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017    package org.apache.commons.io;
018    
019    import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
020    import java.io.BufferedReader;
021    import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
022    import java.io.CharArrayWriter;
023    import java.io.Closeable;
024    import java.io.EOFException;
025    import java.io.File;
026    import java.io.IOException;
027    import java.io.InputStream;
028    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
029    import java.io.OutputStream;
030    import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
031    import java.io.PrintWriter;
032    import java.io.Reader;
033    import java.io.Writer;
034    import java.net.Socket;
035    import java.util.ArrayList;
036    import java.util.Collection;
037    import java.util.List;
038    
039    import org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream;
040    import org.apache.commons.io.output.StringBuilderWriter;
041    
042    /**
043     * General IO stream manipulation utilities.
044     * <p>
045     * This class provides static utility methods for input/output operations.
046     * <ul>
047     * <li>closeQuietly - these methods close a stream ignoring nulls and exceptions
048     * <li>toXxx/read - these methods read data from a stream
049     * <li>write - these methods write data to a stream
050     * <li>copy - these methods copy all the data from one stream to another
051     * <li>contentEquals - these methods compare the content of two streams
052     * </ul>
053     * <p>
054     * The byte-to-char methods and char-to-byte methods involve a conversion step.
055     * Two methods are provided in each case, one that uses the platform default
056     * encoding and the other which allows you to specify an encoding. You are
057     * encouraged to always specify an encoding because relying on the platform
058     * default can lead to unexpected results, for example when moving from
059     * development to production.
060     * <p>
061     * All the methods in this class that read a stream are buffered internally.
062     * This means that there is no cause to use a <code>BufferedInputStream</code>
063     * or <code>BufferedReader</code>. The default buffer size of 4K has been shown
064     * to be efficient in tests.
065     * <p>
066     * Wherever possible, the methods in this class do <em>not</em> flush or close
067     * the stream. This is to avoid making non-portable assumptions about the
068     * streams' origin and further use. Thus the caller is still responsible for
069     * closing streams after use.
070     * <p>
071     * Origin of code: Excalibur.
072     *
073     * @author Peter Donald
074     * @author Jeff Turner
075     * @author Matthew Hawthorne
076     * @author Stephen Colebourne
077     * @author Gareth Davis
078     * @author Ian Springer
079     * @author Niall Pemberton
080     * @author Sandy McArthur
081     * @version $Id: IOUtils.java 1003721 2010-10-02 00:42:31Z niallp $
082     */
083    public class IOUtils {
084        // NOTE: This class is focussed on InputStream, OutputStream, Reader and
085        // Writer. Each method should take at least one of these as a parameter,
086        // or return one of them.
087    
088        /**
089         * The Unix directory separator character.
090         */
091        public static final char DIR_SEPARATOR_UNIX = '/';
092        /**
093         * The Windows directory separator character.
094         */
095        public static final char DIR_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS = '\\';
096        /**
097         * The system directory separator character.
098         */
099        public static final char DIR_SEPARATOR = File.separatorChar;
100        /**
101         * The Unix line separator string.
102         */
103        public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR_UNIX = "\n";
104        /**
105         * The Windows line separator string.
106         */
107        public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS = "\r\n";
108        /**
109         * The system line separator string.
110         */
111        public static final String LINE_SEPARATOR;
112        static {
113            // avoid security issues
114            StringBuilderWriter buf = new StringBuilderWriter(4);
115            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(buf);
116            out.println();
117            LINE_SEPARATOR = buf.toString();
118            out.close();
119        }
120    
121        /**
122         * The default buffer size to use for 
123         * {@link #copyLarge(InputStream, OutputStream)}
124         * and
125         * {@link #copyLarge(Reader, Writer)}
126         */
127        private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 4;
128    
129        /**
130         * The default buffer size to use for the skip() methods.
131         */
132        private static final int SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
133        
134        // Allocated in the skip method if necessary.
135        private static char[] SKIP_CHAR_BUFFER;
136        private static byte[] SKIP_BYTE_BUFFER;
137        
138        /**
139         * Instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming.
140         */
141        public IOUtils() {
142            super();
143        }
144    
145        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
146        /**
147         * Unconditionally close an <code>Reader</code>.
148         * <p>
149         * Equivalent to {@link Reader#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
150         * This is typically used in finally blocks.
151         * <p>
152         * Example code:
153         * <pre>
154         *   char[] data = new char[1024];
155         *   Reader in = null;
156         *   try {
157         *       in = new FileReader("foo.txt");
158         *       in.read(data);
159         *       in.close(); //close errors are handled
160         *   } catch (Exception e) {
161         *       // error handling
162         *   } finally {
163         *       IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
164         *   }
165         * </pre>
166         * 
167         * @param input  the Reader to close, may be null or already closed
168         */
169        public static void closeQuietly(Reader input) {
170            closeQuietly((Closeable)input);
171        }
172    
173        /**
174         * Unconditionally close a <code>Writer</code>.
175         * <p>
176         * Equivalent to {@link Writer#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
177         * This is typically used in finally blocks.
178         * <p>
179         * Example code:
180         * <pre>
181         *   Writer out = null;
182         *   try {
183         *       out = new StringWriter();
184         *       out.write("Hello World");
185         *       out.close(); //close errors are handled
186         *   } catch (Exception e) {
187         *       // error handling
188         *   } finally {
189         *       IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
190         *   }
191         * </pre>
192         *
193         * @param output  the Writer to close, may be null or already closed
194         */
195        public static void closeQuietly(Writer output) {
196            closeQuietly((Closeable)output);
197        }
198    
199        /**
200         * Unconditionally close an <code>InputStream</code>.
