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Class java.io.FileInputStream

java.lang.Object
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public class FileInputStream

extends InputStream

See Also:

File, FileDescriptor, FileOutputStream

FileInputStream(File)

Creates an input file stream to read from the specified File object.

FileInputStream(FileDescriptor)

Creates an input file stream to read from the specified file descriptor.

FileInputStream(String)

Creates an input file stream to read from a file with the specified name.

available()

Returns the number of bytes that can be read from this file input stream without blocking.

close()

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

finalize()

Ensures that the close method of this file input stream is called when there are no more references to it.

getFD()

Returns the opaque file descriptor object associated with this stream.

read()

Reads a byte of data from this input stream.

read(byte[])

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

read(byte[], int, int)

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

skip(long)

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from the input stream.

    method FileInputStream(name=String) public Signals FileNotFoundException

Creates an input file stream to read from a file with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - the system-dependent file name.

Throws: FileNotFoundException

if the file is not found.

Throws: SecurityException

if a security manager exists, its checkRead method is called with the name argument to see if the application is allowed read access to the file.

See Also:

checkRead

    method FileInputStream(file=File) public Signals FileNotFoundException

Creates an input file stream to read from the specified File object.

Parameters:

file - the file to be opened for reading.

Throws: FileNotFoundException

if the file is not found.

Throws: SecurityException

if a security manager exists, its checkRead method is called with the pathname of this File argument to see if the application is allowed read access to the file.

See Also:

getPath, checkRead

    method FileInputStream(fdObj=FileDescriptor) public 

Creates an input file stream to read from the specified file descriptor.

Parameters:

fdObj - the file descriptor to be opened for reading.

Throws: SecurityException

if a security manager exists, its checkRead method is called with the file descriptor to see if the application is allowed to read from the specified file descriptor.

See Also:

checkRead

    method read() returns int public     Signals IOException

Reads a byte of data from this input stream. This method blocks if no input is yet available.

Returns:

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

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

read in class InputStream

    method read(b=byte[]) returns int public     Signals IOException

Reads up to b.length bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes. This method blocks until some input is available.

Parameters:

b - the buffer into which the data is read.

Returns:

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

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

read in class InputStream

    method read(b=byte[], -
                off=int, -
                len=int) returns int public     Signals IOException

Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes. This method blocks until some input is available.

Parameters:

b - the buffer into which the data is read.

off - the start offset of the data.

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 file has been reached.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

read in class InputStream

    method skip(n=long) returns long public     Signals IOException

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from the input stream. The skip method may, for a variety of reasons, end up skipping over some smaller number of bytes, possibly 0. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.

Parameters:

n - the number of bytes to be skipped.

Returns:

the actual number of bytes skipped.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

skip in class InputStream

    method available() returns int public     Signals IOException

Returns the number of bytes that can be read from this file input stream without blocking.

Returns:

the number of bytes that can be read from this file input stream without blocking.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

available in class InputStream

    method close()  public     Signals IOException

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

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

close in class InputStream

    method getFD() returns FileDescriptor public   final  Signals IOException

Returns the opaque file descriptor object associated with this stream.

Returns:

the file descriptor object associated with this stream.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

See Also:

FileDescriptor

    method finalize()  Inheritable     Signals IOException

Ensures that the close method of this file input stream is called when there are no more references to it.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

See Also:

close

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