PipedWriter 

Introduction

The Java.io.PipedWriter class is piped character-output streams.

Class declaration

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

public class PipedWriter
   extends Writer

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Field

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

• protected Object lock − This is the object used to synchronize operations on this stream.

Class constructors

Sr.No.	Constructor & Description
1	PipedWriter()This creates a piped writer that is not yet connected to a piped reader.
2	PipedWriter(PipedReader snk)This creates a piped writer connected to the specified piped reader.

Class methods

Sr.No.	Method & Description
1	void close()This method closes this piped output stream and releases any system resources associated with this stream.
2	void connect(PipedReader snk)This method Connects this piped writer to a receiver.
3	void flush()This method flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output characters to be written out.
4	void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)This method writes len characters from the specified character array starting at offset off to this piped output stream.
5	void write(int c)This method writes the specified char to the piped output stream.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

• Java.io.Writer
• Java.io.Object