java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils

```
public class IOUtils
extends java.lang.Object
```
General IO stream manipulation utilities.
This class provides static utility methods for input/output operations.
- closeQuietly - these methods close a stream ignoring nulls and exceptions
- toXxx/read - these methods read data from a stream
- write - these methods write data to a stream
- copy - these methods copy all the data from one stream to another
- contentEquals - these methods compare the content of two streams
The byte-to-char methods and char-to-byte methods involve a conversion step. Two methods are provided in each case, one that uses the platform default encoding and the other which allows you to specify an encoding. You are encouraged to always specify an encoding because relying on the platform default can lead to unexpected results, for example when moving from development to production.

All the methods in this class that read a stream are buffered internally. This means that there is no cause to use a BufferedInputStream or BufferedReader. The default buffer size of 4K has been shown to be efficient in tests.

The various copy methods all delegate the actual copying to one of the following methods:
For example, copy(InputStream, OutputStream) calls copyLarge(InputStream, OutputStream) which calls copy(InputStream, OutputStream, int) which creates the buffer and calls copyLarge(InputStream, OutputStream, byte[]).
Applications can re-use buffers by using the underlying methods directly. This may improve performance for applications that need to do a lot of copying.

Wherever possible, the methods in this class do not flush or close the stream. This is to avoid making non-portable assumptions about the streams' origin and further use. Thus the caller is still responsible for closing streams after use.

Provenance: Excalibur.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`CR`	CR char '13'.
`static int`	`DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE`	The default buffer size (8192) to use in copy methods.
`static char`	`DIR_SEPARATOR`	The system directory separator character.
`static char`	`DIR_SEPARATOR_UNIX`	The Unix directory separator character '47'.
`static char`	`DIR_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS`	The Windows directory separator character '92'.
`static byte[]`	`EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY`	A singleton empty byte array.
`static int`	`EOF`	Represents the end-of-file (or stream) value -1.
`static int`	`LF`	LF char '10'.
`static java.lang.String`	`LINE_SEPARATOR`	Deprecated. Use `System.lineSeparator()`.
`static java.lang.String`	`LINE_SEPARATOR_UNIX`	The Unix line separator string.
`static java.lang.String`	`LINE_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS`	The Windows line separator string.
`static int`	`SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH`	The maximum size of an array in many Java VMs.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