201         * <p>
202         * Equivalent to {@link InputStream#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
203         * This is typically used in finally blocks.
204         * <p>
205         * Example code:
206         * <pre>
207         *   byte[] data = new byte[1024];
208         *   InputStream in = null;
209         *   try {
210         *       in = new FileInputStream("foo.txt");
211         *       in.read(data);
212         *       in.close(); //close errors are handled
213         *   } catch (Exception e) {
214         *       // error handling
215         *   } finally {
216         *       IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
217         *   }
218         * </pre>
219         *
220         * @param input  the InputStream to close, may be null or already closed
221         */
222        public static void closeQuietly(InputStream input) {
223            closeQuietly((Closeable)input);
224        }
225    
226        /**
227         * Unconditionally close an <code>OutputStream</code>.
228         * <p>
229         * Equivalent to {@link OutputStream#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
230         * This is typically used in finally blocks.
231         * <p>
232         * Example code:
233         * <pre>
234         * byte[] data = "Hello, World".getBytes();
235         *
236         * OutputStream out = null;
237         * try {
238         *     out = new FileOutputStream("foo.txt");
239         *     out.write(data);
240         *     out.close(); //close errors are handled
241         * } catch (IOException e) {
242         *     // error handling
243         * } finally {
244         *     IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
245         * }
246         * </pre>
247         *
248         * @param output  the OutputStream to close, may be null or already closed
249         */
250        public static void closeQuietly(OutputStream output) {
251            closeQuietly((Closeable)output);
252        }
253        
254        /**
255         * Unconditionally close a <code>Closeable</code>.
256         * <p>
257         * Equivalent to {@link Closeable#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
258         * This is typically used in finally blocks.
259         * <p>
260         * Example code:
261         * <pre>
262         *   Closeable closeable = null;
263         *   try {
264         *       closeable = new FileReader("foo.txt");
265         *       // process closeable
266         *       closeable.close();
267         *   } catch (Exception e) {
268         *       // error handling
269         *   } finally {
270         *       IOUtils.closeQuietly(closeable);
271         *   }
272         * </pre>
273         *
274         * @param closeable the object to close, may be null or already closed
275         * @since Commons IO 2.0
276         */
277        public static void closeQuietly(Closeable closeable) {
278            try {
279                if (closeable != null) {
280                    closeable.close();
281                }
282            } catch (IOException ioe) {
283                // ignore
284            }
285        }
286    
287        /**
288         * Unconditionally close a <code>Socket</code>.
289         * <p>
290         * Equivalent to {@link Socket#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
291         * This is typically used in finally blocks.
292         * <p>
293         * Example code:
294         * <pre>
295         *   Socket socket = null;
296         *   try {
297         *       socket = new Socket("http://www.foo.com/", 80);
298         *       // process socket
299         *       socket.close();
300         *   } catch (Exception e) {
301         *       // error handling
302         *   } finally {
303         *       IOUtils.closeQuietly(socket);
304         *   }
305         * </pre>
306         *
307         * @param sock the Socket to close, may be null or already closed
308         * @since Commons IO 2.0
309         */
310        public static void closeQuietly(Socket sock){
311            if (sock != null){
312                try {
313                    sock.close();
314                } catch (IOException ioe) {
315                    // ignored
316                }
317            }
318        }
319    
320        /**
321         * Fetches entire contents of an <code>InputStream</code> and represent
322         * same data as result InputStream.
323         * <p>
324         * This method is useful where,
325         * <ul>
326         * <li>Source InputStream is slow.</li>
327         * <li>It has network resources associated, so we cannot keep it open for
328         * long time.</li>
329         * <li>It has network timeout associated.</li>
330         * </ul>
331         * It can be used in favor of {@link #toByteArray(InputStream)}, since it
332         * avoids unnecessary allocation and copy of byte[].<br>
333         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
334         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
335         * 
336         * @param input Stream to be fully buffered.
337         * @return A fully buffered stream.
338         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
339         * @since Commons IO 2.0
340         */
341        public static InputStream toBufferedInputStream(InputStream input) throws IOException {
342            return ByteArrayOutputStream.toBufferedInputStream(input);
343        }
344    
345        // read toByteArray
346        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
347        /**
348         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a <code>byte[]</code>.
349         * <p>
350         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
351         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
352         * 
353         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
354         * @return the requested byte array
355         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
356         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
357         */
358        public static byte[] toByteArray(InputStream input) throws IOException {
359            ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
360            copy(input, output);
361            return output.toByteArray();
362        }
363    
364        /**
365         * Get the contents of a <code>Reader</code> as a <code>byte[]</code>
366         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
367         * <p>
368         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
369         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
370         * 
371         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
372         * @return the requested byte array
373         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
374         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
375         */
376        public static byte[] toByteArray(Reader input) throws IOException {
377            ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
378            copy(input, output);
379            return output.toByteArray();
380        }
381    
382        /**
383         * Get the contents of a <code>Reader</code> as a <code>byte[]</code>
384         * using the specified character encoding.
385         * <p>
386         * Character encoding names can be found at
387         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
388         * <p>
389         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
390         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
391         * 
392         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
393         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
394         * @return the requested byte array
395         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
396         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
397         * @since Commons IO 1.1
398         */
399        public static byte[] toByteArray(Reader input, String encoding)
400                throws IOException {
401            ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
402            copy(input, output, encoding);
403            return output.toByteArray();
404        }
405    
406        /**
407         * Get the contents of a <code>String</code> as a <code>byte[]</code>
408         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
409         * <p>
410         * This is the same as {@link String#getBytes()}.
411         * 
412         * @param input  the <code>String</code> to convert
413         * @return the requested byte array
414         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
415         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs (never occurs)
416         * @deprecated Use {@link String#getBytes()}
417         */
418        @Deprecated
419        public static byte[] toByteArray(String input) throws IOException {
420            return input.getBytes();
421        }
422    
423        // read char[]
424        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
425        /**
426         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a character array
427         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
428         * <p>
429         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
430         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
431         * 
432         * @param is  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
433         * @return the requested character array
434         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
435         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
436         * @since Commons IO 1.1
437         */
438        public static char[] toCharArray(InputStream is) throws IOException {
439            CharArrayWriter output = new CharArrayWriter();
440            copy(is, output);
441            return output.toCharArray();
442        }
443    
444        /**
445         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a character array
446         * using the specified character encoding.
447         * <p>
448         * Character encoding names can be found at
449         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
450         * <p>
451         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
452         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
453         * 
454         * @param is  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
455         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
456         * @return the requested character array
457         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
458         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
459         * @since Commons IO 1.1
460         */
461        public static char[] toCharArray(InputStream is, String encoding)
462                throws IOException {
463            CharArrayWriter output = new CharArrayWriter();
464            copy(is, output, encoding);
465            return output.toCharArray();
466        }
467    
468        /**
469         * Get the contents of a <code>Reader</code> as a character array.
470         * <p>
471         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
472         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
473         * 
474         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
475         * @return the requested character array
476         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
477         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
478         * @since Commons IO 1.1
479         */
480        public static char[] toCharArray(Reader input) throws IOException {
481            CharArrayWriter sw = new CharArrayWriter();
482            copy(input, sw);
483            return sw.toCharArray();
484        }
485    
486        // read toString
487        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
488        /**
489         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a String
490         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
491         * <p>
492         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
493         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
494         * 
495         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
496         * @return the requested String
497         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
498         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
499         */
500        public static String toString(InputStream input) throws IOException {
501            StringBuilderWriter sw = new StringBuilderWriter();
502            copy(input, sw);
503            return sw.toString();
504        }
505    
506        /**
507         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a String
508         * using the specified character encoding.
509         * <p>
510         * Character encoding names can be found at
511         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
512         * <p>
513         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
514         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
515         * 
516         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
517         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
518         * @return the requested String
519         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
520         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
521         */
522        public static String toString(InputStream input, String encoding)
523                throws IOException {
524            StringBuilderWriter sw = new StringBuilderWriter();
525            copy(input, sw, encoding);
526            return sw.toString();
527        }
528    
529        /**
530         * Get the contents of a <code>Reader</code> as a String.
531         * <p>
532         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
533         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
534         * 
535         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
536         * @return the requested String
537         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
538         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
539         */
540        public static String toString(Reader input) throws IOException {
541            StringBuilderWriter sw = new StringBuilderWriter();
542            copy(input, sw);
543            return sw.toString();
544        }
545    
546        /**
547         * Get the contents of a <code>byte[]</code> as a String
548         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
549         * 
550         * @param input the byte array to read from
551         * @return the requested String
552         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
553         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs (never occurs)
554         * @deprecated Use {@link String#String(byte[])}
555         */
556        @Deprecated
557        public static String toString(byte[] input) throws IOException {
558            return new String(input);
559        }
560    
561        /**
562         * Get the contents of a <code>byte[]</code> as a String
563         * using the specified character encoding.
564         * <p>
565         * Character encoding names can be found at
566         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
567         * 
568         * @param input the byte array to read from
569         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
570         * @return the requested String
571         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
572         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs (never occurs)
573         * @deprecated Use {@link String#String(byte[],String)}
574         */
575        @Deprecated
576        public static String toString(byte[] input, String encoding)
577                throws IOException {
578            if (encoding == null) {
579                return new String(input);
580            } else {
581                return new String(input, encoding);
582            }
583        }
584    
585        // readLines
586        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
587        /**
588         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a list of Strings,
589         * one entry per line, using the default character encoding of the platform.
590         * <p>
591         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
592         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
593         *
594         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from, not null
595         * @return the list of Strings, never null
596         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
597         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
598         * @since Commons IO 1.1
599         */
600        public static List<String> readLines(InputStream input) throws IOException {
601            InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(input);
602            return readLines(reader);
603        }
604    
605        /**
606         * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a list of Strings,
607         * one entry per line, using the specified character encoding.
608         * <p>
609         * Character encoding names can be found at
610         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
611         * <p>
612         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
613         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
614         *
615         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from, not null
616         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
617         * @return the list of Strings, never null
618         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
619         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
620         * @since Commons IO 1.1
621         */
622        public static List<String> readLines(InputStream input, String encoding) throws IOException {
623            if (encoding == null) {
624                return readLines(input);
625            } else {
626                InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(input, encoding);
627                return readLines(reader);
628            }
629        }
630    
631        /**
632         * Get the contents of a <code>Reader</code> as a list of Strings,
633         * one entry per line.
634         * <p>
635         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
636         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
637         *
638         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from, not null
639         * @return the list of Strings, never null
640         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
641         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
642         * @since Commons IO 1.1
643         */
644        public static List<String> readLines(Reader input) throws IOException {
645            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
646            List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
647            String line = reader.readLine();
648            while (line != null) {
649                list.add(line);
650                line = reader.readLine();
651            }
652            return list;
653        }
654    
655        // lineIterator
656        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
657        /**
658         * Return an Iterator for the lines in a <code>Reader</code>.
659         * <p>
660         * <code>LineIterator</code> holds a reference to the open
661         * <code>Reader</code> specified here. When you have finished with the
662         * iterator you should close the reader to free internal resources.
