java.io

Interface Closeable [ source ]

All Known Subinterfaces:

ByteChannel, Channel, Closeable, GatheringByteChannel, InterruptibleChannel, JavaFileManager, JMXConnector, MonitoringManager, PIHandler, ReadableByteChannel, RMIConnection, ScatteringByteChannel, SelChImpl, StandardJavaFileManager, ThreadPool, ThreadPoolManager, WritableByteChannel, WSBindingProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

A2NFilter, AbstractFilter, AbstractIndexWriter, AbstractInterruptibleChannel, AbstractPackageIndexWriter, AbstractSelectableChannel, AbstractTreeWriter, AlawCodec.AlawCodecStream, AllClassesFrameWriter, AnnotationTypeWriterImpl, Applet2ObjectInputStream, AppletObjectInputStream, AppletObjectInputStream, AsciiOutputStream, ASCIIReader, AudioDataStream, AudioInputStream, AudioStream, AudioStreamSequence, AudioTranslatorStream, BASE64DecoderStream, BASE64EncoderStream, BEncoderStream, BufferedInputStream, BufferedOutputStream, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, ByteArrayBuffer, ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, ByteArrayOutputStreamEx, ByteArrayOutputStreamEx, ByteInputStream, ByteOutputStream, ByteSequence, CDRInputObject, CDRInputStream, CDRInputStream_1_0, CDRInputStream_1_1, CDRInputStream_1_2, CDRInputStreamBase, CDROutputObject, CDROutputStream, CDROutputStream_1_0, CDROutputStream_1_1, CDROutputStream_1_2, CDROutputStreamBase, ChannelInputStream, CharArrayReader, CharArrayWriter, CharReader, CharWriter, CheckedInputStream, CheckedOutputStream, ChunkedInputStream, ChunkedInputStream, ChunkedOutputStream, ChunkedOutputStream, ChunkInputStream, CipherHelper.WrapTokenInputStream, CipherInputStream, CipherOutputStream, ClassLoaderObjectInputStream, ClassLoaderObjectOutputStream, ClassUseWriter, ClassWriterImpl, CodingChooser.Sizer, ConnectionInputStream, ConnectionOutputStream, Console.LineReader, ConstantsSummaryWriterImpl, ContinuousAudioDataStream, CorbaInputObject, CorbaOutputObject, DatagramChannel, DatagramChannelImpl, DataHead.ReadMultiStream, DataHead.ReadOnceStream, DataInputStream, DataOutputStream, DataSourceDispatch, DataTransferer.ReencodingInputStream, Decoder.EncodingAlgorithmInputStream, DefaultFileManager, DeflaterInputStream, DeflaterOutputStream, DeployFileOutputStream, DeprecatedListWriter, DerInputBuffer, DerOutputStream, DigesterOutputStream, DigestInputStream, DigestOutputStream, DigestOutputStream, DispatchImpl, DomainSocketNamedPipe, EmptyInputStream, EmptyInputStream, EncapsInputStream, EncapsOutputStream, FileChannel, FileChannelImpl, FileInputStream, FileOutputStream, FileReader, FileWriter, FilterInputStream, FilterOutputStream, FilterReader, FilterWriter, FixedLengthInputStream, FixedLengthOutputStream, Formatter, ForwardingJavaFileManager, FrameOutputWriter, FtpURLConnection.FtpInputStream, FtpURLConnection.FtpOutputStream, GenFileStream, GopherInputStream, GZIPInputStream, GZIPOutputStream, HelpWriter, HexOutputStream, HTMLDecodingInputStream, HtmlDocletWriter, HtmlDocWriter, HtmlWriter, HttpInputStream, HttpOutputStream, HttpSendInputStream, HttpSendOutputStream, HttpURLConnection.ErrorStream, HttpURLConnection.HttpInputStream, HttpURLConnection.StreamingOutputStream, IDLJavaSerializationInputStream, IDLJavaSerializationInputStream._ByteArrayInputStream, IDLJavaSerializationInputStream.MarshalObjectInputStream, IDLJavaSerializationOutputStream, IDLJavaSerializationOutputStream._ByteArrayOutputStream, IDLJavaSerializationOutputStream.MarshalObjectOutputStream, IIOPInputStream, IIOPInputStream_1_3, IIOPInputStream_1_3_1, IIOPOutputStream, IIOPOutputStream_1_3, IIOPOutputStream_1_3_1, IndentingPrintWriter, IndentingWriter, IndentingWriter, IndentingWriter, IndexFileObjectInputStream, InflaterInputStream, InflaterOutputStream, InheritedChannel.InheritedDatagramChannelImpl, InheritedChannel.InheritedServerSocketChannelImpl, InheritedChannel.InheritedSocketChannelImpl, InputStream, org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream, org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream, InputStreamAdapter, InputStreamHook, InputStreamReader, JarInputStream, JarOutputStream, JarURLConnection.JarURLInputStream, JarVerifier.VerifierStream, JarVerifierStream, JavacFiler, JavacProcessingEnvironment, JavadocEscapeWriter, JAXBDispatch, JdbcOdbcInputStream, JEditorPane.PageStream, KeepAliveStream, LeftOverInputStream, LineInputStream, LineNumberInputStream, LineNumberReader, LogCleanupReader, LogInputStream, LogOutputStream, LogStream, Manifest.FastInputStream, MarshalInputStream, MarshalOutputStream, MessageDispatch, MeteredFileOutputStream, MeteredStream, MLetObjectInputStream, MonitoringManagerImpl, MultiplexInputStream, MultiplexOutputStream, N2AFilter, NamedDataInputStream, NamedPipe, NativeAudioStream, NoCloseInputStream, NoCloseOutputStream, NPrintWriter, NullStream, ObjectInputStream, ObjectInputStreamWithLoader, ObjectInputStreamWithLoader, ObjectOutputStream, OutputSink, OutputStream, org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream, org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.OutputStream, OutputStreamHook, OutputStreamWriter, PackageFrameWriter, PackageIndexFrameWriter, PackageIndexWriter, PackageListWriter, PackageReader.LimitedBuffer, PackageTreeWriter, PackageUseWriter, PackageWriterImpl, PCMtoPCMCodec.PCMtoPCMCodecStream, PIHandlerImpl, PINoOpHandlerImpl, Pipe.SinkChannel, Pipe.SourceChannel, PipedInputStream, PipedOutputStream, PipedReader, PipedWriter, PlaceholderOutputStream, PlainTextInputStream, PNGFilterInputStream, PositionDataInputStream, PositionInputStream, PosterOutputStream, PrintManyPlaces, PrintStream, PrintWriter, ProfileDeferralInfo, ProgressMonitorInputStream, ProxyInputStream, PushbackInputStream, PushbackReader, QDecoderStream, QEncoderStream, QPDecoderStream, QPEncoderStream, RandomAccessFile, Reader, ReliableLog.LogFile, RemoveCommentReader, Request.ReadStream, Request.WriteStream, RESTSourceDispatch, RMIConnectionImpl, RMIConnector, RMIIIOPServerImpl, RMIJRMPServerImpl, RMIServerImpl, RTFParser, RTFReader, SaslInputStream, SaslOutputStream, ScannerInputReader, SEIStub, SelectableChannel, SequenceInputStream, SerializedFormWriterImpl, SerializerTraceWriter, Server.CwdFileManager, ServerSocketChannel, ServerSocketChannelImpl, SignerOutputStream, SingleIndexWriter, SinkChannelImpl, SmtpPrintStream, SOAPMessageDispatch, SOAPSourceDispatch, SocketChannel, SocketChannelImpl, SocketInputStream, SocketOutputStream, SourceChannelImpl, SplitIndexWriter, SSLStreams.InputStream, SSLStreams.OutputStream, StreamDecoder, StreamEncoder, StringBufferInputStream, StringReader, StringWriter, Stub, StylesheetWriter, SubWriterHolderWriter, TeeInputStream, TelnetInputStream, TelnetOutputStream, ThreadPoolImpl, ThreadPoolManagerImpl, TracePrintStream, TreeWriter, TypeCodeInputStream, TypeCodeOutputStream, TypeScriptWriter, UCSReader, UlawCodec.UlawCodecStream, UnicodeEscapeWriter, UnsyncBufferedOutputStream, UnsyncByteArrayOutputStream, UTF8OutputStreamWriter, UTF8Reader, UUDecoderStream, UUEncoderStream, WDropTargetContextPeerFileStream, WDropTargetContextPeerIStream, WindowsNamedPipe, WrapperInputStream, WrappingJavaFileManager, Writer, WriterToASCI, WriterToUTF8Buffered, XMLEntityManager.RewindableInputStream, XmlReader, XmlReader.AsciiReader, XmlReader.BaseReader, XmlReader.Iso8859_1Reader, XmlReader.Utf8Reader, XMLWriter, XMLWriter, ZipInputStream, ZipOutputStream

public interface Closeable

A Closeable is a source or destination of data that can be closed. The close method is invoked to release resources that the object is holding (such as open files).

Since:

1.5

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it.

Method Detail

close

void close()
           throws IOException

Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it. If the stream is already closed then invoking this method has no effect.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs