Java Reference
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Table 10-1
The Byte Stream Classes
The Character Stream Classes
Character streams are defined by using two class hierarchies topped by these two abstract
classes:
Reader
and
Writer
.
Reader
is used for input, and
Writer
is used for output. Con-
crete classes derived from
Reader
and
Writer
operate on Unicode character streams.
From
Reader
and
Writer
are derived several concrete subclasses that handle various
I/O situations. In general, the character-based classes parallel the byte-based classes. The
character stream classes are shown in
Table 10-2
.
