Chapter 20. The I/O Package
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a | ||
| --Peter Williams | ||
The Java platform includes a number of packages that are concerned with the movement of data into and out of programs. These packages differ in the kinds of abstractions they provide for dealing with I/O (input/output).
The java.io package defines I/O in terms of streams. Streams are ordered sequences of data that have a source (input streams) or destination (output streams). The I/O classes isolate programmers from the specific details of the underlying operating system, while enabling access to system resources through files and other means. Most stream types (such as those dealing with files) support ...
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