IOUtils()
Deprecated.
TODO Make private in 3.0.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.io.BufferedInputStream`	`buffer(java.io.InputStream inputStream)`	Returns the given InputStream if it is already a `BufferedInputStream`, otherwise creates a BufferedInputStream from the given InputStream.
`static java.io.BufferedInputStream`	`buffer(java.io.InputStream inputStream, int size)`	Returns the given InputStream if it is already a `BufferedInputStream`, otherwise creates a BufferedInputStream from the given InputStream.
`static java.io.BufferedOutputStream`	`buffer(java.io.OutputStream outputStream)`	Returns the given OutputStream if it is already a `BufferedOutputStream`, otherwise creates a BufferedOutputStream from the given OutputStream.
`static java.io.BufferedOutputStream`	`buffer(java.io.OutputStream outputStream, int size)`	Returns the given OutputStream if it is already a `BufferedOutputStream`, otherwise creates a BufferedOutputStream from the given OutputStream.
`static java.io.BufferedReader`	`buffer(java.io.Reader reader)`	Returns the given reader if it is already a `BufferedReader`, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
`static java.io.BufferedReader`	`buffer(java.io.Reader reader, int size)`	Returns the given reader if it is already a `BufferedReader`, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
`static java.io.BufferedWriter`	`buffer(java.io.Writer writer)`	Returns the given Writer if it is already a `BufferedWriter`, otherwise creates a BufferedWriter from the given Writer.
`static java.io.BufferedWriter`	`buffer(java.io.Writer writer, int size)`	Returns the given Writer if it is already a `BufferedWriter`, otherwise creates a BufferedWriter from the given Writer.
`static byte[]`	`byteArray()`	Returns a new byte array of size `DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE`.
`static byte[]`	`byteArray(int size)`	Returns a new byte array of the given size.
`static void`	`checkFromIndexSize(byte[] array, int off, int len)`	Validates that the sub-range `[off, off + len)` is within the bounds of the given array.
`static void`	`checkFromIndexSize(char[] array, int off, int len)`	Validates that the sub-range `[off, off + len)` is within the bounds of the given array.
`static void`	`checkFromIndexSize(java.lang.String str, int off, int len)`	Validates that the sub-range `[off, off + len)` is within the bounds of the given string.
`static void`	`checkFromToIndex(java.lang.CharSequence seq, int fromIndex, int toIndex)`	Validates that the sub-sequence `[fromIndex, toIndex)` is within the bounds of the given `CharSequence`.
`static void`	`close(java.io.Closeable closeable)`	Closes the given `Closeable` as a null-safe operation.
`static void`	`close(java.io.Closeable... closeables)`	Closes the given `Closeable`s as null-safe operations.
`static void`	`close(java.io.Closeable closeable, IOConsumer<java.io.IOException> consumer)`	Closes the given `Closeable` as a null-safe operation.
`static void`	`close(java.net.URLConnection conn)`	Closes a URLConnection.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable closeable)`	Closes a `Closeable` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable... closeables)`	Closes a `Closeable` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable closeable, java.util.function.Consumer<java.lang.Exception> consumer)`	Closes the given `Closeable` as a null-safe operation while consuming IOException by the given `consumer`.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.InputStream input)`	Closes an `InputStream` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.OutputStream output)`	Closes an `OutputStream` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.Reader reader)`	Closes an `Reader` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.io.Writer writer)`	Closes an `Writer` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.lang.Iterable<java.io.Closeable> closeables)`	Closes an iterable of `Closeable` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.net.ServerSocket serverSocket)`	Closes a `ServerSocket` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.net.Socket socket)`	Closes a `Socket` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.nio.channels.Selector selector)`	Closes a `Selector` unconditionally.
`static void`	`closeQuietly(java.util.stream.Stream<java.io.Closeable> closeables)`	Closes a stream of `Closeable` unconditionally.
`static long`	`consume(java.io.InputStream input)`	Consumes bytes from a `InputStream` and ignores them.
`static long`	`consume(java.io.Reader input)`	Consumes characters from a `Reader` and ignores them.
`static boolean`	`contentEquals(java.io.InputStream input1, java.io.InputStream input2)`	Compares the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not.
`static boolean`	`contentEquals(java.io.Reader input1, java.io.Reader input2)`	Compares the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not.
`static boolean`	`contentEqualsIgnoreEOL(java.io.Reader reader1, java.io.Reader reader2)`	Compares the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not, ignoring EOL characters.
`static QueueInputStream`	`copy(java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream)`	Copies bytes from a `ByteArrayOutputStream` to a `QueueInputStream`.
`static int`	`copy(java.io.InputStream inputStream, java.io.OutputStream outputStream)`	Copies bytes from an `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`.
`static long`	`copy(java.io.InputStream inputStream, java.io.OutputStream outputStream, int bufferSize)`	Copies bytes from an `InputStream` to an `OutputStream` using an internal buffer of the given size.
`static void`	`copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer writer)`	Deprecated. Use `copy(InputStream, Writer, Charset)` instead.
`static void`	`copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer writer, java.lang.String inputCharsetName)`	Copies bytes from an `InputStream` to chars on a `Writer` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`copy(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.Writer writer, java.nio.charset.Charset inputCharset)`	Copies bytes from an `InputStream` to chars on a `Writer` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`copy(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Deprecated. Use `copy(Reader, OutputStream, Charset)` instead
`static void`	`copy(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.OutputStream output, java.lang.String outputCharsetName)`	Copies chars from a `Reader` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding, and calling flush.
`static void`	`copy(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.OutputStream output, java.nio.charset.Charset outputCharset)`	Copies chars from a `Reader` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding, and calling flush.
`static int`	`copy(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.Writer writer)`	Copies chars from a `Reader` to a `Writer`.
`static long`	`copy(java.io.Reader reader, java.lang.Appendable output)`	Copies chars from a `Reader` to a `Appendable`.
`static long`	`copy(java.io.Reader reader, java.lang.Appendable output, java.nio.CharBuffer buffer)`	Copies chars from a `Reader` to an `Appendable`.
`static long`	`copy(java.net.URL url, java.io.File file)`	Copies bytes from a `URL` to an `OutputStream`.
`static long`	`copy(java.net.URL url, java.io.OutputStream outputStream)`	Copies bytes from a `URL` to an `OutputStream`.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.InputStream inputStream, java.io.OutputStream outputStream)`	Copies bytes from a large (over 2GB) `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.InputStream inputStream, java.io.OutputStream outputStream, byte[] buffer)`	Copies bytes from a large (over 2GB) `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.OutputStream output, long inputOffset, long length)`	Copies some or all bytes from a large (over 2GB) `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`, optionally skipping input bytes.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.InputStream input, java.io.OutputStream output, long inputOffset, long length, byte[] buffer)`	Copies some or all bytes from a large (over 2GB) `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`, optionally skipping input bytes.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.Writer writer)`	Copies chars from a large (over 2GB) `Reader` to a `Writer`.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.Writer writer, char[] buffer)`	Copies chars from a large (over 2GB) `Reader` to a `Writer`.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.Writer writer, long inputOffset, long length)`	Copies some or all chars from a large (over 2GB) `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`, optionally skipping input chars.
`static long`	`copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader, java.io.Writer writer, long inputOffset, long length, char[] buffer)`	Copies some or all chars from a large (over 2GB) `InputStream` to an `OutputStream`, optionally skipping input chars.
`static int`	`length(byte[] array)`	Returns the length of the given array in a null-safe manner.
`static int`	`length(char[] array)`	Returns the length of the given array in a null-safe manner.
`static int`	`length(java.lang.CharSequence csq)`	Returns the length of the given CharSequence in a null-safe manner.
`static int`	`length(java.lang.Object[] array)`	Returns the length of the given array in a null-safe manner.
`static LineIterator`	`lineIterator(java.io.InputStream input, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Returns an Iterator for the lines in an `InputStream`, using the character encoding specified (or default encoding if null).
`static LineIterator`	`lineIterator(java.io.InputStream input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Returns an Iterator for the lines in an `InputStream`, using the character encoding specified (or default encoding if null).
`static LineIterator`	`lineIterator(java.io.Reader reader)`	Returns an Iterator for the lines in a `Reader`.
`static int`	`read(java.io.InputStream input, byte[] buffer)`	Reads bytes from an input stream.
`static int`	`read(java.io.InputStream input, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)`	Reads bytes from an input stream.
`static int`	`read(java.io.Reader reader, char[] buffer)`	Reads characters from an input character stream.
`static int`	`read(java.io.Reader reader, char[] buffer, int offset, int length)`	Reads characters from an input character stream.
`static int`	`read(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input, java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)`	Reads bytes from a ReadableByteChannel.
`static void`	`readFully(java.io.InputStream input, byte[] buffer)`	Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
`static void`	`readFully(java.io.InputStream input, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)`	Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
`static byte[]`	`readFully(java.io.InputStream input, int length)`	Deprecated. Use `toByteArray(InputStream, int)`.
`static void`	`readFully(java.io.Reader reader, char[] buffer)`	Reads the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
`static void`	`readFully(java.io.Reader reader, char[] buffer, int offset, int length)`	Reads the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
`static void`	`readFully(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input, java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)`	Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`readLines(java.io.InputStream input)`	Deprecated. Use `readLines(InputStream, Charset)` instead
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`readLines(java.io.InputStream input, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` as a list of Strings, one entry per line, using the specified character encoding.
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`readLines(java.io.InputStream input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` as a list of Strings, one entry per line, using the specified character encoding.
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`readLines(java.io.Reader reader)`	Gets the contents of a `Reader` as a list of Strings, one entry per line.
`static java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`readLines(java.lang.CharSequence csq)`	Gets the contents of a `CharSequence` as a list of Strings, one entry per line.
`static byte[]`	`resourceToByteArray(java.lang.String name)`	Gets the contents of a resource as a byte array.
`static byte[]`	`resourceToByteArray(java.lang.String name, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)`	Gets the contents of a resource as a byte array.
`static java.lang.String`	`resourceToString(java.lang.String name, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Gets the contents of a resource as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static java.lang.String`	`resourceToString(java.lang.String name, java.nio.charset.Charset charset, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)`	Gets the contents of a resource as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static java.net.URL`	`resourceToURL(java.lang.String name)`	Gets a URL pointing to the given resource.
`static java.net.URL`	`resourceToURL(java.lang.String name, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)`	Gets a URL pointing to the given resource.
`static long`	`skip(java.io.InputStream input, long skip)`	Skips bytes from an input byte stream.
`static long`	`skip(java.io.InputStream input, long skip, java.util.function.Supplier<byte[]> skipBufferSupplier)`	Skips bytes from an input byte stream.
`static long`	`skip(java.io.Reader reader, long toSkip)`	Skips characters from an input character stream.
`static long`	`skip(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input, long toSkip)`	Skips bytes from a ReadableByteChannel.
`static void`	`skipFully(java.io.InputStream input, long toSkip)`	Skips the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
`static void`	`skipFully(java.io.InputStream input, long toSkip, java.util.function.Supplier<byte[]> skipBufferSupplier)`	Skips the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
`static void`	`skipFully(java.io.Reader reader, long toSkip)`	Skips the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
`static void`	`skipFully(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input, long toSkip)`	Skips the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toBufferedInputStream(java.io.InputStream input)`	Fetches entire contents of an `InputStream` and represent same data as result InputStream.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toBufferedInputStream(java.io.InputStream input, int size)`	Fetches entire contents of an `InputStream` and represent same data as result InputStream.
`static java.io.BufferedReader`	`toBufferedReader(java.io.Reader reader)`	Returns the given reader if it is a `BufferedReader`, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
`static java.io.BufferedReader`	`toBufferedReader(java.io.Reader reader, int size)`	Returns the given reader if it is a `BufferedReader`, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream)`	Reads all the bytes from an input stream in a byte array.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input, int size)`	Reads exactly `size` bytes from the given `InputStream` into a new `byte[]`.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input, int size, int chunkSize)`	Reads exactly `size` bytes from the given `InputStream` into a new `byte[]`.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input, long size)`	Reads exactly `size` bytes from the given `InputStream` into a new `byte[]`.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.Reader reader)`	Deprecated. Use `toByteArray(Reader, Charset)` instead.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.Reader reader, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents of a `Reader` as a `byte[]` using the specified character encoding.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.io.Reader reader, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Gets the contents of a `Reader` as a `byte[]` using the specified character encoding.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.lang.String input)`	Deprecated. Use `String.getBytes()` instead.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.net.URI uri)`	Gets the contents of a `URI` as a `byte[]`.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.net.URL url)`	Gets the contents of a `URL` as a `byte[]`.
`static byte[]`	`toByteArray(java.net.URLConnection urlConnection)`	Gets the contents of a `URLConnection` as a `byte[]`.
`static char[]`	`toCharArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream)`	Deprecated. Use `toCharArray(InputStream, Charset)` instead
`static char[]`	`toCharArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` as a character array using the specified character encoding.
`static char[]`	`toCharArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` as a character array using the specified character encoding.
`static char[]`	`toCharArray(java.io.Reader reader)`	Gets the contents of a `Reader` as a character array.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toInputStream(java.lang.CharSequence input)`	Deprecated. Use `toInputStream(CharSequence, Charset)` instead.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toInputStream(java.lang.CharSequence input, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Converts the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toInputStream(java.lang.CharSequence input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Converts the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toInputStream(java.lang.String input)`	Deprecated. Use `toInputStream(String, Charset)` instead.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toInputStream(java.lang.String input, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Converts the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
`static java.io.InputStream`	`toInputStream(java.lang.String input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Converts the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(byte[] input)`	Deprecated. Use `String(byte[])` instead.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(byte[] input, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents of a `byte[]` as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.io.InputStream input)`	Deprecated. Use `toString(InputStream, Charset)` instead.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.io.InputStream input, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.io.InputStream input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.io.Reader reader)`	Gets the contents of a `Reader` as a String.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.net.URI uri)`	Deprecated. Use `toString(URI, Charset)` instead.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.net.URI uri, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents at the given URI.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.net.URI uri, java.nio.charset.Charset encoding)`	Gets the contents at the given URI.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.net.URL url)`	Deprecated. Use `toString(URL, Charset)` instead.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.net.URL url, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Gets the contents at the given URL.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.net.URL url, java.nio.charset.Charset encoding)`	Gets the contents at the given URL.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(IOSupplier<java.io.InputStream> input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` from a supplier as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(IOSupplier<java.io.InputStream> input, java.nio.charset.Charset charset, IOSupplier<java.lang.String> defaultString)`	Gets the contents of an `InputStream` from a supplier as a String using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(byte[] data, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Writes bytes from a `byte[]` to an `OutputStream`.
`static void`	`write(byte[] data, java.io.Writer writer)`	Deprecated. Use `write(byte[], Writer, Charset)` instead.
`static void`	`write(byte[] data, java.io.Writer writer, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Writes bytes from a `byte[]` to chars on a `Writer` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(byte[] data, java.io.Writer writer, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Writes bytes from a `byte[]` to chars on a `Writer` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(char[] data, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Deprecated. Use `write(char[], OutputStream, Charset)` instead.
`static void`	`write(char[] data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Writes chars from a `char[]` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(char[] data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Writes chars from a `char[]` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(char[] data, java.io.Writer writer)`	Writes chars from a `char[]` to a `Writer`
`static void`	`write(java.lang.CharSequence data, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Deprecated. Use `write(CharSequence, OutputStream, Charset)` instead.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.CharSequence data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Writes chars from a `CharSequence` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.CharSequence data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Writes chars from a `CharSequence` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.CharSequence data, java.io.Writer writer)`	Writes chars from a `CharSequence` to a `Writer`.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.StringBuffer data, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Deprecated. Use `write(CharSequence, OutputStream)`.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.StringBuffer data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Deprecated. Use `write(CharSequence, OutputStream, String)`.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.StringBuffer data, java.io.Writer writer)`	Deprecated. Use `write(CharSequence, Writer)`.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.String data, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Deprecated. Use `write(String, OutputStream, Charset)` instead
`static void`	`write(java.lang.String data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Writes chars from a `String` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.String data, java.io.OutputStream output, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Writes chars from a `String` to bytes on an `OutputStream` using the specified character encoding.
`static void`	`write(java.lang.String data, java.io.Writer writer)`	Writes chars from a `String` to a `Writer`.
`static void`	`writeChunked(byte[] data, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Writes bytes from a `byte[]` to an `OutputStream` using chunked writes.
`static void`	`writeChunked(char[] data, java.io.Writer writer)`	Writes chars from a `char[]` to a `Writer` using chunked writes.
`static void`	`writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines, java.lang.String lineEnding, java.io.OutputStream output)`	Deprecated. Use `writeLines(Collection, String, OutputStream, Charset)` instead
`static void`	`writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines, java.lang.String lineEnding, java.io.OutputStream output, java.lang.String charsetName)`	Writes the `Object.toString()` value of each item in a collection to an `OutputStream` line by line, using the specified character encoding and the specified line ending.
`static void`	`writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines, java.lang.String lineEnding, java.io.OutputStream output, java.nio.charset.Charset charset)`	Writes the `Object.toString()` value of each item in a collection to an `OutputStream` line by line, using the specified character encoding and the specified line ending.
`static void`	`writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines, java.lang.String lineEnding, java.io.Writer writer)`	Writes the `Object.toString()` value of each item in a collection to a `Writer` line by line, using the specified line ending.
`static java.io.Writer`	`writer(java.lang.Appendable appendable)`	Returns the given Appendable if it is already a `Writer`, otherwise creates a Writer wrapper around the given Appendable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - CR
```
public static final int CR
```
    CR char '13'.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
```
public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
```
    The default buffer size (8192) to use in copy methods.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DIR_SEPARATOR
```
public static final char DIR_SEPARATOR
```
    The system directory separator character.
  - DIR_SEPARATOR_UNIX
```
public static final char DIR_SEPARATOR_UNIX
```
    The Unix directory separator character '47'.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DIR_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS
```
public static final char DIR_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS
```
    The Windows directory separator character '92'.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY
```
public static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY
```
    A singleton empty byte array.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
  - EOF
```
public static final int EOF
```
    Represents the end-of-file (or stream) value -1.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5 (made public)
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LF
```
public static final int LF
```
    LF char '10'.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LINE_SEPARATOR
```
@Deprecated
public static final java.lang.String LINE_SEPARATOR
```
    Deprecated.
    Use System.lineSeparator().
    
