Filtered I/O
The filtered input and output stream classes provide the capability to filter I/O in a number of useful ways. I/O filters adapt streams to specific program needs. These filters sit between an input stream and an output stream and perform special processing on the bytes they transfer from input to output. You can combine filters to perform a sequence of filtering operations, where one filter acts on the output of another, as shown in Figure 15.4.
Figure 15.4. Combining filters.
The FilterInputStream Class
The FilterInputStream class is an abstract class that is the parent of all filtered input stream classes. The FilterInputStream ...
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