Python Programming with the Java™ Class Libraries: A Tutorial for Building Web and Enterprise Applications with Jython

Binary Streams: InputStream and OutputStream

InputStream is the analog of Reader; OutputStream is the analog of Writer. Their methods are listed here.

InputStream:

• read(byte_sequence)— reads a sequence of bytes and returns the actual bytes read

• read(byte_sequence, off, len)— same as above but allows you to set the slice for the sequence; returns the number of actual bytes read

• read()— reads one byte of data from the input stream

• skip(n)— skips to a given offset in the file

• close()— closes the stream

• reset()— moves the file pointer to the marked position

• mark(iReadlimit)— marks the file pointer

• available()— returns the number of bytes available that can be read without blocking (similar to the Reader class's ready() method)

OutputStream:

• close()

• flush() ...