Package org.apache.commons.io.output

Class CloseShieldOutputStream

java.lang.Object

java.io.OutputStream

java.io.FilterOutputStream

org.apache.commons.io.output.ProxyOutputStream

org.apache.commons.io.output.CloseShieldOutputStream

public class CloseShieldOutputStream
extends ProxyOutputStream

Proxy stream that prevents the underlying output stream from being closed.

This class is typically used in cases where an output stream needs to be passed to a component that wants to explicitly close the stream even if other components would still use the stream for output.

Since:

1.4

Version:

$Id$

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterOutputStream

out

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CloseShieldOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream out)	Creates a proxy that shields the given output stream from being closed.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Replaces the underlying output stream with a ClosedOutputStream sentinel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.io.output.ProxyOutputStream

afterWrite, beforeWrite, flush, handleIOException, write, write, write

Constructor Detail

CloseShieldOutputStream

public CloseShieldOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream out)

Creates a proxy that shields the given output stream from being closed.

Parameters:

out - underlying output stream

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Replaces the underlying output stream with a ClosedOutputStream sentinel. The original output stream will remain open, but this proxy will appear closed.

Overrides:

close in class ProxyOutputStream