    The system line separator string.
  - LINE_SEPARATOR_UNIX
```
public static final java.lang.String LINE_SEPARATOR_UNIX
```
    The Unix line separator string.
    
    See Also:
    
    StandardLineSeparator.LF
  - LINE_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS
```
public static final java.lang.String LINE_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS
```
    The Windows line separator string.
    
    See Also:
    
    StandardLineSeparator.CRLF
  - SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH
```
public static final int SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH
```
    The maximum size of an array in many Java VMs.
    The constant is copied from OpenJDK's jdk.internal.util.ArraysSupport#SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH.
    
    Since:
    
    2.21.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - IOUtils
```
@Deprecated
public IOUtils()
```
    Deprecated.
    TODO Make private in 3.0.
    
    Instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming.
- Method Detail
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedInputStream buffer(java.io.InputStream inputStream)
```
    Returns the given InputStream if it is already a BufferedInputStream, otherwise creates a BufferedInputStream from the given InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to wrap or return (not null).
    
    Returns:
    
    the given InputStream or a new BufferedInputStream for the given InputStream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedInputStream buffer(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                                                 int size)
```
    Returns the given InputStream if it is already a BufferedInputStream, otherwise creates a BufferedInputStream from the given InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to wrap or return (not null).
    
    size - the buffer size, if a new BufferedInputStream is created.
    
    Returns:
    
    the given InputStream or a new BufferedInputStream for the given InputStream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedOutputStream buffer(java.io.OutputStream outputStream)
```
    Returns the given OutputStream if it is already a BufferedOutputStream, otherwise creates a BufferedOutputStream from the given OutputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to wrap or return (not null).
    
    Returns:
    
    the given OutputStream or a new BufferedOutputStream for the given OutputStream
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedOutputStream buffer(java.io.OutputStream outputStream,
                                                  int size)
```
    Returns the given OutputStream if it is already a BufferedOutputStream, otherwise creates a BufferedOutputStream from the given OutputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to wrap or return (not null).
    
    size - the buffer size, if a new BufferedOutputStream is created.
    
    Returns:
    
    the given OutputStream or a new BufferedOutputStream for the given OutputStream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedReader buffer(java.io.Reader reader)
```
    Returns the given reader if it is already a BufferedReader, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the reader to wrap or return (not null).
    
    Returns:
    
    the given reader or a new BufferedReader for the given reader.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedReader buffer(java.io.Reader reader,
                                            int size)
```
    Returns the given reader if it is already a BufferedReader, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the reader to wrap or return (not null).
    
    size - the buffer size, if a new BufferedReader is created.
    
    Returns:
    
    the given reader or a new BufferedReader for the given reader.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedWriter buffer(java.io.Writer writer)
```
    Returns the given Writer if it is already a BufferedWriter, otherwise creates a BufferedWriter from the given Writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - the Writer to wrap or return (not null).
    
    Returns:
    
    the given Writer or a new BufferedWriter for the given Writer.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - buffer
```
public static java.io.BufferedWriter buffer(java.io.Writer writer,
                                            int size)
```
    Returns the given Writer if it is already a BufferedWriter, otherwise creates a BufferedWriter from the given Writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - the Writer to wrap or return (not null).
    
    size - the buffer size, if a new BufferedWriter is created.
    
    Returns:
    
    the given Writer or a new BufferedWriter for the given Writer.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - byteArray
```
public static byte[] byteArray()
```
    Returns a new byte array of size DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new byte array of size DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
  - byteArray
```
public static byte[] byteArray(int size)
```
    Returns a new byte array of the given size. TODO Consider guarding or warning against large allocations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    size - array size.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new byte array of the given size.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException - if the size is negative.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
  - checkFromIndexSize
```
public static void checkFromIndexSize(byte[] array,
                                      int off,
                                      int len)
```
    Validates that the sub-range [off, off + len) is within the bounds of the given array.
    The range is valid if all of the following hold:
    
    off >= 0
    
    len >= 0
    
    off + len <= array.length
    
    If the range is invalid, throws IndexOutOfBoundsException with a descriptive message.
    
    Typical usage in InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) and OutputStream.write(byte[], int, int) implementations:
    
    public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException { IOUtils.checkFromIndexSize(b, off, len); if (len == 0) { return 0; } ensureOpen(); // perform read... } public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException { IOUtils.checkFromIndexSize(b, off, len); if (len == 0) { return; } ensureOpen(); // perform write... }
    Parameters:
    
    array - the array against which the range is validated
    
    off - the starting offset into the array (inclusive)
    
    len - the number of elements to access
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if array is null
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the range [off, off + len) is out of bounds for array
    
    Since:
    
    2.21.0
    
    See Also:
    
    InputStream.read(byte[], int, int), OutputStream.write(byte[], int, int)
  - checkFromIndexSize
```
public static void checkFromIndexSize(char[] array,
                                      int off,
                                      int len)
```
    Validates that the sub-range [off, off + len) is within the bounds of the given array.
    The range is valid if all of the following hold:
    
    off >= 0
    
    len >= 0
    
    off + len <= array.length
    
    If the range is invalid, throws IndexOutOfBoundsException with a descriptive message.
    
    Typical usage in Reader.read(char[], int, int) and Writer.write(char[], int, int) implementations:
    
    public int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException { ensureOpen(); IOUtils.checkFromIndexSize(cbuf, off, len); if (len == 0) { return 0; } // perform read... } public void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException { ensureOpen(); IOUtils.checkFromIndexSize(cbuf, off, len); if (len == 0) { return; } // perform write... }
    Parameters:
    
    array - the array against which the range is validated
    
    off - the starting offset into the array (inclusive)
    
    len - the number of characters to access
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if array is null
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the range [off, off + len) is out of bounds for array
    
    Since:
    
    2.21.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Reader.read(char[], int, int), Writer.write(char[], int, int)
  - checkFromIndexSize
```
public static void checkFromIndexSize(java.lang.String str,
                                      int off,
                                      int len)
```
    Validates that the sub-range [off, off + len) is within the bounds of the given string.
    The range is valid if all of the following hold:
    
    off >= 0
    
    len >= 0
    
    off + len <= str.length()
    
    If the range is invalid, throws IndexOutOfBoundsException with a descriptive message.
    
    Typical usage in Writer.write(String, int, int) implementations:
    
    public void write(String str, int off, int len) throws IOException { IOUtils.checkFromIndexSize(str, off, len); if (len == 0) { return; } // perform write... }
    Parameters:
    
    str - the string against which the range is validated
    
    off - the starting offset into the string (inclusive)
    
    len - the number of characters to write
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if str is null
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the range [off, off + len) is out of bounds for str
    
    Since:
    
    2.21.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Writer.write(String, int, int)
  - checkFromToIndex
```
public static void checkFromToIndex(java.lang.CharSequence seq,
                                    int fromIndex,
                                    int toIndex)
```
    Validates that the sub-sequence [fromIndex, toIndex) is within the bounds of the given CharSequence.
    The sub-sequence is valid if all of the following hold:
    
    fromIndex >= 0
    
    fromIndex <= toIndex
    
    toIndex <= seq.length()
    
    If seq is null, it is treated as the literal string "null" (length 4).
    
    If the range is invalid, throws IndexOutOfBoundsException with a descriptive message.
    
    Typical usage in Appendable.append(CharSequence, int, int) implementations:
    
    public Appendable append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) throws IOException { IOUtils.checkFromToIndex(csq, start, end); // perform append... return this; }
    Parameters:
    
    seq - the character sequence to validate (may be null, treated as "null")
    
    fromIndex - the starting index (inclusive)
    
    toIndex - the ending index (exclusive)
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the range [fromIndex, toIndex) is out of bounds for seq
    
    Since:
    
    2.21.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Appendable.append(CharSequence, int, int)
  - close
```
public static void close(java.io.Closeable closeable)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Closes the given Closeable as a null-safe operation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeable - The resource to close, may be null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - close
```
public static void close(java.io.Closeable... closeables)
                  throws IOExceptionList
```
    Closes the given Closeables as null-safe operations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeables - The resource(s) to close, may be null.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOExceptionList - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.8.0
  - close
```
public static void close(java.io.Closeable closeable,
                         IOConsumer<java.io.IOException> consumer)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Closes the given Closeable as a null-safe operation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeable - The resource to close, may be null.
    
    consumer - Consume the IOException thrown by Closeable.close().
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - close
```
public static void close(java.net.URLConnection conn)
```
    Closes a URLConnection.
    
    Parameters:
    
    conn - the connection to close.
    
    Since:
    
    2.4
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable closeable)
```
    Closes a Closeable unconditionally.
    Equivalent to Closeable.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    Example code:
    
    Closeable closeable = null; try { closeable = new FileReader("foo.txt"); // process closeable closeable.close(); } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(closeable); }
    
    Closing all streams:
    
    try { return IOUtils.copy(inputStream, outputStream); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(inputStream); IOUtils.closeQuietly(outputStream); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    closeable - the objects to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable... closeables)
```
    Closes a Closeable unconditionally.
    Equivalent to Closeable.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored.
    This is typically used in finally blocks to ensure that the closeable is closed even if an Exception was thrown before the normal close statement was reached.
    It should not be used to replace the close statement(s) which should be present for the non-exceptional case.
    It is only intended to simplify tidying up where normal processing has already failed and reporting close failure as well is not necessary or useful.
    Example code:
    
    Closeable closeable = null; try { closeable = new FileReader("foo.txt"); // processing using the closeable; may throw an Exception closeable.close(); // Normal close - exceptions not ignored } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(closeable); // In case normal close was skipped due to Exception }
    
    Closing all streams:
    
    try { return IOUtils.copy(inputStream, outputStream); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(inputStream, outputStream); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    closeables - the objects to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
    
    See Also:
    
    closeQuietly(Closeable), Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable closeable,
                                java.util.function.Consumer<java.lang.Exception> consumer)
```
    Closes the given Closeable as a null-safe operation while consuming IOException by the given consumer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeable - The resource to close, may be null.
    
    consumer - Consumes the Exception thrown by Closeable.close().
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.InputStream input)
```
    Closes an InputStream unconditionally.
    Equivalent to InputStream.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    byte[] data = new byte[1024]; InputStream in = null; try { in = new FileInputStream("foo.txt"); in.read(data); in.close(); //close errors are handled } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(in); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.lang.Iterable<java.io.Closeable> closeables)
```
    Closes an iterable of Closeable unconditionally.
    Equivalent calling Closeable.close() on each element, except any exceptions will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeables - the objects to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.12.0
    
    See Also:
    
    closeQuietly(Closeable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.OutputStream output)
```
    Closes an OutputStream unconditionally.
    Equivalent to OutputStream.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    byte[] data = "Hello, World".getBytes(); OutputStream out = null; try { out = new FileOutputStream("foo.txt"); out.write(data); out.close(); //close errors are handled } catch (IOException e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(out); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    output - the OutputStream to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.Reader reader)
```
    Closes an Reader unconditionally.
    Equivalent to Reader.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    char[] data = new char[1024]; Reader in = null; try { in = new FileReader("foo.txt"); in.read(data); in.close(); //close errors are handled } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(in); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.nio.channels.Selector selector)
```
    Closes a Selector unconditionally.
    Equivalent to Selector.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    Selector selector = null; try { selector = Selector.open(); // process socket } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(selector); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    selector - the Selector to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.net.ServerSocket serverSocket)
```
    Closes a ServerSocket unconditionally.
    Equivalent to ServerSocket.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    ServerSocket socket = null; try { socket = new ServerSocket(); // process socket socket.close(); } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(socket); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    serverSocket - the ServerSocket to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.net.Socket socket)
```
    Closes a Socket unconditionally.
    Equivalent to Socket.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    Socket socket = null; try { socket = new Socket("http://www.foo.com/", 80); // process socket socket.close(); } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(socket); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    socket - the Socket to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.util.stream.Stream<java.io.Closeable> closeables)
```
    Closes a stream of Closeable unconditionally.
    Equivalent calling Closeable.close() on each element, except any exceptions will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeables - the objects to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    Since:
    
    2.12.0
    
    See Also:
    
    closeQuietly(Closeable)
  - closeQuietly
```
public static void closeQuietly(java.io.Writer writer)
```
    Closes an Writer unconditionally.
    Equivalent to Writer.close(), except any exceptions will be ignored. This is typically used in finally blocks.
    
    Example code:
    
    Writer out = null; try { out = new StringWriter(); out.write("Hello World"); out.close(); //close errors are handled } catch (Exception e) { // error handling } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(out); }
    
    Also consider using a try-with-resources statement where appropriate.
    Parameters:
    
    writer - the Writer to close, may be null or already closed.
    
    See Also:
    
    Throwable.addSuppressed(Throwable)
  - consume
```
public static long consume(java.io.InputStream input)
                    throws java.io.IOException
```
    Consumes bytes from a InputStream and ignores them.
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied. or 0 if input is null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the InputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.8.0
  - consume
```
public static long consume(java.io.Reader input)
                    throws java.io.IOException
```
    Consumes characters from a Reader and ignores them.
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the Reader to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied. or 0 if input is null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the Reader is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.12.0
  - contentEquals
```
public static boolean contentEquals(java.io.InputStream input1,
                                    java.io.InputStream input2)
                             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Compares the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not.
    This method buffers the input internally using BufferedInputStream if they are not already buffered.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input1 - the first stream.
    
    input2 - the second stream.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the content of the streams are equal or they both don't. exist, false otherwise.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
  - contentEquals
```
public static boolean contentEquals(java.io.Reader input1,
                                    java.io.Reader input2)
                             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Compares the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not.
    This method buffers the input internally using BufferedReader if they are not already buffered.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input1 - the first reader.
    
    input2 - the second reader.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the content of the readers are equal or they both don't exist, false otherwise.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if either input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - contentEqualsIgnoreEOL
```
public static boolean contentEqualsIgnoreEOL(java.io.Reader reader1,
                                             java.io.Reader reader2)
                                      throws java.io.UncheckedIOException
```
    Compares the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not, ignoring EOL characters.
    This method buffers the input internally using BufferedReader if they are not already buffered.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader1 - the first reader.
    
    reader2 - the second reader.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the content of the readers are equal (ignoring EOL differences), false otherwise.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if either input is null.
    
    java.io.UncheckedIOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - copy
```
public static int copy(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                       java.io.OutputStream outputStream)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from an InputStream to an OutputStream.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Large streams (over 2GB) will return a bytes copied value of -1 after the copy has completed since the correct number of bytes cannot be returned as an int. For large streams use the copyLarge(InputStream, OutputStream) method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to write.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied, or -1 if greater than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the InputStream is null.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the OutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - copy
```
public static long copy(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                        java.io.OutputStream outputStream,
                        int bufferSize)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from an InputStream to an OutputStream using an internal buffer of the given size.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    bufferSize - the bufferSize used to copy from the input to the output.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the InputStream is null.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the OutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - copy
```
@Deprecated
public static void copy(java.io.InputStream input,
                        java.io.Writer writer)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use copy(InputStream, Writer, Charset) instead.
    
    Copies bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    This method uses InputStreamReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - copy
```
public static void copy(java.io.InputStream input,
                        java.io.Writer writer,
                        java.nio.charset.Charset inputCharset)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    This method uses InputStreamReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    inputCharset - the charset to use for the input stream, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - copy
```
public static void copy(java.io.InputStream input,
                        java.io.Writer writer,
                        java.lang.String inputCharsetName)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from an InputStream to chars on a Writer using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method uses InputStreamReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read
    
    writer - the Writer to write to
    
    inputCharsetName - the name of the requested charset for the InputStream, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - copy
```
public static QueueInputStream copy(java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream)
                             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from a ByteArrayOutputStream to a QueueInputStream.
    Unlike using JDK PipedInputStream and PipedOutputStream for this, this solution works safely in a single thread environment.
    
    Example usage:
    
    ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); outputStream.writeBytes("hello world".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); InputStream inputStream = IOUtils.copy(outputStream);
    Parameters:
    
    outputStream - the ByteArrayOutputStream to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the QueueInputStream filled with the content of the outputStream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the ByteArrayOutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.12
  - copy
```
public static long copy(java.io.Reader reader,
                        java.lang.Appendable output)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a Reader to a Appendable.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Large streams (over 2GB) will return a chars copied value of -1 after the copy has completed since the correct number of chars cannot be returned as an int. For large streams use the copyLarge(Reader, Writer) method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    output - the Appendable to write to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of characters copied, or -1 if > Integer.MAX_VALUE.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - copy
```
public static long copy(java.io.Reader reader,
                        java.lang.Appendable output,
                        java.nio.CharBuffer buffer)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a Reader to an Appendable.
    This method uses the provided buffer, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    output - the Appendable to write to.
    
    buffer - the buffer to be used for the copy.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of characters copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - copy
```
@Deprecated
public static void copy(java.io.Reader reader,
                        java.io.OutputStream output)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use copy(Reader, OutputStream, Charset) instead
    
    Copies chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream using the the virtual machine's default charset, and calling flush.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Due to the implementation of OutputStreamWriter, this method performs a flush.
    
    This method uses OutputStreamWriter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - copy
```
public static void copy(java.io.Reader reader,
                        java.io.OutputStream output,
                        java.nio.charset.Charset outputCharset)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding, and calling flush.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Due to the implementation of OutputStreamWriter, this method performs a flush.
    
    This method uses OutputStreamWriter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    outputCharset - the charset to use for the OutputStream, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - copy
```
public static void copy(java.io.Reader reader,
                        java.io.OutputStream output,
                        java.lang.String outputCharsetName)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a Reader to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding, and calling flush.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    Due to the implementation of OutputStreamWriter, this method performs a flush.
    
    This method uses OutputStreamWriter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    outputCharsetName - the name of the requested charset for the OutputStream, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - copy
```
public static int copy(java.io.Reader reader,
                       java.io.Writer writer)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a Reader to a Writer.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Large streams (over 2GB) will return a chars copied value of -1 after the copy has completed since the correct number of chars cannot be returned as an int. For large streams use the copyLarge(Reader, Writer) method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    writer - the Writer to write.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of characters copied, or -1 if > Integer.MAX_VALUE.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - copy
```
public static long copy(java.net.URL url,
                        java.io.File file)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from a URL to an OutputStream.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL to read.
    
    file - the OutputStream to write.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the URL is null.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the OutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
  - copy
```
public static long copy(java.net.URL url,
                        java.io.OutputStream outputStream)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from a URL to an OutputStream.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL to read.
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to write.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the URL is null.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the OutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.9.0
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                             java.io.OutputStream outputStream)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from a large (over 2GB) InputStream to an OutputStream.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to write.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the InputStream is null.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the OutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.3
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                             java.io.OutputStream outputStream,
                             byte[] buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies bytes from a large (over 2GB) InputStream to an OutputStream.
    This method uses the provided buffer, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    outputStream - the OutputStream to write.
    
    buffer - the buffer to use for the copy
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the InputStream is null.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the OutputStream is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.InputStream input,
                             java.io.OutputStream output,
                             long inputOffset,
                             long length)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies some or all bytes from a large (over 2GB) InputStream to an OutputStream, optionally skipping input bytes.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Note that the implementation uses skip(InputStream, long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of characters are skipped.
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write.
    
    inputOffset - number of bytes to skip from input before copying, these bytes are ignored.
    
    length - number of bytes to copy.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.InputStream input,
                             java.io.OutputStream output,
                             long inputOffset,
                             long length,
                             byte[] buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies some or all bytes from a large (over 2GB) InputStream to an OutputStream, optionally skipping input bytes.
    This method uses the provided buffer, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Note that the implementation uses skip(InputStream, long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of characters are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write.
    
    inputOffset - number of bytes to skip from input before copying, these bytes are ignored.
    
    length - number of bytes to copy.
    
    buffer - the buffer to use for the copy.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bytes copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader,
                             java.io.Writer writer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a large (over 2GB) Reader to a Writer.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to source.
    
    writer - the Writer to target.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of characters copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.3
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader,
                             java.io.Writer writer,
                             char[] buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies chars from a large (over 2GB) Reader to a Writer.
    This method uses the provided buffer, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to source.
    
    writer - the Writer to target.
    
    buffer - the buffer to be used for the copy
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of characters copied
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader,
                             java.io.Writer writer,
                             long inputOffset,
                             long length)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies some or all chars from a large (over 2GB) InputStream to an OutputStream, optionally skipping input chars.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    The buffer size is given by DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    inputOffset - number of chars to skip from input before copying -ve values are ignored.
    
