set(int i, PyObject value)
      Set an element in the array - the index needs to exist, this method does not automatically extend the array. See AbstractArray.setSize() or AbstractArray.ensureCapacity() for ways to extend capacity.

      This code specifically checks for overflows of the integral types: byte, short, int and long.

      Parameters:
      i - index of the element to be set
      value - value to set the element to

    • set

      public void set(int i, int value)
      Set element to integer value, tolerating primitive integer values in arrays of Unicode character, int or long. Negative values assigned to unsigned elements adopt their wrapped unsigned values.
      Parameters:
      i - index to set
      value - to set

    • set

      public void set(int i, char value)
      Set element to integer value given as a Java char, tolerating primitive integer values in arrays of Unicode character, int or long.
      Parameters:
      i - index to set
      value - to set

    • set

      public void set(int i, byte value)
      Set element in an array of element type 'b','B', or 'c' to a Java byte.
      Parameters:
      i - index to set
      value - to set

    • array_tofile

      public final void array_tofile(PyObject f)

    • array_write

      public void array_write(PyObject f)

    • tofile

      public void tofile(PyObject f)
      Write all items (as machine values) to the file object f.
      Parameters:
      f - Python builtin file object to write data

    • array_tolist

      public final PyObject array_tolist()

    • tolist

      public PyObject tolist()
      Convert the array to an ordinary list with the same items.
      Returns:
      array contents as a list

    • toStream

      public int toStream(OutputStream os) throws IOException
      Generic stream writer to write the entire contents of the array to the stream as primitive types.
      Parameters:
      os - OutputStream to sink the array data to
      Returns:
      number of bytes successfully written
      Throws:
      IOException

    • array_tostring

      public final PyObject array_tostring()

    • tostring

      public String tostring()
      Convert the array to an array of machine values and return the string representation (the same sequence of bytes that would be written to a file by the tofile() method.)

    • array_tounicode

      public final PyUnicode array_tounicode()

    • tounicode

      public String tounicode()

    • getBuffer

      public PyBuffer getBuffer(int flags)
      Method by which the consumer requests the buffer from the exporter. The consumer provides information on its ability to understand buffer navigation. Each consumer requesting a buffer in this way, when it has finished using it, should make a corresponding call to PyBuffer.release() on the buffer it obtained, or PyBuffer.close() using try-with-resources, since some objects alter their behaviour while buffers are exported.

      The PyBuffer returned from this method is a one-dimensional array of single byte items that allows modification of the object state. The existence of this export prohibits resizing the array. This prohibition is not only on the consumer of the view but extends to operations on the underlying array, such as insert(int, PyObject) or pop().

      Specified by:
      getBuffer in interface BufferProtocol
      Parameters:
      flags - specifying features demanded and the navigational capabilities of the consumer
      Returns:
      exported buffer

    • traverse

      public int traverse(Visitproc visit, Object arg)
      Description copied from interface: Traverseproc
      Traverses all directly contained PyObjects. Like in CPython, arg must be passed unmodified to visit as its second parameter. If Visitproc.visit(PyObject, Object) returns nonzero, this return value must be returned immediately by traverse. Visitproc.visit(PyObject, Object) must not be called with a null PyObject-argument.
      Specified by:
      traverse in interface Traverseproc

    • refersDirectlyTo

      public boolean refersDirectlyTo(PyObject ob) throws UnsupportedOperationException
      Description copied from interface: Traverseproc
      Optional operation. Should only be implemented if it is more efficient than calling Traverseproc.traverse(Visitproc, Object) with a visitproc that just watches out for ob. Must return false if ob is null.
      Specified by:
      refersDirectlyTo in interface Traverseproc
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException