Readers and Stream classes can be chained?
posted 16 years ago
Hi,
Can we chain Reader classes with Stream classes?One of the practice exam has correct answere for reading a large text file like this:
new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("file.name")));
Can we chain Reader classes with Stream classes?One of the practice exam has correct answere for reading a large text file like this:
new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("file.name")));
posted 16 years ago
See that InputStreamReader class? That's the bridging class that does the trick.
There is also an OutputStreamWriter for going the other way.
-Barry
There is also an OutputStreamWriter for going the other way.
-Barry
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posted 16 years ago
you mean to say we can pass FileInputStream as parameter because it is InputStreamreader,but if it was Buffered reader?
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