    length - number of chars to copy. -ve means all.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of chars copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - copyLarge
```
public static long copyLarge(java.io.Reader reader,
                             java.io.Writer writer,
                             long inputOffset,
                             long length,
                             char[] buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Copies some or all chars from a large (over 2GB) InputStream to an OutputStream, optionally skipping input chars.
    This method uses the provided buffer, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    inputOffset - number of chars to skip from input before copying -ve values are ignored.
    
    length - number of chars to copy. -ve means all.
    
    buffer - the buffer to be used for the copy.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of chars copied.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input or output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - length
```
public static int length(byte[] array)
```
    Returns the length of the given array in a null-safe manner.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - an array or null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the array length, or 0 if the given array is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - length
```
public static int length(char[] array)
```
    Returns the length of the given array in a null-safe manner.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - an array or null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the array length, or 0 if the given array is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - length
```
public static int length(java.lang.CharSequence csq)
```
    Returns the length of the given CharSequence in a null-safe manner.
    
    Parameters:
    
    csq - a CharSequence or null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the CharSequence length, or 0 if the given CharSequence is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - length
```
public static int length(java.lang.Object[] array)
```
    Returns the length of the given array in a null-safe manner.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - an array or null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the array length, or 0 if the given array is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7
  - lineIterator
```
public static LineIterator lineIterator(java.io.InputStream input,
                                        java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
```
    Returns an Iterator for the lines in an InputStream, using the character encoding specified (or default encoding if null).
    LineIterator holds a reference to the open InputStream specified here. When you have finished with the iterator you should close the stream to free internal resources. This can be done by using a try-with-resources block, closing the stream directly, or by calling LineIterator.close().
    
    The recommended usage pattern is:
    
    try { LineIterator it = IOUtils.lineIterator(stream, charset); while (it.hasNext()) { String line = it.nextLine(); /// do something with line } } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(stream); }
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read, not null.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterator of the lines in the reader, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the input is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - lineIterator
```
public static LineIterator lineIterator(java.io.InputStream input,
                                        java.lang.String charsetName)
```
    Returns an Iterator for the lines in an InputStream, using the character encoding specified (or default encoding if null).
    LineIterator holds a reference to the open InputStream specified here. When you have finished with the iterator you should close the stream to free internal resources. This can be done by using a try-with-resources block, closing the stream directly, or by calling LineIterator.close().
    
    The recommended usage pattern is:
    
    try { LineIterator it = IOUtils.lineIterator(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()); while (it.hasNext()) { String line = it.nextLine(); /// do something with line } } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(stream); }
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read, not null.
    
    charsetName - the encoding to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterator of the lines in the reader, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the input is null.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.2
  - lineIterator
```
public static LineIterator lineIterator(java.io.Reader reader)
```
    Returns an Iterator for the lines in a Reader.
    LineIterator holds a reference to the open Reader specified here. When you have finished with the iterator you should close the reader to free internal resources. This can be done by using a try-with-resources block, closing the reader directly, or by calling LineIterator.close().
    
    The recommended usage pattern is:
    
    try { LineIterator it = IOUtils.lineIterator(reader); while (it.hasNext()) { String line = it.nextLine(); /// do something with line } } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(reader); }
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read, not null.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterator of the lines in the reader, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the reader is null.
    
    Since:
    
    1.2
  - read
```
public static int read(java.io.InputStream input,
                       byte[] buffer)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads bytes from an input stream.
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for subclasses of InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    Returns:
    
    actual length read; may be less than requested if EOF was reached.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input or buffer is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if a read error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - read
```
public static int read(java.io.InputStream input,
                       byte[] buffer,
                       int offset,
                       int length)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads bytes from an input stream.
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for subclasses of InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - where to read input.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    offset - initial offset into buffer.
    
    length - length to read, must be >= 0.
    
    Returns:
    
    actual length read; may be less than requested if EOF was reached.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input or buffer is null.
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset or length is negative, or if offset + length is greater than buffer.length.
    
    java.io.IOException - if a read error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - read
```
public static int read(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input,
                       java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads bytes from a ReadableByteChannel.
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for subclasses of ReadableByteChannel.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the byte channel to read.
    
    buffer - byte buffer destination.
    
    Returns:
    
    the actual length read; may be less than requested if EOF was reached.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if a read error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - read
```
public static int read(java.io.Reader reader,
                       char[] buffer)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads characters from an input character stream.
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many characters as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for subclasses of Reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    Returns:
    
    actual length read; may be less than requested if EOF was reached.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if a read error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - read
```
public static int read(java.io.Reader reader,
                       char[] buffer,
                       int offset,
                       int length)
                throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads characters from an input character stream.
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many characters as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for subclasses of Reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    offset - initial offset into buffer.
    
    length - length to read, must be >= 0.
    
    Returns:
    
    actual length read; may be less than requested if EOF was reached.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if reader or buffer is null.
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset or length is negative, or if offset + length is greater than buffer.length.
    
    java.io.IOException - if a read error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - readFully
```
public static void readFully(java.io.InputStream input,
                             byte[] buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) may not read as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input or buffer is null.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes read was incorrect.
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - readFully
```
public static void readFully(java.io.InputStream input,
                             byte[] buffer,
                             int offset,
                             int length)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) may not read as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    offset - initial offset into buffer.
    
    length - length to read, must be >= 0.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input or buffer is null.
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset or length is negative, or if offset + length is greater than buffer.length.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes read was incorrect.
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - readFully
```
@Deprecated
public static byte[] readFully(java.io.InputStream input,
                               int length)
                        throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toByteArray(InputStream, int).
    
    Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) may not read as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - where to read input from.
    
    length - length to read, must be >= 0.
    
    Returns:
    
    the bytes read from input.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if length is negative.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes read was incorrect.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - readFully
```
public static void readFully(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input,
                             java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that ReadableByteChannel.read(ByteBuffer) may not read as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the byte channel to read.
    
    buffer - byte buffer destination.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes read was incorrect.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - readFully
```
public static void readFully(java.io.Reader reader,
                             char[] buffer)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that Reader.read(char[], int, int) may not read as many characters as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if reader or buffer is null.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of characters read was incorrect.
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - readFully
```
public static void readFully(java.io.Reader reader,
                             char[] buffer,
                             int offset,
                             int length)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that Reader.read(char[], int, int) may not read as many characters as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - where to read input from.
    
    buffer - destination.
    
    offset - initial offset into buffer.
    
    length - length to read, must be >= 0.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if reader or buffer is null.
    
    java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset or length is negative, or if offset + length is greater than buffer.length.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of characters read was incorrect.
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - readLines
```
public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> readLines(java.lang.CharSequence csq)
                                                  throws java.io.UncheckedIOException
```
    Gets the contents of a CharSequence as a list of Strings, one entry per line.
    
    Parameters:
    
    csq - the CharSequence to read, not null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of Strings, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.UncheckedIOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.18.0
  - readLines
```
@Deprecated
public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> readLines(java.io.InputStream input)
                                                  throws java.io.UncheckedIOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use readLines(InputStream, Charset) instead
    
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a list of Strings, one entry per line, using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read, not null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of Strings, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.UncheckedIOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - readLines
```
public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> readLines(java.io.InputStream input,
                                                         java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                                                  throws java.io.UncheckedIOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a list of Strings, one entry per line, using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read, not null.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of Strings, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.UncheckedIOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - readLines
```
public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> readLines(java.io.InputStream input,
                                                         java.lang.String charsetName)
                                                  throws java.io.UncheckedIOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a list of Strings, one entry per line, using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read, not null.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of Strings, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.UncheckedIOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - readLines
```
public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> readLines(java.io.Reader reader)
                                                  throws java.io.UncheckedIOException
```
    Gets the contents of a Reader as a list of Strings, one entry per line.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read, not null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of Strings, never null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.UncheckedIOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - resourceToByteArray
```
public static byte[] resourceToByteArray(java.lang.String name)
                                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a resource as a byte array.
    Delegates to resourceToByteArray(String, null).
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs or the resource is not found.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
    
    See Also:
    
    resourceToByteArray(String, ClassLoader)
  - resourceToByteArray
```
public static byte[] resourceToByteArray(java.lang.String name,
                                         java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
                                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a resource as a byte array.
    Delegates to resourceToURL(String, ClassLoader).
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource name.
    
    classLoader - the class loader that the resolution of the resource is delegated to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs or the resource is not found.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
    
    See Also:
    
    resourceToURL(String, ClassLoader)
  - resourceToString
```
public static java.lang.String resourceToString(java.lang.String name,
                                                java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a resource as a String using the specified character encoding.
    Delegates to resourceToString(String, Charset, null).
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource name.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs or the resource is not found.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
    
    See Also:
    
    resourceToString(String, Charset, ClassLoader)
  - resourceToString
```
public static java.lang.String resourceToString(java.lang.String name,
                                                java.nio.charset.Charset charset,
                                                java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
                                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a resource as a String using the specified character encoding.
    Delegates to resourceToURL(String, ClassLoader).
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource name.
    
    charset - the Charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    classLoader - the class loader that the resolution of the resource is delegated to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
    
    See Also:
    
    resourceToURL(String, ClassLoader)
  - resourceToURL
```
public static java.net.URL resourceToURL(java.lang.String name)
                                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets a URL pointing to the given resource.
    Delegates to resourceToURL(String, null).
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource name.
    
