Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

PipedInputStream

Synopsis

This class is an InputStream that implements one half of a pipe and is useful for communication between threads. A PipedInputStream must be connected to a PipedOutputStream object, which may be specified when the PipedInputStream is created or with the connect( ) method. Data read from a PipedInputStream object is received from the PipedOutputStream to which it is connected. See InputStream for information on the low-level methods for reading data from a PipedInputStream. A FilterInputStream can provide a higher-level interface for reading data from a PipedInputStream.

Figure 9-45. java.io.PipedInputStream

public class PipedInputStream extends InputStream {
// Public Constructors
     public PipedInputStream( );  
     public PipedInputStream(PipedOutputStream src) throws IOException;  
// Protected Constants
                  1.1  protected static final int PIPE_SIZE;                           =1024
                  // Public Instance Methods
     public void connect(PipedOutputStream src) throws IOException;  
// Public Methods Overriding InputStream
     public int available( ) throws IOException;                    synchronized
     public void close( ) throws IOException;  
     public int read( ) throws IOException;                         synchronized
     public int read(byte[ ] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;     synchronized
                  // Protected Instance Methods
                  1.1  protected void receive(int b) throws IOException;              synchronized
                  // Protected Instance Fields
                  1.1  protected byte[ ] buffer ...