663         * This can be done by closing the reader directly, or by calling
664         * {@link LineIterator#close()} or {@link LineIterator#closeQuietly(LineIterator)}.
665         * <p>
666         * The recommended usage pattern is:
667         * <pre>
668         * try {
669         *   LineIterator it = IOUtils.lineIterator(reader);
670         *   while (it.hasNext()) {
671         *     String line = it.nextLine();
672         *     /// do something with line
673         *   }
674         * } finally {
675         *   IOUtils.closeQuietly(reader);
676         * }
677         * </pre>
678         *
679         * @param reader  the <code>Reader</code> to read from, not null
680         * @return an Iterator of the lines in the reader, never null
681         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the reader is null
682         * @since Commons IO 1.2
683         */
684        public static LineIterator lineIterator(Reader reader) {
685            return new LineIterator(reader);
686        }
687    
688        /**
689         * Return an Iterator for the lines in an <code>InputStream</code>, using
690         * the character encoding specified (or default encoding if null).
691         * <p>
692         * <code>LineIterator</code> holds a reference to the open
693         * <code>InputStream</code> specified here. When you have finished with
694         * the iterator you should close the stream to free internal resources.
695         * This can be done by closing the stream directly, or by calling
696         * {@link LineIterator#close()} or {@link LineIterator#closeQuietly(LineIterator)}.
697         * <p>
698         * The recommended usage pattern is:
699         * <pre>
700         * try {
701         *   LineIterator it = IOUtils.lineIterator(stream, "UTF-8");
702         *   while (it.hasNext()) {
703         *     String line = it.nextLine();
704         *     /// do something with line
705         *   }
706         * } finally {
707         *   IOUtils.closeQuietly(stream);
708         * }
709         * </pre>
710         *
711         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from, not null
712         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
713         * @return an Iterator of the lines in the reader, never null
714         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input is null
715         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs, such as if the encoding is invalid
716         * @since Commons IO 1.2
717         */
718        public static LineIterator lineIterator(InputStream input, String encoding) 
719                         throws IOException {
720            Reader reader = null;
721            if (encoding == null) {
722                reader = new InputStreamReader(input);
723            } else {
724                reader = new InputStreamReader(input, encoding);
725            }
726            return new LineIterator(reader);
727        }
728    
729        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
730        /**
731         * Convert the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes
732         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
733         *
734         * @param input the CharSequence to convert
735         * @return an input stream
736         * @since Commons IO 2.0
737         */
738        public static InputStream toInputStream(CharSequence input) {
739            return toInputStream(input.toString());
740        }
741    
742        /**
743         * Convert the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes
744         * using the specified character encoding.
745         * <p>
746         * Character encoding names can be found at
747         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
748         *
749         * @param input the CharSequence to convert
750         * @param encoding the encoding to use, null means platform default
751         * @throws IOException if the encoding is invalid
752         * @return an input stream
753         * @since Commons IO 2.0
754         */
755        public static InputStream toInputStream(CharSequence input, String encoding) throws IOException {
756            return toInputStream(input.toString(), encoding);
757        }
758    
759        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
760        /**
761         * Convert the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes
762         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
763         *
764         * @param input the string to convert
765         * @return an input stream
766         * @since Commons IO 1.1
767         */
768        public static InputStream toInputStream(String input) {
769            byte[] bytes = input.getBytes();
770            return new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
771        }
772    
773        /**
774         * Convert the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes
775         * using the specified character encoding.
776         * <p>
777         * Character encoding names can be found at
778         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
779         *
780         * @param input the string to convert
781         * @param encoding the encoding to use, null means platform default
782         * @throws IOException if the encoding is invalid
783         * @return an input stream
784         * @since Commons IO 1.1
785         */
786        public static InputStream toInputStream(String input, String encoding) throws IOException {
787            byte[] bytes = encoding != null ? input.getBytes(encoding) : input.getBytes();
788            return new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
789        }
790    
791        // write byte[]
792        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
793        /**
794         * Writes bytes from a <code>byte[]</code> to an <code>OutputStream</code>.
795         * 
796         * @param data  the byte array to write, do not modify during output,
797         * null ignored
798         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
799         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
800         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
801         * @since Commons IO 1.1
802         */
803        public static void write(byte[] data, OutputStream output)
804                throws IOException {
805            if (data != null) {
806                output.write(data);
807            }
808        }
809    
810        /**
811         * Writes bytes from a <code>byte[]</code> to chars on a <code>Writer</code>
812         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
813         * <p>
814         * This method uses {@link String#String(byte[])}.
815         * 
816         * @param data  the byte array to write, do not modify during output,
817         * null ignored
818         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
819         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
820         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
821         * @since Commons IO 1.1
822         */
823        public static void write(byte[] data, Writer output) throws IOException {
824            if (data != null) {
825                output.write(new String(data));
826            }
827        }
828    
829        /**
830         * Writes bytes from a <code>byte[]</code> to chars on a <code>Writer</code>
831         * using the specified character encoding.
832         * <p>
833         * Character encoding names can be found at
834         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
835         * <p>
836         * This method uses {@link String#String(byte[], String)}.
837         * 
838         * @param data  the byte array to write, do not modify during output,
839         * null ignored
840         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
841         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
842         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
843         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
844         * @since Commons IO 1.1
845         */
846        public static void write(byte[] data, Writer output, String encoding)
847                throws IOException {
848            if (data != null) {
849                if (encoding == null) {
850                    write(data, output);
851                } else {
852                    output.write(new String(data, encoding));
853                }
854            }
855        }
856    
857        // write char[]
858        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
859        /**
860         * Writes chars from a <code>char[]</code> to a <code>Writer</code>
861         * using the default character encoding of the platform.
862         * 
863         * @param data  the char array to write, do not modify during output,
864         * null ignored
865         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
866         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
867         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
868         * @since Commons IO 1.1
869         */
870        public static void write(char[] data, Writer output) throws IOException {
871            if (data != null) {
872                output.write(data);
873            }
874        }
875    
876        /**
877         * Writes chars from a <code>char[]</code> to bytes on an
878         * <code>OutputStream</code>.
879         * <p>
880         * This method uses {@link String#String(char[])} and
881         * {@link String#getBytes()}.
882         * 
883         * @param data  the char array to write, do not modify during output,
884         * null ignored
885         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
886         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
887         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
888         * @since Commons IO 1.1
889         */
890        public static void write(char[] data, OutputStream output)
891                throws IOException {
892            if (data != null) {
893                output.write(new String(data).getBytes());
894            }
895        }
896    
897        /**
898         * Writes chars from a <code>char[]</code> to bytes on an
899         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the specified character encoding.
900         * <p>
901         * Character encoding names can be found at
902         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
903         * <p>
904         * This method uses {@link String#String(char[])} and
905         * {@link String#getBytes(String)}.
906         * 
907         * @param data  the char array to write, do not modify during output,
908         * null ignored
909         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
910         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
911         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
912         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
913         * @since Commons IO 1.1
914         */
915        public static void write(char[] data, OutputStream output, String encoding)
916                throws IOException {
917            if (data != null) {
918                if (encoding == null) {
919                    write(data, output);
920                } else {
921                    output.write(new String(data).getBytes(encoding));
922                }
923            }
924        }
925    
926        // write CharSequence
927        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
928        /**
929         * Writes chars from a <code>CharSequence</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
930         * 
931         * @param data  the <code>CharSequence</code> to write, null ignored
932         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
933         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
934         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
935         * @since Commons IO 2.0
936         */
937        public static void write(CharSequence data, Writer output) throws IOException {
938            if (data != null) {
939                write(data.toString(), output);
940            }
941        }
942    
943        /**
944         * Writes chars from a <code>CharSequence</code> to bytes on an
945         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the default character encoding of the
946         * platform.
947         * <p>
948         * This method uses {@link String#getBytes()}.
949         * 
950         * @param data  the <code>CharSequence</code> to write, null ignored
951         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
952         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
953         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
954         * @since Commons IO 2.0
955         */
956        public static void write(CharSequence data, OutputStream output)
957                throws IOException {
958            if (data != null) {
959                write(data.toString(), output);
960            }
961        }
962    
963        /**
964         * Writes chars from a <code>CharSequence</code> to bytes on an
965         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the specified character encoding.
966         * <p>
967         * Character encoding names can be found at
968         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
969         * <p>
970         * This method uses {@link String#getBytes(String)}.
971         * 
972         * @param data  the <code>CharSequence</code> to write, null ignored
973         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
974         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
975         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
976         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
977         * @since Commons IO 2.0
978         */
979        public static void write(CharSequence data, OutputStream output, String encoding)
980                throws IOException {
981            if (data != null) {
982                write(data.toString(), output, encoding);
983            }
984        }
985    
986        // write String
987        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
988        /**
989         * Writes chars from a <code>String</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
990         * 
991         * @param data  the <code>String</code> to write, null ignored
992         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
993         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
994         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
995         * @since Commons IO 1.1
996         */
997        public static void write(String data, Writer output) throws IOException {
998            if (data != null) {
999                output.write(data);
1000            }
1001        }
1002    
1003        /**
1004         * Writes chars from a <code>String</code> to bytes on an
1005         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the default character encoding of the
1006         * platform.
1007         * <p>
1008         * This method uses {@link String#getBytes()}.
1009         * 
1010         * @param data  the <code>String</code> to write, null ignored
1011         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1012         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
1013         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1014         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1015         */
1016        public static void write(String data, OutputStream output)
1017                throws IOException {
1018            if (data != null) {
1019                output.write(data.getBytes());
1020            }
1021        }
1022    
1023        /**
1024         * Writes chars from a <code>String</code> to bytes on an
1025         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the specified character encoding.
1026         * <p>
1027         * Character encoding names can be found at
1028         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
1029         * <p>
1030         * This method uses {@link String#getBytes(String)}.
1031         * 
1032         * @param data  the <code>String</code> to write, null ignored
1033         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1034         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
1035         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
1036         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1037         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1038         */
1039        public static void write(String data, OutputStream output, String encoding)
1040                throws IOException {
1041            if (data != null) {
1042                if (encoding == null) {
1043                    write(data, output);
1044                } else {
1045                    output.write(data.getBytes(encoding));
1046                }
1047            }
1048        }
1049    
1050        // write StringBuffer
1051        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1052        /**
1053         * Writes chars from a <code>StringBuffer</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
1054         * 
1055         * @param data  the <code>StringBuffer</code> to write, null ignored
1056         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
1057         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
1058         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1059         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1060         * @deprecated replaced by write(CharSequence, Writer)
1061         */
1062        @Deprecated
1063        public static void write(StringBuffer data, Writer output)
1064                throws IOException {
1065            if (data != null) {
1066                output.write(data.toString());
1067            }
1068        }
1069    
1070        /**
1071         * Writes chars from a <code>StringBuffer</code> to bytes on an
1072         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the default character encoding of the
1073         * platform.
1074         * <p>
1075         * This method uses {@link String#getBytes()}.
1076         * 
1077         * @param data  the <code>StringBuffer</code> to write, null ignored
1078         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1079         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
1080         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1081         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1082         * @deprecated replaced by write(CharSequence, OutputStream)
1083         */
1084        @Deprecated
1085        public static void write(StringBuffer data, OutputStream output)
1086                throws IOException {
1087            if (data != null) {
1088                output.write(data.toString().getBytes());
1089            }
1090        }
1091    
1092        /**
1093         * Writes chars from a <code>StringBuffer</code> to bytes on an
1094         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the specified character encoding.
1095         * <p>
1096         * Character encoding names can be found at
1097         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
1098         * <p>
1099         * This method uses {@link String#getBytes(String)}.
1100         * 
1101         * @param data  the <code>StringBuffer</code> to write, null ignored
1102         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1103         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
1104         * @throws NullPointerException if output is null
1105         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1106         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1107         * @deprecated replaced by write(CharSequence, OutputStream, String)
1108         */
1109        @Deprecated
1110        public static void write(StringBuffer data, OutputStream output,
1111                String encoding) throws IOException {
1112            if (data != null) {
1113                if (encoding == null) {
1114                    write(data, output);
1115                } else {
1116                    output.write(data.toString().getBytes(encoding));
1117                }
1118            }
1119        }
1120    
1121        // writeLines
1122        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1123        /**
1124         * Writes the <code>toString()</code> value of each item in a collection to
1125         * an <code>OutputStream</code> line by line, using the default character
1126         * encoding of the platform and the specified line ending.
1127         *
1128         * @param lines  the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines
1129         * @param lineEnding  the line separator to use, null is system default
1130         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to, not null, not closed
1131         * @throws NullPointerException if the output is null
1132         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1133         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1134         */
1135        public static void writeLines(Collection<?> lines, String lineEnding,
1136                OutputStream output) throws IOException {
1137            if (lines == null) {
1138                return;
1139            }
1140            if (lineEnding == null) {
1141                lineEnding = LINE_SEPARATOR;
1142            }
1143            for (Object line : lines) {
1144                if (line != null) {
1145                    output.write(line.toString().getBytes());
1146                }
1147                output.write(lineEnding.getBytes());
1148            }
1149        }
1150    
1151        /**
1152         * Writes the <code>toString()</code> value of each item in a collection to
1153         * an <code>OutputStream</code> line by line, using the specified character
1154         * encoding and the specified line ending.
1155         * <p>
1156         * Character encoding names can be found at
1157         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
1158         *
1159         * @param lines  the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines
1160         * @param lineEnding  the line separator to use, null is system default
1161         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to, not null, not closed
1162         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
1163         * @throws NullPointerException if the output is null
1164         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1165         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1166         */
1167        public static void writeLines(Collection<?> lines, String lineEnding,
1168                OutputStream output, String encoding) throws IOException {
1169            if (encoding == null) {
1170                writeLines(lines, lineEnding, output);
1171            } else {
1172                if (lines == null) {
1173                    return;
1174                }
1175                if (lineEnding == null) {
1176                    lineEnding = LINE_SEPARATOR;
1177                }
1178                for (Object line : lines) {
1179                    if (line != null) {
1180                        output.write(line.toString().getBytes(encoding));
1181                    }
1182                    output.write(lineEnding.getBytes(encoding));
1183                }
1184            }
1185        }
1186    
1187        /**
1188         * Writes the <code>toString()</code> value of each item in a collection to
1189         * a <code>Writer</code> line by line, using the specified line ending.
1190         *
1191         * @param lines  the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines
1192         * @param lineEnding  the line separator to use, null is system default
1193         * @param writer  the <code>Writer</code> to write to, not null, not closed
1194         * @throws NullPointerException if the input is null
1195         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1196         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1197         */
1198        public static void writeLines(Collection<?> lines, String lineEnding,
1199                Writer writer) throws IOException {
1200            if (lines == null) {
1201                return;
1202            }
1203            if (lineEnding == null) {
1204                lineEnding = LINE_SEPARATOR;
1205            }
1206            for (Object line : lines) {
1207                if (line != null) {
1208                    writer.write(line.toString());
1209                }
1210                writer.write(lineEnding);
1211            }
1212        }
1213    
1214        // copy from InputStream
1215        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1216        /**
1217         * Copy bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> to an
1218         * <code>OutputStream</code>.
1219         * <p>
1220         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1221         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
1222         * <p>
1223         * Large streams (over 2GB) will return a bytes copied value of
1224         * <code>-1</code> after the copy has completed since the correct
1225         * number of bytes cannot be returned as an int. For large streams
1226         * use the <code>copyLarge(InputStream, OutputStream)</code> method.
1227         * 
1228         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
1229         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1230         * @return the number of bytes copied, or -1 if &gt; Integer.MAX_VALUE
1231         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1232         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1233         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1234         */
1235        public static int copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException {
1236            long count = copyLarge(input, output);
1237            if (count > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
1238                return -1;
1239            }
1240            return (int) count;
1241        }
1242    
1243        /**
1244         * Copy bytes from a large (over 2GB) <code>InputStream</code> to an
1245         * <code>OutputStream</code>.
1246         * <p>
1247         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1248         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
1249         * 
1250         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
1251         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1252         * @return the number of bytes copied
1253         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1254         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1255         * @since Commons IO 1.3
1256         */
1257        public static long copyLarge(InputStream input, OutputStream output)
1258                throws IOException {
1259            byte[] buffer = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
1260            long count = 0;
1261            int n = 0;
1262            while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
1263                output.write(buffer, 0, n);
1264                count += n;
1265            }
1266            return count;
1267        }
1268    
1269        /**
1270         * Copy bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> to chars on a
1271         * <code>Writer</code> using the default character encoding of the platform.
1272         * <p>
1273         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1274         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
1275         * <p>
1276         * This method uses {@link InputStreamReader}.
1277         *
1278         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
1279         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
1280         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1281         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1282         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1283         */
1284        public static void copy(InputStream input, Writer output)
1285                throws IOException {
1286            InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(input);
1287            copy(in, output);
1288        }
1289    
1290        /**
1291         * Copy bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> to chars on a
1292         * <code>Writer</code> using the specified character encoding.
1293         * <p>
1294         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1295         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
1296         * <p>
1297         * Character encoding names can be found at
1298         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
1299         * <p>
1300         * This method uses {@link InputStreamReader}.
1301         *
1302         * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
1303         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
1304         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
1305         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1306         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1307         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1308         */
1309        public static void copy(InputStream input, Writer output, String encoding)
1310                throws IOException {
1311            if (encoding == null) {
1312                copy(input, output);
1313            } else {
1314                InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(input, encoding);
1315                copy(in, output);
1316            }
1317        }
1318    
1319        // copy from Reader
1320        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1321        /**
1322         * Copy chars from a <code>Reader</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
1323         * <p>
1324         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1325         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
1326         * <p>
1327         * Large streams (over 2GB) will return a chars copied value of
1328         * <code>-1</code> after the copy has completed since the correct
1329         * number of chars cannot be returned as an int. For large streams
1330         * use the <code>copyLarge(Reader, Writer)</code> method.
1331         *
1332         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
1333         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
1334         * @return the number of characters copied, or -1 if &gt; Integer.MAX_VALUE
1335         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1336         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1337         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1338         */
1339        public static int copy(Reader input, Writer output) throws IOException {
1340            long count = copyLarge(input, output);
1341            if (count > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
1342                return -1;
1343            }
1344            return (int) count;
1345        }
1346    
1347        /**
1348         * Copy chars from a large (over 2GB) <code>Reader</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
1349         * <p>
1350         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1351         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
1352         *
1353         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
1354         * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
1355         * @return the number of characters copied
1356         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1357         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1358         * @since Commons IO 1.3
1359         */
1360        public static long copyLarge(Reader input, Writer output) throws IOException {
1361            char[] buffer = new char[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
1362            long count = 0;
1363            int n = 0;
1364            while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
1365                output.write(buffer, 0, n);
1366                count += n;
1367            }
1368            return count;
1369        }
1370    
1371        /**
1372         * Copy chars from a <code>Reader</code> to bytes on an
1373         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the default character encoding of the
1374         * platform, and calling flush.
1375         * <p>
1376         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1377         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
1378         * <p>
1379         * Due to the implementation of OutputStreamWriter, this method performs a
1380         * flush.
1381         * <p>
1382         * This method uses {@link OutputStreamWriter}.
1383         *
1384         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
1385         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1386         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1387         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1388         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1389         */
1390        public static void copy(Reader input, OutputStream output)
1391                throws IOException {
1392            OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(output);
1393            copy(input, out);
1394            // XXX Unless anyone is planning on rewriting OutputStreamWriter, we
1395            // have to flush here.
1396            out.flush();
1397        }
1398    
1399        /**
1400         * Copy chars from a <code>Reader</code> to bytes on an
1401         * <code>OutputStream</code> using the specified character encoding, and
1402         * calling flush.
1403         * <p>
1404         * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
1405         * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
1406         * <p>
1407         * Character encoding names can be found at
1408         * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
1409         * <p>
1410         * Due to the implementation of OutputStreamWriter, this method performs a
1411         * flush.
1412         * <p>
1413         * This method uses {@link OutputStreamWriter}.
1414         *
1415         * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
1416         * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
1417         * @param encoding  the encoding to use, null means platform default
1418         * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
1419         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1420         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1421         */
1422        public static void copy(Reader input, OutputStream output, String encoding)
1423                throws IOException {
1424            if (encoding == null) {
1425                copy(input, output);
1426            } else {
1427                OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(output, encoding);
1428                copy(input, out);
1429                // XXX Unless anyone is planning on rewriting OutputStreamWriter,
1430                // we have to flush here.
1431                out.flush();
1432            }
1433        }
1434    
1435        // content equals
1436        //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1437        /**
1438         * Compare the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or
1439         * not.
1440         * <p>
1441         * This method buffers the input internally using
1442         * <code>BufferedInputStream</code> if they are not already buffered.
1443         *
1444         * @param input1  the first stream
1445         * @param input2  the second stream
1446         * @return true if the content of the streams are equal or they both don't
1447         * exist, false otherwise
1448         * @throws NullPointerException if either input is null
1449         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1450         */
1451        public static boolean contentEquals(InputStream input1, InputStream input2)
1452                throws IOException {
1453            if (!(input1 instanceof BufferedInputStream)) {
1454                input1 = new BufferedInputStream(input1);
1455            }
1456            if (!(input2 instanceof BufferedInputStream)) {
1457                input2 = new BufferedInputStream(input2);
1458            }
1459    
1460            int ch = input1.read();
1461            while (-1 != ch) {
1462                int ch2 = input2.read();
1463                if (ch != ch2) {
1464                    return false;
1465                }
1466                ch = input1.read();
1467            }
1468    
1469            int ch2 = input2.read();
1470            return (ch2 == -1);
1471        }
1472    
1473        /**
1474         * Compare the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or
1475         * not.
1476         * <p>
1477         * This method buffers the input internally using
1478         * <code>BufferedReader</code> if they are not already buffered.
1479         *
1480         * @param input1  the first reader
1481         * @param input2  the second reader
1482         * @return true if the content of the readers are equal or they both don't
1483         * exist, false otherwise
1484         * @throws NullPointerException if either input is null
1485         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
1486         * @since Commons IO 1.1
1487         */
1488        public static boolean contentEquals(Reader input1, Reader input2)
1489                throws IOException {
1490            if (!(input1 instanceof BufferedReader)) {
1491                input1 = new BufferedReader(input1);
1492            }
1493            if (!(input2 instanceof BufferedReader)) {
1494                input2 = new BufferedReader(input2);
1495            }
1496    
1497            int ch = input1.read();
1498            while (-1 != ch) {
1499                int ch2 = input2.read();
1500                if (ch != ch2) {
1501                    return false;
1502                }
1503                ch = input1.read();
1504            }
1505    
1506            int ch2 = input2.read();
1507            return (ch2 == -1);
1508        }
1509    
1510        /**
1511         * Skip bytes from an input byte stream.
1512         * This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes
1513         * as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for
1514         * subclasses of {@link Reader}.
1515         *   
1516         * @param input byte stream to skip
1517         * @param toSkip number of bytes to skip.
1518         * @return number of bytes actually skipped.
1519         * 
1520         * @see InputStream#skip(long)
1521         * 
1522         * @throws IOException if there is a problem reading the file
1523         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if toSkip is negative
1524         * @since Commons IO 2.0
1525         */
1526        public static long skip(InputStream input, long toSkip) throws IOException {
1527            if (toSkip < 0) {
1528                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Skip count must be non-negative, actual: "+toSkip);
1529            }
1530            /*
1531             * N.B. no need to synchronize this because:
1532             * - we don't care if the buffer is created multiple times (the data is ignored)
1533             * - we always use the same size buffer, so if it it is recreated it will still be OK
1534             * (if the buffer size were variable, we would need to synch. to ensure some other thread
1535             * did not create a smaller one)
1536             */
1537            if (SKIP_BYTE_BUFFER == null){
1538                SKIP_BYTE_BUFFER = new byte[SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE];
1539            }
1540            long remain=toSkip;
1541            while(remain > 0) {
1542                long n = input.read(SKIP_BYTE_BUFFER, 0, (int) Math.min(remain, SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE));
1543                if (n < 0) { // EOF
1544                    break;
1545                }
1546                remain -= n;
1547            }
1548            return toSkip - remain;   
1549        }
1550    
1551        /**
1552         * Skip characters from an input character stream.
1553         * This implementation guarantees that it will read as many characters
1554         * as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for
1555         * subclasses of {@link Reader}.
1556         *   
1557         * @param input character stream to skip
1558         * @param toSkip number of characters to skip.
1559         * @return number of characters actually skipped.
1560         * 
1561         * @see Reader#skip(long)
1562         * 
1563         * @throws IOException if there is a problem reading the file
1564         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if toSkip is negative
1565         * @since Commons IO 2.0
1566         */
1567        public static long skip(Reader input, long toSkip) throws IOException {
1568            if (toSkip < 0) {
1569                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Skip count must be non-negative, actual: "+toSkip);
1570            }
1571            /*
1572             * N.B. no need to synchronize this because:
1573             * - we don't care if the buffer is created multiple times (the data is ignored)
1574             * - we always use the same size buffer, so if it it is recreated it will still be OK
1575             * (if the buffer size were variable, we would need to synch. to ensure some other thread
1576             * did not create a smaller one)
1577             */
1578            if (SKIP_CHAR_BUFFER == null){
1579                SKIP_CHAR_BUFFER = new char[SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE];
1580            }
1581            long remain=toSkip;
1582            while(remain > 0) {
1583                long n = input.read(SKIP_CHAR_BUFFER, 0, (int) Math.min(remain, SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE));
1584                if (n < 0) { // EOF
1585                    break;
1586                }
1587                remain -= n;
1588            }
1589            return toSkip - remain;   
1590        }
1591    
1592        /**
1593         * Skip the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
1594         * <p>
1595         * This allows for the possibility that {@link InputStream#skip(long)} may
1596         * not skip as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
1597         * 
1598         * @param input stream to skip
1599         * @param toSkip the number of bytes to skip
1600         * @see InputStream#skip(long)
1601         * 
1602         * @throws IOException if there is a problem reading the file
1603         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if toSkip is negative
1604         * @throws EOFException if the number of bytes skipped was incorrect 
1605         * @since Commons IO 2.0
1606         */
1607        public static void skipFully(InputStream input, long toSkip) throws IOException {
1608            if (toSkip < 0){
1609                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bytes to skip must not be negative: "+toSkip);
1610            }
1611            long skipped = skip(input, toSkip);
1612            if (skipped != toSkip) {
1613                throw new EOFException("Bytes to skip: "+toSkip+" actual: "+skipped);
1614            }
1615        }
1616    
1617        /**
1618         * Skip the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
1619         * <p>
1620         * This allows for the possibility that {@link Reader#skip(long)} may
1621         * not skip as many characters as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
1622         * 
1623         * @param input stream to skip
1624         * @param toSkip the number of characters to skip
1625         * @see Reader#skip(long)
1626         * 
1627         * @throws IOException if there is a problem reading the file
1628         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if toSkip is negative
1629         * @throws EOFException if the number of characters skipped was incorrect
1630         * @since Commons IO 2.0
1631         */
1632        public static void skipFully(Reader input, long toSkip) throws IOException {
1633            long skipped = skip(input, toSkip);
1634            if (skipped != toSkip) {
1635                throw new EOFException("Bytes to skip: "+toSkip+" actual: "+skipped);
1636            }
1637        }
1638    }