    Returns:
    
    A URL object for reading the resource.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if the resource is not found.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
  - resourceToURL
```
public static java.net.URL resourceToURL(java.lang.String name,
                                         java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
                                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets a URL pointing to the given resource.
    If the classLoader is not null, call ClassLoader.getResource(String), otherwise call IOUtils.class.getResource(name).
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource name.
    
    classLoader - Delegate to this class loader if not null.
    
    Returns:
    
    A URL object for reading the resource.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if the resource is not found.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
  - skip
```
public static long skip(java.io.InputStream input,
                        long skip)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips bytes from an input byte stream.
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for skip() implementations in subclasses of InputStream.
    
    Note that the implementation uses InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) rather than delegating to InputStream.skip(long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of bytes are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - byte stream to skip.
    
    skip - number of bytes to skip.
    
    Returns:
    
    number of bytes actually skipped.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    
    InputStream.skip(long), IO-203 - Add skipFully() method for InputStreams
  - skip
```
public static long skip(java.io.InputStream input,
                        long skip,
                        java.util.function.Supplier<byte[]> skipBufferSupplier)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips bytes from an input byte stream.
    Intended for special cases when customization of the temporary buffer is needed because, for example, a nested input stream has requirements for the bytes read. For example, when using InflaterInputStreams from multiple threads.
    
    This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for skip() implementations in subclasses of InputStream.
    
    Note that the implementation uses InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) rather than delegating to InputStream.skip(long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of bytes are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - byte stream to skip.
    
    skip - number of bytes to skip.
    
    skipBufferSupplier - Supplies the buffer to use for reading.
    
    Returns:
    
    number of bytes actually skipped.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    Since:
    
    2.14.0
    
    See Also:
    
    InputStream.skip(long), IO-203 - Add skipFully() method for InputStreams
  - skip
```
public static long skip(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input,
                        long toSkip)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips bytes from a ReadableByteChannel. This implementation guarantees that it will read as many bytes as possible before giving up.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - ReadableByteChannel to skip.
    
    toSkip - number of bytes to skip.
    
    Returns:
    
    number of bytes actually skipped.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the ReadableByteChannel.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - skip
```
public static long skip(java.io.Reader reader,
                        long toSkip)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips characters from an input character stream. This implementation guarantees that it will read as many characters as possible before giving up; this may not always be the case for skip() implementations in subclasses of Reader.
    Note that the implementation uses Reader.read(char[], int, int) rather than delegating to Reader.skip(long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of characters are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - character stream to skip.
    
    toSkip - number of characters to skip.
    
    Returns:
    
    number of characters actually skipped.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Reader.skip(long), IO-203 - Add skipFully() method for InputStreams
  - skipFully
```
public static void skipFully(java.io.InputStream input,
                             long toSkip)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that InputStream.skip(long) may not skip as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Note that the implementation uses skip(InputStream, long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of characters are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - stream to skip.
    
    toSkip - the number of bytes to skip.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes skipped was incorrect.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    
    InputStream.skip(long)
  - skipFully
```
public static void skipFully(java.io.InputStream input,
                             long toSkip,
                             java.util.function.Supplier<byte[]> skipBufferSupplier)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    Intended for special cases when customization of the temporary buffer is needed because, for example, a nested input stream has requirements for the bytes read. For example, when using InflaterInputStreams from multiple threads.
    
    This allows for the possibility that InputStream.skip(long) may not skip as many bytes as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Note that the implementation uses skip(InputStream, long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of characters are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - stream to skip.
    
    toSkip - the number of bytes to skip.
    
    skipBufferSupplier - Supplies the buffer to use for reading.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes skipped was incorrect.
    
    Since:
    
    2.14.0
    
    See Also:
    
    InputStream.skip(long)
  - skipFully
```
public static void skipFully(java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel input,
                             long toSkip)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips the requested number of bytes or fail if there are not enough left.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - ReadableByteChannel to skip.
    
    toSkip - the number of bytes to skip.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the ReadableByteChannel.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of bytes skipped was incorrect.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - skipFully
```
public static void skipFully(java.io.Reader reader,
                             long toSkip)
                      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Skips the requested number of characters or fail if there are not enough left.
    This allows for the possibility that Reader.skip(long) may not skip as many characters as requested (most likely because of reaching EOF).
    
    Note that the implementation uses skip(Reader, long). This means that the method may be considerably less efficient than using the actual skip implementation, this is done to guarantee that the correct number of characters are skipped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - stream to skip.
    
    toSkip - the number of characters to skip.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading the file.
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if toSkip is negative.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the number of characters skipped was incorrect.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
    
    See Also:
    
    Reader.skip(long)
  - toBufferedInputStream
```
public static java.io.InputStream toBufferedInputStream(java.io.InputStream input)
                                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Fetches entire contents of an InputStream and represent same data as result InputStream.
    This method is useful where,
    
    Source InputStream is slow.
    
    It has network resources associated, so we cannot keep it open for long time.
    
    It has network timeout associated.
    
    It can be used in favor of toByteArray(InputStream), since it avoids unnecessary allocation and copy of byte[].
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    Parameters:
    
    input - Stream to be fully buffered.
    
    Returns:
    
    A fully buffered stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - toBufferedInputStream
```
public static java.io.InputStream toBufferedInputStream(java.io.InputStream input,
                                                        int size)
                                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Fetches entire contents of an InputStream and represent same data as result InputStream.
    This method is useful where,
    
    Source InputStream is slow.
    
    It has network resources associated, so we cannot keep it open for long time.
    
    It has network timeout associated.
    
    It can be used in favor of toByteArray(InputStream), since it avoids unnecessary allocation and copy of byte[].
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    Parameters:
    
    input - Stream to be fully buffered.
    
    size - the initial buffer size.
    
    Returns:
    
    A fully buffered stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - toBufferedReader
```
public static java.io.BufferedReader toBufferedReader(java.io.Reader reader)
```
    Returns the given reader if it is a BufferedReader, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the reader to wrap or return (not null).
    
    Returns:
    
    the given reader or a new BufferedReader for the given reader.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
    
    See Also:
    
    buffer(Reader)
  - toBufferedReader
```
public static java.io.BufferedReader toBufferedReader(java.io.Reader reader,
                                                      int size)
```
    Returns the given reader if it is a BufferedReader, otherwise creates a BufferedReader from the given reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the reader to wrap or return (not null).
    
    size - the buffer size, if a new BufferedReader is created.
    
    Returns:
    
    the given reader or a new BufferedReader for the given reader.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
    
    See Also:
    
    buffer(Reader)
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads all the bytes from an input stream in a byte array.
    The memory used by this method is proportional to the number of bytes read, which is only limited by Integer.MAX_VALUE. Only streams which fit into a single byte array with roughly 2 GiB limit can be processed with this method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - The InputStream to read; must not be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    A new byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs while reading or if the maximum array size is exceeded.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - If inputStream is null.
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input,
                                 int size)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads exactly size bytes from the given InputStream into a new byte[].
    This variant always allocates the whole requested array size, for a dynamic growing variant use toByteArray(InputStream, int, int), which enforces stricter memory usage constraints.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read; must not be null.
    
    size - the exact number of bytes to read; must be >= 0.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new byte array of length size.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if size is negative.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the stream ends before size bytes are read.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs while reading.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.1
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input,
                                 int size,
                                 int chunkSize)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads exactly size bytes from the given InputStream into a new byte[].
    The memory used by this method is proportional to the number of bytes read and limited by the specified size. This makes it suitable for processing large input streams, provided that sufficient heap space is available.
    
    This method processes the input stream in successive chunks of up to chunkSize bytes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read; must not be null.
    
    size - the exact number of bytes to read; must be >= 0. The actual bytes read are validated to equal size.
    
    chunkSize - The chunk size for incremental reading; must be > 0.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new byte array of length size.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if size is negative or chunkSize <= 0.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the stream ends before size bytes are read.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs while reading.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.21.0
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.InputStream input,
                                 long size)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Reads exactly size bytes from the given InputStream into a new byte[].
    This variant always allocates the whole requested array size, for a dynamic growing variant use toByteArray(InputStream, int, int), which enforces stricter memory usage constraints.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read; must not be null.
    
    size - the exact number of bytes to read; must be >= 0 and <= Integer.MAX_VALUE.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new byte array of length size.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if size is negative or does not fit into an int.
    
    java.io.EOFException - if the stream ends before size bytes are read.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs while reading.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if input is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.1
    
    See Also:
    
    toByteArray(InputStream, int, int)
  - toByteArray
```
@Deprecated
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.Reader reader)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toByteArray(Reader, Charset) instead.
    
