Package mars.mips.dump

Class BinaryDumpFormat

java.lang.Object

mars.mips.dump.AbstractDumpFormat

mars.mips.dump.BinaryDumpFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

DumpFormat

public class BinaryDumpFormat
extends AbstractDumpFormat

Class that represents the "binary" memory dump format. The output is a binary file containing the memory words as a byte stream. Output is produced using PrintStream's write() method.

Version:

December 2007

Author:

Pete Sanderson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BinaryDumpFormat()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dumpMemoryRange(File file, int firstAddress, int lastAddress)	Write MIPS memory contents in pure binary format.

Methods inherited from class mars.mips.dump.AbstractDumpFormat

getCommandDescriptor, getDescription, getFileExtension, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

BinaryDumpFormat

public BinaryDumpFormat()

Constructor. There is no standard file extension for this format.

Method Details

dumpMemoryRange

public void dumpMemoryRange(File file,
 int firstAddress,
 int lastAddress)
                     throws AddressErrorException,
IOException

Write MIPS memory contents in pure binary format. One byte at a time using PrintStream's write() method. Adapted by Pete Sanderson from code written by Greg Gibeling.

Specified by:

dumpMemoryRange in interface DumpFormat

Specified by:

dumpMemoryRange in class AbstractDumpFormat

Parameters:

file - File in which to store MIPS memory contents.

firstAddress - first (lowest) memory address to dump. In bytes but must be on word boundary.

lastAddress - last (highest) memory address to dump. In bytes but must be on word boundary. Will dump the word that starts at this address.

Throws:

AddressErrorException - if firstAddress is invalid or not on a word boundary.

IOException - if error occurs during file output.