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 |
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protected |
ByteSink()
Constructor for use by subclasses.
|
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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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.
|
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