Class InputStream
- java.lang.Object
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- java.io.InputStream
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Closeable, AutoCloseable
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- AudioInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream, FileInputStream, FilterInputStream, InputStream, ObjectInputStream, PipedInputStream, SequenceInputStream, StringBufferInputStream
public abstract class InputStream extends Object implements Closeable
This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.Applications that need to define a subclass of
InputStream
must always provide a method that returns the next byte of input.- Since:
- JDK1.0
- See Also:
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BufferedInputStream
,ByteArrayInputStream
,DataInputStream
,FilterInputStream
,read()
,OutputStream
,PushbackInputStream
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor and Description InputStream()
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description int
available()
Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for this input stream.void
close()
Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.void
mark(int readlimit)
Marks the current position in this input stream.boolean
markSupported()
Tests if this input stream supports themark
andreset
methods.abstract int
read()
Reads the next byte of data from the input stream.int
read(byte[] b)
Reads some number of bytes from the input stream and stores them into the buffer arrayb
.int
read(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Reads up tolen
bytes of data from the input stream into an array of bytes.void
reset()
Repositions this stream to the position at the time themark
method was last called on this input stream.long
skip(long n)
Skips over and discardsn
bytes of data from this input stream.
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Method Detail
read
public abstract int read() throws IOException
Reads the next byte of data from the input stream. The value byte is returned as anint
in the range0
to255
. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value-1
is returned. This method blocks until input data is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.A subclass must provide an implementation of this method.
- Returns:
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the next byte of data, or
-1
if the end of the stream is reached. - Throws:
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IOException
- if an I/O error occurs.
read
public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException
Reads some number of bytes from the input stream and stores them into the buffer arrayb
. The number of bytes actually read is returned as an integer. This method blocks until input data is available, end of file is detected, or an exception is thrown.If the length of
b
is zero, then no bytes are read and0
is returned; otherwise, there is an attempt to read at least one byte. If no byte is available because the stream is at the end of the file, the value-1
is returned; otherwise, at least one byte is read and stored intob
.The first byte read is stored into element
b[0]
, the next one intob[1]
, and so on. The number of bytes read is, at most, equal to the length ofb
. Let k be the number of bytes actually read; these bytes will be stored in elementsb[0]
throughb[
k-1]
, leaving elementsb[
k]
throughb[b.length-1]
unaffected.The
read(b)
method for classInputStream
has the same effect as:read(b, 0, b.length)
- Parameters:
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b
- the buffer into which the data is read. - Returns:
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the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
-1
if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached. - Throws:
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IOException
- If the first byte cannot be read for any reason other than the end of the file, if the input stream has been closed, or if some other I/O error occurs. -
NullPointerException
- ifb
isnull
. - See Also:
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read(byte[], int, int)
read
public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException
Reads up tolen
bytes of data from the input stream into an array of bytes. An attempt is made to read as many aslen
bytes, but a smaller number may be read. The number of bytes actually read is returned as an integer.This method blocks until input data is available, end of file is detected, or an exception is thrown.
If
len
is zero, then no bytes are read and0
is returned; otherwise, there is an attempt to read at least one byte. If no byte is available because the stream is at end of file, the value-1
is returned; otherwise, at least one byte is read and stored intob
.The first byte read is stored into element
b[off]
, the next one intob[off+1]
, and so on. The number of bytes read is, at most, equal tolen
. Let k be the number of bytes actually read; these bytes will be stored in elementsb[off]
throughb[off+
k-1]
, leaving elementsb[off+
k]
throughb[off+len-1]
unaffected.In every case, elements
b[0]
throughb[off]
and elementsb[off+len]
throughb[b.length-1]
are unaffected.The
read(b,
off,
len)
method for classInputStream
simply calls the methodread()
repeatedly. If the first such call results in anIOException
, that exception is returned from the call to theread(b,
off,
len)
method. If any subsequent call toread()
results in aIOException
, the exception is caught and treated as if it were end of file; the bytes read up to that point are stored intob
and the number of bytes read before the exception occurred is returned. The default implementation of this method blocks until the requested amount of input datalen
has been read, end of file is detected, or an exception is thrown. Subclasses are encouraged to provide a more efficient implementation of this method.- Parameters:
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b
- the buffer into which the data is read. -
off
- the start offset in arrayb
at which the data is written. -
len
- the maximum number of bytes to read. - Returns:
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the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
-1
if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached. - Throws:
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IOException
- If the first byte cannot be read for any reason other than end of file, or if the input stream has been closed, or if some other I/O error occurs. -
NullPointerException
- Ifb
isnull
. -
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- Ifoff
is negative,len
is negative, orlen
is greater thanb.length - off
- See Also:
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read()
skip
public long skip(long n) throws IOException
Skips over and discardsn
bytes of data from this input stream. Theskip
method may, for a variety of reasons, end up skipping over some smaller number of bytes, possibly0
. This may result from any of a number of conditions; reaching end of file beforen
bytes have been skipped is only one possibility. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned. Ifn
is negative, theskip
method for classInputStream
always returns 0, and no bytes are skipped. Subclasses may handle the negative value differently.The
skip
method of this class creates a byte array and then repeatedly reads into it untiln
bytes have been read or the end of the stream has been reached. Subclasses are encouraged to provide a more efficient implementation of this method. For instance, the implementation may depend on the ability to seek.- Parameters:
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n
- the number of bytes to be skipped. - Returns:
- the actual number of bytes skipped.
