Module java.base

Package java.io

Class FilterWriter

java.lang.Object

java.io.Writer

java.io.FilterWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable, Appendable, AutoCloseable

public abstract class FilterWriter
extends Writer

Abstract class for writing filtered character streams. The abstract class FilterWriter itself provides default methods that pass all requests to the contained stream. Subclasses of FilterWriter should override some of these methods and may also provide additional methods and fields.

Since:

1.1

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Writer	out	The underlying character-output stream.

Fields declared in class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	FilterWriter(Writer out)	Create a new filtered writer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	flush()	Flushes the stream.
void	write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)	Writes a portion of an array of characters.
void	write(int c)	Writes a single character.
void	write(String str, int off, int len)	Writes a portion of a string.

Methods declared in class java.io.Writer

append, append, append, close, nullWriter, write, write

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

out

protected Writer out

The underlying character-output stream.

Constructor Details

FilterWriter

protected FilterWriter(Writer out)

Create a new filtered writer.

Parameters:

out - a Writer object to provide the underlying stream.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if out is null

Method Details

write

public void write(int c) throws IOException

Writes a single character.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

c - int specifying a character to be written

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

write

public void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException

Writes a portion of an array of characters.

Specified by:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

cbuf - Buffer of characters to be written

off - Offset from which to start reading characters

len - Number of characters to be written

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the values of the off and len parameters cause the corresponding method of the underlying Writer to throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

write

public void write(String str, int off, int len) throws IOException

Writes a portion of a string.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

str - String to be written

off - Offset from which to start reading characters

len - Number of characters to be written

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the values of the off and len parameters cause the corresponding method of the underlying Writer to throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

flush

public void flush() throws IOException

Flushes the stream.

Specified by:

flush in interface Flushable

Specified by:

flush in class Writer

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs