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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable

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:

Commons IO 1.4

Version:

$Id: CloseShieldOutputStream.java 587913 2007-10-24 15:47:30Z niallp $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterOutputStream

out

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

void	close() Replaces the underlying output stream with a ClosedOutputStream sentinel.

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

flush, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CloseShieldOutputStream

public CloseShieldOutputStream(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.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Overrides:

close in class ProxyOutputStream