java.io
Class OutputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.OutputStream

Direct Known Subclasses:

DebugOutputStream, DisplayOutputStream, FilterOutputStream, OutputStreamTee

public abstract class OutputStream
extends Object

Abstract base class for output streams.

Constructor Summary

OutputStream()
Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the output stream.
void	flush() Flush the data to the output stream.
void	write(byte[] buffer) Writes the specified bytes to the output stream.
void	write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) Writes bytes from the specified byte array to the output stream.
abstract void	write(int value) Writes a byte to the output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OutputStream

public OutputStream()

Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the output stream.

This implementation does nothing. Subclasses should override this method as necessary.

Throws:

IOException

flush

public void flush()
           throws IOException

Flush the data to the output stream.

This implementation does nothing. Subclasses should override this method as necessary.

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(byte[] buffer)
           throws IOException

Writes the specified bytes to the output stream.

Parameters:

buffer - bytes to output

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(byte[] buffer,
                  int offset,
                  int length)
           throws IOException

Writes bytes from the specified byte array to the output stream.

Parameters:

buffer - byte array

offset - offset of the first byte to write

length - number of bytes to write

Throws:

IOException

write

public abstract void write(int value)
                    throws IOException

Writes a byte to the output stream.

Subclasses must implement this method.

Parameters:

value - byte to write

Throws:

IOException