Managing Input/Output Files in Java

Streams

A stream is a path of communication between the source of some information and its destination. This information can come from a file, the computer's memory, or even from the Internet.   A stream is a path of communication between a source of information and its destination. For example, An input stream allows us to read data from a source, and an output stream allows us to write data to a destination.     The java.io Package To import each individual class or to import the entire java.io package, like this: import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.FilteredInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.*;

The foundations of this stream framework in the Java class hierarchy are the two abstract classes, InputStream and OutputStream.

Inheriting from these classes is a virtual cornucopia of categorized subclasses, demonstrating the wide range of streams in the system, but also demonstrating an extremely well-designed hierarchy of relationships between these streams-one well worth learning from.