1. Description
2. Constructor Summary
3. Method Summary
4. Constructor Details
   1. SequenceInputStream(Enumeration)
   2. SequenceInputStream(InputStream, InputStream)
5. Method Details
   1. available()
   2. read()
   3. read(byte[], int, int)
   4. close()

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor

  Description

  SequenceInputStream(InputStream s1, InputStream s2)

  Initializes a newly created SequenceInputStream by remembering the two arguments, which will be read in order, first s1 and then s2, to provide the bytes to be read from this SequenceInputStream.

  SequenceInputStream(Enumeration<? extends InputStream> e)

  Initializes a newly created SequenceInputStream by remembering the argument, which must be an Enumeration that produces objects whose run-time type is InputStream.

• Method Summary

  All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete Methods

  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  int

  available()

  Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from the current underlying input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for the current underlying input stream.

  void

  close()

  Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.

  int

  read()

  Reads the next byte of data from the input stream.

  int

  read(byte[] b, int off, int len)

  Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes.

  Methods declared in class java.io.InputStream

  mark, markSupported, nullInputStream, read, readAllBytes, readNBytes, readNBytes, reset, skip, skipNBytes, transferTo

  Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Details

  • SequenceInputStream

    public SequenceInputStream(Enumeration<? extends InputStream> e)

    Initializes a newly created SequenceInputStream by remembering the argument, which must be an Enumeration that produces objects whose run-time type is InputStream. The input streams that are produced by the enumeration will be read, in order, to provide the bytes to be read from this SequenceInputStream. After each input stream from the enumeration is exhausted, it is closed by calling its close method.

    Parameters:

    e - an enumeration of input streams.

    See Also:

    • Enumeration

  • SequenceInputStream

    public SequenceInputStream(InputStream s1, InputStream s2)

    Initializes a newly created SequenceInputStream by remembering the two arguments, which will be read in order, first s1 and then s2, to provide the bytes to be read from this SequenceInputStream.

    Parameters:

    s1 - the first input stream to read.

    s2 - the second input stream to read.

• Method Details

  • available

    public int available() throws IOException

    Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from the current underlying input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for the current underlying input stream. The next invocation might be the same thread or another thread. A single read or skip of this many bytes will not block, but may read or skip fewer bytes.

    This method simply calls available of the current underlying input stream and returns the result.

    Overrides:

    available in class InputStream

    Returns:

    an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from the current underlying input stream without blocking or 0 if this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method

    Throws:

    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

    Since:

    1.1

  • read

    public int read() throws IOException

    Reads the next byte of data from the input stream. The value byte is returned as an int in the range 0 to 255. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value -1 is returned. This method blocks until input data is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    This method tries to read one byte from the current substream. If it reaches the end of the stream, it calls the close method of the current substream and begins reading from the next substream.

    Specified by:

    read in class InputStream

    Returns:

    the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached.

    Throws:

    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

  • read

    public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException

    Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes. If the end of the last contained stream has been reached then -1 is returned. Otherwise, if len is not zero, the method blocks until at least 1 byte of input is available; if len is zero, no bytes are read and 0 is returned.

    The read method of SequenceInputStream tries to read the data from the current substream. If it fails to read any bytes because the substream has reached the end of the stream, it calls the close method of the current substream and begins reading from the next substream.

    Overrides:

    read in class InputStream

    Parameters:

    b - the buffer into which the data is read.

    off - the start offset in array b at which the data is written.

    len - the maximum number of bytes read.

    Returns:

    the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end of the last contained stream has been reached.

    Throws:

    NullPointerException - if the end of the last contained stream has not been reached and b is null.

    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the end of the last contained stream has not been reached and off is negative, len is negative, or len is greater than b.length - off

    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

    See Also:

    • InputStream.read()

  • close

    public void close() throws IOException

    Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream. A closed SequenceInputStream cannot perform input operations and cannot be reopened.

    If this stream was created from an enumeration, all remaining elements are requested from the enumeration and closed before the close method returns.

    Specified by:

    close in interface AutoCloseable

    Specified by:

    close in interface Closeable

    Overrides:

    close in class InputStream

    Throws:

    IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

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