public abstract class ByteSink extends Object
A destination to which bytes can be written, such as a file. Unlike an OutputStream, a ByteSink is not an open, stateful stream that can be written to and closed. Instead, it is an immutable supplier of OutputStream instances.
ByteSink provides two kinds of methods:
| Modifier | Constructor and Description |
|---|---|
protected |
ByteSink()
Constructor for use by subclasses.
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
CharSink |
asCharSink(Charset charset)
|
OutputStream |
openBufferedStream()
Opens a new buffered
OutputStream for writing to this sink. |
abstract OutputStream |
openStream()
Opens a new
OutputStream for writing to this sink. |
void |
write(byte[] bytes)
Writes all the given bytes to this sink.
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long |
writeFrom(InputStream input)
Writes all the bytes from the given
InputStream to this sink. |
public abstract OutputStream openStream() throws IOException
Opens a new OutputStream for writing to this sink. This method should return a new, independent stream each time it is called.
The caller is responsible for ensuring that the returned stream is closed.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of opening the streampublic OutputStream openBufferedStream() throws IOException
Opens a new buffered OutputStream for writing to this sink. The returned stream is not required to be a BufferedOutputStream in order to allow implementations to simply delegate to openStream() when the stream returned by that method does not benefit from additional buffering (for example, a ByteArrayOutputStream). This method should return a new, independent stream each time it is called.
The caller is responsible for ensuring that the returned stream is closed.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of opening the streamBufferedOutputStream)public void write(byte[] bytes)
throws IOException
Writes all the given bytes to this sink.
IOException - if an I/O occurs in the process of writing to this sinkpublic long writeFrom(InputStream input) throws IOException
Writes all the bytes from the given InputStream to this sink. Does not close input.
IOException - if an I/O occurs in the process of reading from input or writing to this sink