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- /*
- * @(#)OutputStream.java 1.19 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1994-1998 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
-
- package java.io;
-
- /**
- * This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing
- * an output stream of bytes. An output stream accepts output bytes
- * and sends them to some sink.
- * <p>
- * Applications that need to define a subclass of
- * <code>OutputStream</code> must always provide at least a method
- * that writes one byte of output.
- *
- * @author Arthur van Hoff
- * @version 1.19, 03/18/98
- * @see java.io.BufferedOutputStream
- * @see java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
- * @see java.io.DataOutputStream
- * @see java.io.FilterOutputStream
- * @see java.io.InputStream
- * @see java.io.OutputStream#write(int)
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- public abstract class OutputStream {
- /**
- * Writes the specified byte to this output stream. The general
- * contract for <code>write</code> is that one byte is written
- * to the output stream. The byte to be written is the eight
- * low-order bits of the argument <code>b</code>. The 24
- * high-order bits of <code>b</code> are ignored.
- * <p>
- * Subclasses of <code>OutputStream</code> must provide an
- * implementation for this method.
- *
- * @param b the <code>byte</code>.
- * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs. In particular,
- * an <code>IOException</code> may be thrown if the
- * output stream has been closed.
- */
- public abstract void write(int b) throws IOException;
-
- /**
- * Writes <code>b.length</code> bytes from the specified byte array
- * to this output stream. The general contract for <code>write(b)</code>
- * is that it should have exactly the same effect as the call
- * <code>write(b, 0, b.length)</code>.
- *
- * @param b the data.
- * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
- * @see java.io.OutputStream#write(byte[], int, int)
- */
- public void write(byte b[]) throws IOException {
- write(b, 0, b.length);
- }
-
- /**
- * Writes <code>len</code> bytes from the specified byte array
- * starting at offset <code>off</code> to this output stream.
- * The general contract for <code>write(b, off, len)</code> is that
- * some of the bytes in the array <code>b</code> are written to the
- * output stream as if one at a time, in order; element
- * <code>b[off]</code> is the first byte written and
- * <code>b[off+len-1]</code> is the last byte writeen by this
- * operation.
- * <p>
- * The <code>write</code> method of <code>OutputStream</code> calls
- * the write method of one argument on each of the bytes to be
- * written out. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and
- * provide a more efficient implementation.
- * <p>
- * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>, a
- * <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
- * <p>
- * If <code>off</code> is negative, or <code>len</code> is negative, or
- * <code>off+len</code> is greater than the length of the array
- * <code>b</code>, then an <tt>IndexOutOfBoundsException</tt> is thrown.
- *
- * @param b the data.
- * @param off the start offset in the data.
- * @param len the number of bytes to write.
- * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs. In particular,
- * an <code>IOException</code> is thrown if the output
- * stream is closed.
- */
- public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
- for (int i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
- write(b[off + i]);
- }
- }
-
- /**
- * Flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes
- * to be written out. The general contract of <code>flush</code> is
- * that calling it is an indication that, if any bytes previously
- * written have been buffered by the implementation of the output
- * stream, such bytes should immediately be written to their
- * intended destination.
- * <p>
- * The <code>flush</code> method of <code>OutputStream</code> does nothing.
- *
- * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
- */
- public void flush() throws IOException {
- }
-
- /**
- * Closes this output stream and releases any system resources
- * associated with this stream. The general contract of <code>close</code>
- * is that it closes the output stream. A closed stream cannot perform
- * output operations and cannot be reopened.
- * <p>
- * The <code>close</code> method of <code>OutputStream</code> does nothing.
- *
- * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
- */
- public void close() throws IOException {
- }
-
- }
-