FilterOutputStream

Introduction

The Java.io.FilterOutputStream class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams. Following are the important points about FilterOutputStream −

• The class itself simply overrides all methods of OutputStream with versions that pass all requests to the contained output stream.
• The Subclasses of this class may further override some of these methods and may also provide additional methods and fields.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for Java.io.FilterOutputStream class −

public class FilterOutputStream
   extends OutputStream

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Field

Following are the fields for Java.io.FilterOutputStream class −

• protected OutputStream out − This is the output stream to be filtered.

Class constructors

Sr.No.	Constructor & Description
1	FilterOutputStream(OutputStream out)This creates an output stream filter built on top of the specified underlying output stream.

Class methods

Sr.No.	Method & Description
1	void close()This method closes this output stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.
2	void flush()This method flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes to be written out to the stream.
3	void write(byte[] b)This method writes b.length bytes to this output stream.
4	void write(byte[] b, int off, int len)This method writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this output stream.
5	void write(int b)This method writes the specified byte to this output stream.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

• Java.io.Object