- Throws:
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IOException
- if the stream does not support seek, or if some other I/O error occurs.
available
public int available() throws IOException
Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for this input stream. The next invocation might be the same thread or another thread. A single read or skip of this many bytes will not block, but may read or skip fewer bytes.Note that while some implementations of
InputStream
will return the total number of bytes in the stream, many will not. It is never correct to use the return value of this method to allocate a buffer intended to hold all data in this stream.A subclass' implementation of this method may choose to throw an
IOException
if this input stream has been closed by invoking theclose()
method.The
available
method for classInputStream
always returns0
.This method should be overridden by subclasses.
- Returns:
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an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking or
0
when it reaches the end of the input stream. - Throws:
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IOException
- if an I/O error occurs.
close
public void close() throws IOException
Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.The
close
method ofInputStream
does nothing.- Specified by:
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close
in interfaceCloseable
- Specified by:
-
close
in interfaceAutoCloseable
- Throws:
-
IOException
- if an I/O error occurs.
mark
public void mark(int readlimit)
Marks the current position in this input stream. A subsequent call to thereset
method repositions this stream at the last marked position so that subsequent reads re-read the same bytes.The
readlimit
arguments tells this input stream to allow that many bytes to be read before the mark position gets invalidated.The general contract of
mark
is that, if the methodmarkSupported
returnstrue
, the stream somehow remembers all the bytes read after the call tomark
and stands ready to supply those same bytes again if and whenever the methodreset
is called. However, the stream is not required to remember any data at all if more thanreadlimit
bytes are read from the stream beforereset
is called.Marking a closed stream should not have any effect on the stream.
The
mark
method ofInputStream
does nothing.- Parameters:
-
readlimit
- the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid. - See Also:
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reset()
reset
public void reset() throws IOException
Repositions this stream to the position at the time themark
method was last called on this input stream.The general contract of
reset
is:- If the method
markSupported
returnstrue
, then:- If the method
mark
has not been called since the stream was created, or the number of bytes read from the stream sincemark
was last called is larger than the argument tomark
at that last call, then anIOException
might be thrown. - If such an
IOException
is not thrown, then the stream is reset to a state such that all the bytes read since the most recent call tomark
(or since the start of the file, ifmark
has not been called) will be resupplied to subsequent callers of theread
method, followed by any bytes that otherwise would have been the next input data as of the time of the call toreset
.
- If the method
- If the method
markSupported
returnsfalse
, then:- The call to
reset
may throw anIOException
. - If an
IOException
is not thrown, then the stream is reset to a fixed state that depends on the particular type of the input stream and how it was created. The bytes that will be supplied to subsequent callers of theread
method depend on the particular type of the input stream.
- The call to
The method
reset
for classInputStream
does nothing except throw anIOException
.- Throws:
-
IOException
- if this stream has not been marked or if the mark has been invalidated. - See Also:
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mark(int)
,IOException
- If the method
markSupported
public boolean markSupported()
Tests if this input stream supports themark
andreset
methods. Whether or notmark
andreset
are supported is an invariant property of a particular input stream instance. ThemarkSupported
method ofInputStream
returnsfalse
.
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