Module java.base

Package java.io

Class InputStream

java.lang.Object

java.io.InputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AudioInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream, FileInputStream, FilterInputStream, InputStream, ObjectInputStream, PipedInputStream, SequenceInputStream, StringBufferInputStream

public abstract class InputStream
extends Object
implements Closeable

This abstract class is the superclass of all classes representing an input stream of bytes.

Applications that need to define a subclass of InputStream must always provide a method that returns the next byte of input.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

BufferedInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream, DataInputStream, FilterInputStream, read(), OutputStream, PushbackInputStream

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InputStream()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	available()	Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for this input stream.
void