/*
* @(#)OutputStream.java 1.12 95/08/11 Arthur van Hoff
*
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package java.io;
/**
* Abstract class representing an output stream of bytes.
* All OutputStreams are based on this class.
* @see InputStream
* @see FilterOutputStream
* @see BufferedOutputStream
* @see DataOutputStream
* @see ByteArrayOutputStream
* @version 1.12, 11 Aug 1995
* @author Arthur van Hoff
*/
public abstract class OutputStream {
/**
* Writes a byte. This method will block until the byte is actually
* written.
* @param b the byte
* @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
*/
public abstract void write(int b) throws IOException;
/**
* Writes an array of bytes. This method will block until the bytes
* are actually written.
* @param b the data to be written
* @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
*/
public void write(byte b[]) throws IOException {
write(b, 0, b.length);
}
/**
* Writes a sub array of bytes.
* @param b the data to be written
* @param off the start offset in the data
* @param len the number of bytes that are written
* @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
*/
public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
for (int i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
write(b[off + i]);
}
}
/**
* Flushes the stream. This will write any buffered
* output bytes.
* @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
*/
public void flush() throws IOException {
}
/**
* Closes the stream. This method must be called
* to release any resources associated with the
* stream.
* @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
*/
public void close() throws IOException {
}
}