org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io

Class IOUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.IOUtil

public final class IOUtil
extends java.lang.Object

General IO Stream manipulation.

This class provides static utility methods for input/output operations, particularly buffered copying between sources (InputStream, Reader, String and byte[]) and destinations (OutputStream, Writer, String and byte[]).

Unless otherwise noted, these copy methods do not flush or close the streams. Often, doing so would require making non-portable assumptions about the streams' origin and further use. This means that both streams' close() methods must be called after copying. if one omits this step, then the stream resources (sockets, file descriptors) are released when the associated Stream is garbage-collected. It is not a good idea to rely on this mechanism. For a good overview of the distinction between "memory management" and "resource management", see this UnixReview article

For each copy method, a variant is provided that allows the caller to specify the buffer size (the default is 4k). As the buffer size can have a fairly large impact on speed, this may be worth tweaking. Often "large buffer -> faster" does not hold, even for large data transfers.

For byte-to-char methods, a copy variant allows the encoding to be selected (otherwise the platform default is used).

The copy methods use an internal buffer when copying. It is therefore advisable not to deliberately wrap the stream arguments to the copy methods in Buffered* streams. For example, don't do the following:

copy( new BufferedInputStream( in ), new BufferedOutputStream( out ) );

The rationale is as follows:

Imagine that an InputStream's read() is a very expensive operation, which would usually suggest wrapping in a BufferedInputStream. The BufferedInputStream works by issuing infrequent InputStream.read(byte[] b, int off, int len) requests on the underlying InputStream, to fill an internal buffer, from which further read requests can inexpensively get their data (until the buffer runs out).

However, the copy methods do the same thing, keeping an internal buffer, populated by InputStream.read(byte[] b, int off, int len) requests. Having two buffers (or three if the destination stream is also buffered) is pointless, and the unnecessary buffer management hurts performance slightly (about 3%, according to some simple experiments).

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1401872 $ $Date: 2012-10-24 22:45:04 +0200 $

Author:

Peter Donald, Jeff Turner

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	close(java.nio.channels.Channel channel) Closes a channel.
static void	close(java.io.InputStream inputStream) Closes the input stream.
static void	close(java.io.OutputStream outputStream) Closes the output stream.
static void	close(java.io.Reader reader) Closes the reader.
static void	close(java.io.Writer writer) Closes the writer.
static boolean	contentEquals(java.io.InputStream input1, java.io.InputStream input2) Compare the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not.
static void	copy(byte[] input, java.io.OutputStream output) Copy bytes from a byte[] to an OutputStream.
static void	copy(byte[] input, java.io.Writer output) Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer.
static void	copy(byte[] input, java.io.Writer output, int bufferSize) Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer.
static void	copy(byte[] input, java.io.Writer output, java.lang.String encoding) Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.
static void	copy(byte[] input, java.io.Writer output, java.lang.String encoding, int bufferSize) Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.
static void	copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.OutputStream output) Copy bytes from an InputStream to an OutputStream.
static void	copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.OutputStream output, int bufferSize) Copy bytes from an InputStream to an OutputStream.
static void	copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer output) Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer.
static void	copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer output, int bufferSize) Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer.
static void	copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer output, java.lang.String encoding) Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.
static void	copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer output, java.lang.String encoding, int bufferSize) Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.
static void	copy(java.io.Reader input, java.io.OutputStream output) Serialize chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.
static void	copy(java.io.Reader input, java.io.OutputStream output, int bufferSize) Serialize chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.
static void	copy(java.io.Reader input, java.io.Writer output) Copy chars from a Reader to a Writer.
static void	copy(java.io.Reader input, java.io.Writer output, int bufferSize) Copy chars from a Reader to a Writer.
static void	copy(java.lang.String input, java.io.OutputStream output) Serialize chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.
static void	copy(java.lang.String input, java.io.OutputStream output, int bufferSize) Serialize chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.
static void	copy(java.lang.String input, java.io.Writer output) Copy chars from a String to a Writer.
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input) Get the contents of an InputStream as a byte[].
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input, int bufferSize) Get the contents of an InputStream as a byte[].
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.io.Reader input) Get the contents of a Reader as a byte[].
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.io.Reader input, int bufferSize) Get the contents of a Reader as a byte[].
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.lang.String input) Get the contents of a String as a byte[].
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.lang.String input, int bufferSize) Get the contents of a String as a byte[].
static java.lang.String	toString(byte[] input) Get the contents of a byte[] as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(byte[] input, int bufferSize) Get the contents of a byte[] as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(byte[] input, java.lang.String encoding) Get the contents of a byte[] as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(byte[] input, java.lang.String encoding, int bufferSize) Get the contents of a byte[] as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.io.InputStream input) Get the contents of an InputStream as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.io.InputStream input, int bufferSize) Get the contents of an InputStream as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.io.InputStream input, java.lang.String encoding) Get the contents of an InputStream as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.io.InputStream input, java.lang.String encoding, int bufferSize) Get the contents of an InputStream as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.io.Reader input) Get the contents of a Reader as a String.
static java.lang.String	toString(java.io.Reader input, int bufferSize) Get the contents of a Reader as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.InputStream input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy bytes from an InputStream to an OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.InputStream input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy bytes from an InputStream to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.Reader input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy chars from a Reader to a Writer.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.Reader input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy chars from a Reader to a Writer.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.InputStream input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.InputStream input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.InputStream input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        @Nonnull
        java.lang.String encoding)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.InputStream input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        @Nonnull
        java.lang.String encoding,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                java.io.InputStream input)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of an InputStream as a String. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                java.io.InputStream input,
                                int bufferSize)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of an InputStream as a String. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                java.io.InputStream input,
                                @Nonnull
                                java.lang.String encoding)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of an InputStream as a String.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                java.io.InputStream input,
                                @Nonnull
                                java.lang.String encoding,
                                int bufferSize)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of an InputStream as a String.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toByteArray

@Nonnull
public static byte[] toByteArray(@Nonnull
                         java.io.InputStream input)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of an InputStream as a byte[].

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toByteArray

@Nonnull
public static byte[] toByteArray(@Nonnull
                         java.io.InputStream input,
                         int bufferSize)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of an InputStream as a byte[].

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.Reader input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Serialize chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.io.Reader input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Serialize chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                java.io.Reader input)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a Reader as a String.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                java.io.Reader input,
                                int bufferSize)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a Reader as a String.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toByteArray

@Nonnull
public static byte[] toByteArray(@Nonnull
                         java.io.Reader input)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a Reader as a byte[].

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toByteArray

@Nonnull
public static byte[] toByteArray(@Nonnull
                         java.io.Reader input,
                         int bufferSize)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a Reader as a byte[].

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.lang.String input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Serialize chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.lang.String input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Serialize chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream, and flush the OutputStream.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        java.lang.String input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy chars from a String to a Writer.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toByteArray

@Nonnull
public static byte[] toByteArray(@Nonnull
                         java.lang.String input)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a String as a byte[].

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toByteArray

@Nonnull
public static byte[] toByteArray(@Nonnull
                         java.lang.String input,
                         int bufferSize)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a String as a byte[].

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        byte[] input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        byte[] input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        byte[] input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        java.lang.String encoding)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        byte[] input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.Writer output,
        @Nonnull
        java.lang.String encoding,
        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy and convert bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer, using the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                byte[] input)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a byte[] as a String. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                byte[] input,
                                int bufferSize)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a byte[] as a String. The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.

Parameters:

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                byte[] input,
                                @Nonnull
                                java.lang.String encoding)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a byte[] as a String.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

toString

@Nonnull
public static java.lang.String toString(@Nonnull
                                byte[] input,
                                @Nonnull
                                java.lang.String encoding,
                                int bufferSize)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the contents of a byte[] as a String.

Parameters:

encoding - The name of a supported character encoding. See the IANA Charset Registry for a list of valid encoding types.

bufferSize - Size of internal buffer to use.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copy

public static void copy(@Nonnull
        byte[] input,
        @Nonnull
        java.io.OutputStream output)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Copy bytes from a byte[] to an OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

contentEquals

public static boolean contentEquals(@Nonnull
                    java.io.InputStream input1,
                    @Nonnull
                    java.io.InputStream input2)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Compare the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not.

Parameters:

input1 - the first stream

input2 - the second stream

Returns:

true if the content of the streams are equal or they both don't exist, false otherwise

Throws:

java.io.IOException

close

public static void close(@Nullable
         java.nio.channels.Channel channel)

Closes a channel. Channel can be null and any IOException's will be swallowed.

Parameters:

channel - The stream to close.

close

public static void close(@Nullable
         java.io.InputStream inputStream)

Closes the input stream. The input stream can be null and any IOException's will be swallowed.

Parameters:

inputStream - The stream to close.

close

public static void close(@Nullable
         java.io.OutputStream outputStream)

Closes the output stream. The output stream can be null and any IOException's will be swallowed.

Parameters:

outputStream - The stream to close.

close

public static void close(@Nullable
         java.io.Reader reader)

Closes the reader. The reader can be null and any IOException's will be swallowed.

Parameters:

reader - The reader to close.

close

public static void close(@Nullable
         java.io.Writer writer)

Closes the writer. The writer can be null and any IOException's will be swallowed.

Parameters:

writer - The writer to close.