Java Reference
In-Depth Information
This chapter is mainly concerned with the stream-based model of the
java.io
package. A short introduction to some of the capabilities of the
java.nio
package is given in "
A Taste of New I/O
"
on page
565
,
but the
use of non-blocking I/O and the
java.net
network I/O are advanced top-
ics, beyond the scope of this topic.