Streams
To save data permanently within a Java program, or to retrieve that data later, you must use at least one stream.
A stream is an object that takes information from one source and sends it somewhere else, taking its name from water streams that take fish, boats, and industrial pollutants from one place to another.
Streams connect a diverse variety of sources, including computer programs, hard drives, Internet servers, computer memory, and DVD-ROMs. After you learn how to work with one kind of data using streams, you are able to work with others in the same manner.
During this hour, you use streams to read and write data stored in files on your computer.
There are two kinds of streams:
• Input streams, which read data from a source
• Output ...
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