public
  
  
  abstract
  class
  OutputStream
  
    extends Object
  
  
  
  
  
      implements
      
        Closeable, 
      
        Flushable
      
  
  
| java.lang.Object | |
| ↳ | java.io.OutputStream | 
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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.
 Applications that need to define a subclass of
 OutputStream must always provide at least a method
 that writes one byte of output.
See also:
Public constructors | |
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      OutputStream()
      
      
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Public methods | |
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        void
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      close()
      
      
        Closes this output stream and releases any system resources associated with this stream.  | 
  
        
        
        
        
        
        void
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      flush()
      
      
        Flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes to be written out.  | 
  
        
        
        
        
        
        void
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      write(byte[] b)
      
      
        Writes   | 
  
        
        
        
        
        
        void
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      write(byte[] b, int off, int len)
      
      
        Writes   | 
  
        abstract
        
        
        
        
        void
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      write(int b)
      
      
        Writes the specified byte to this output stream.  | 
  
Inherited methods | |
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    java.lang.Object
  
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    java.io.Closeable
  
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    java.io.Flushable
  
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    java.lang.AutoCloseable
  
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void close ()
Closes this output stream and releases any system resources
 associated with this stream. The general contract of close
 is that it closes the output stream. A closed stream cannot perform
 output operations and cannot be reopened.
 
 The close method of OutputStream does nothing.
| Throws | |
|---|---|
IOException | 
          if an I/O error occurs. | 
void flush ()
Flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes
 to be written out. The general contract of flush 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.
 
If the intended destination of this stream is an abstraction provided by the underlying operating system, for example a file, then flushing the stream guarantees only that bytes previously written to the stream are passed to the operating system for writing; it does not guarantee that they are actually written to a physical device such as a disk drive.
 The flush method of OutputStream does nothing.
| Throws | |
|---|---|
IOException | 
          if an I/O error occurs. | 
void write (byte[] b)
Writes b.length bytes from the specified byte array
 to this output stream. The general contract for write(b)
 is that it should have exactly the same effect as the call
 write(b, 0, b.length).
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
b | 
        
          byte:
          the data. | 
      
| Throws | |
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IOException | 
          if an I/O error occurs. | 
See also:
void write (byte[] b, 
                int off, 
                int len)
    
    
    
  Writes len bytes from the specified byte array
 starting at offset off to this output stream.
 The general contract for write(b, off, len) is that
 some of the bytes in the array b are written to the
 output stream in order; element b[off] is the first
 byte written and b[off+len-1] is the last byte written
 by this operation.
 
 The write method of OutputStream 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.
 
 If b is null, a
 NullPointerException is thrown.
 
 If off is negative, or len is negative, or
 off+len is greater than the length of the array
 b, then an IndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
b | 
        
          byte:
          the data. | 
      
off | 
        
          int:
          the start offset in the data. | 
      
len | 
        
          int:
          the number of bytes to write. | 
      
| Throws | |
|---|---|
IOException | 
          if an I/O error occurs. In particular,
             an IOException is thrown if the output
             stream is closed.
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void write (int b)
Writes the specified byte to this output stream. The general
 contract for write is that one byte is written
 to the output stream. The byte to be written is the eight
 low-order bits of the argument b. The 24
 high-order bits of b are ignored.
 
 Subclasses of OutputStream must provide an
 implementation for this method.
| Parameters | |
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b | 
        
          int:
          the byte. | 
      
| Throws | |
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IOException | 
          if an I/O error occurs. In particular,
             an IOException may be thrown if the
             output stream has been closed.
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