Java - Streams

Streams:-

        It is a flow of data.

        It is a path of communication between source and destination.

2 Types

        1) Byte Oriented Stream (ASCII Code format)

        2) Character Oriented Stream (Unicode format)

Byte Oriented Stream

InputStream:

        To read the data from particular i/p device such as keyboard,file and socket.

OutputStream:

        To write the data to the particular o/p device such as monitor,file and socket.

classes:-

1) OutputStream

        It is an abstract class and it is the super class for all the byte-oriented o/p stream classes.

methods:-

public void write(int);

public void write(byte[]);

public void write(byte[],int offset,int length);

public void flush();//clear the stream.

public void close();

2) InputStream

        It is an abstract class and it is the super class for all the byte-oriented i/p stream classes. It is used to read the data from particular i/p device.

methods:-

public int read();

public int read(byte[]);

public int read(byte[],int offset,int length);

public long skip(long);

public long available();

public void close();