    Gets the contents of a Reader as a byte[] using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.Reader reader,
                                 java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a Reader as a byte[] using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.Reader reader,
                                 java.lang.String charsetName)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a Reader as a byte[] using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - toByteArray
```
@Deprecated
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.lang.String input)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use String.getBytes() instead.
    
    Gets the contents of a String as a byte[] using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This is the same as String.getBytes().
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the String to convert.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.net.URI uri)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a URI as a byte[].
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - the URI to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the uri is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.4
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.net.URL url)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a URL as a byte[].
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.4
  - toByteArray
```
public static byte[] toByteArray(java.net.URLConnection urlConnection)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a URLConnection as a byte[].
    
    Parameters:
    
    urlConnection - the URLConnection to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested byte array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the urlConn is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.4
  - toCharArray
```
@Deprecated
public static char[] toCharArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toCharArray(InputStream, Charset) instead
    
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a character array using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested character array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - toCharArray
```
public static char[] toCharArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                                 java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a character array using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested character array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - toCharArray
```
public static char[] toCharArray(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                                 java.lang.String charsetName)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a character array using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputStream - the InputStream to read.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested character array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - toCharArray
```
public static char[] toCharArray(java.io.Reader reader)
                          throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a Reader as a character array.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested character array.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - toInputStream
```
@Deprecated
public static java.io.InputStream toInputStream(java.lang.CharSequence input)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toInputStream(CharSequence, Charset) instead.
    
    Converts the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the virtual machine's default charset.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the CharSequence to convert.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - toInputStream
```
public static java.io.InputStream toInputStream(java.lang.CharSequence input,
                                                java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
```
    Converts the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the CharSequence to convert.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - toInputStream
```
public static java.io.InputStream toInputStream(java.lang.CharSequence input,
                                                java.lang.String charsetName)
```
    Converts the specified CharSequence to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the CharSequence to convert.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - toInputStream
```
@Deprecated
public static java.io.InputStream toInputStream(java.lang.String input)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toInputStream(String, Charset) instead.
    
    Converts the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the virtual machine's default charset.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the string to convert.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - toInputStream
```
public static java.io.InputStream toInputStream(java.lang.String input,
                                                java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
```
    Converts the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the string to convert.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - toInputStream
```
public static java.io.InputStream toInputStream(java.lang.String input,
                                                java.lang.String charsetName)
```
    Converts the specified string to an input stream, encoded as bytes using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the string to convert.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - toString
```
@Deprecated
public static java.lang.String toString(byte[] input)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use String(byte[]) instead.
    
    Gets the contents of a byte[] as a String using the virtual machine's default charset.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the byte array to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(byte[] input,
                                        java.lang.String charsetName)
```
    Gets the contents of a byte[] as a String using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the byte array to read.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
  - toString
```
@Deprecated
public static java.lang.String toString(java.io.InputStream input)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toString(InputStream, Charset) instead.
    
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a String using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.io.InputStream input,
                                        java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a String using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.io.InputStream input,
                                        java.lang.String charsetName)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream as a String using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to read.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(IOSupplier<java.io.InputStream> input,
                                        java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream from a supplier as a String using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - supplies the InputStream to read.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.12.0
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(IOSupplier<java.io.InputStream> input,
                                        java.nio.charset.Charset charset,
                                        IOSupplier<java.lang.String> defaultString)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of an InputStream from a supplier as a String using the specified character encoding.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - supplies the InputStream to read.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    defaultString - the default return value if the supplier or its value is null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.12.0
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.io.Reader reader)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents of a Reader as a String.
    This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a BufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the Reader to read.
    
    Returns:
    
    the requested String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
  - toString
```
@Deprecated
public static java.lang.String toString(java.net.URI uri)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toString(URI, Charset) instead.
    
    Gets the contents at the given URI using the virtual machine's default charset.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - The URI source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The contents of the URL as a String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.1
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.net.URI uri,
                                        java.nio.charset.Charset encoding)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents at the given URI.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - The URI source.
    
    encoding - The encoding name for the URL contents.
    
    Returns:
    
    The contents of the URL as a String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3.
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.net.URI uri,
                                        java.lang.String charsetName)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents at the given URI.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - The URI source.
    
    charsetName - The encoding name for the URL contents.
    
    Returns:
    
    The contents of the URL as a String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    2.1
  - toString
```
@Deprecated
public static java.lang.String toString(java.net.URL url)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use toString(URL, Charset) instead.
    
    Gets the contents at the given URL using the virtual machine's default charset.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The contents of the URL as a String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.1
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.net.URL url,
                                        java.nio.charset.Charset encoding)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents at the given URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL source.
    
    encoding - The encoding name for the URL contents.
    
    Returns:
    
    The contents of the URL as a String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.net.URL url,
                                        java.lang.String charsetName)
                                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Gets the contents at the given URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL source.
    
    charsetName - The encoding name for the URL contents.
    
    Returns:
    
    The contents of the URL as a String.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    2.1
  - write
```
public static void write(byte[] data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes bytes from a byte[] to an OutputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the byte array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(byte[] data,
                         java.io.Writer writer)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(byte[], Writer, Charset) instead.
    
    Writes bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method uses String(byte[]).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the byte array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
public static void write(byte[] data,
                         java.io.Writer writer,
                         java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer using the specified character encoding.
    This method uses String(byte[], String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the byte array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - write
```
public static void write(byte[] data,
                         java.io.Writer writer,
                         java.lang.String charsetName)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes bytes from a byte[] to chars on a Writer using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method uses String(byte[], String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the byte array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(char[] data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(char[], OutputStream, Charset) instead.
    
    Writes chars from a char[] to bytes on an OutputStream.
    This method uses the virtual machine's default charset.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the char array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
public static void write(char[] data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a char[] to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    This method uses String(char[]) and String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the char array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - write
```
public static void write(char[] data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.lang.String charsetName)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a char[] to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method uses String(char[]) and String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the char array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
public static void write(char[] data,
                         java.io.Writer writer)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a char[] to a Writer
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the char array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(java.lang.CharSequence data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(CharSequence, OutputStream, Charset) instead.
    
    Writes chars from a CharSequence to bytes on an OutputStream using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method uses String.getBytes().
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the CharSequence to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - write
```
public static void write(java.lang.CharSequence data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a CharSequence to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    This method uses String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the CharSequence to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - write
```
public static void write(java.lang.CharSequence data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.lang.String charsetName)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a CharSequence to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method uses String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the CharSequence to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - write
```
public static void write(java.lang.CharSequence data,
                         java.io.Writer writer)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a CharSequence to a Writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the CharSequence to write, null ignored.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(java.lang.String data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(String, OutputStream, Charset) instead
    
    Writes chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream using the virtual machine's default charset.
    This method uses String.getBytes().
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the String to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
public static void write(java.lang.String data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    This method uses String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the String to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - write
```
public static void write(java.lang.String data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.lang.String charsetName)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a String to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method uses String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the String to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
public static void write(java.lang.String data,
                         java.io.Writer writer)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a String to a Writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the String to write, null ignored.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(java.lang.StringBuffer data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(CharSequence, OutputStream).
    
    Writes chars from a StringBuffer to bytes on an OutputStream using the default character encoding of the platform.
    This method uses String.getBytes().
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the StringBuffer to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(java.lang.StringBuffer data,
                         java.io.OutputStream output,
                         java.lang.String charsetName)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(CharSequence, OutputStream, String).
    
    Writes chars from a StringBuffer to bytes on an OutputStream using the specified character encoding.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    This method uses String.getBytes(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the StringBuffer to write, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - write
```
@Deprecated
public static void write(java.lang.StringBuffer data,
                         java.io.Writer writer)
                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use write(CharSequence, Writer).
    
    Writes chars from a StringBuffer to a Writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the StringBuffer to write, null ignored.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - writeChunked
```
public static void writeChunked(byte[] data,
                                java.io.OutputStream output)
                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes bytes from a byte[] to an OutputStream using chunked writes. This is intended for writing very large byte arrays which might otherwise cause excessive memory usage if the native code has to allocate a copy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the byte array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - writeChunked
```
public static void writeChunked(char[] data,
                                java.io.Writer writer)
                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes chars from a char[] to a Writer using chunked writes. This is intended for writing very large byte arrays which might otherwise cause excessive memory usage if the native code has to allocate a copy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the char array to write, do not modify during output, null ignored.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5
  - writeLines
```
@Deprecated
public static void writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines,
                              java.lang.String lineEnding,
                              java.io.OutputStream output)
                       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    Use writeLines(Collection, String, OutputStream, Charset) instead
    
    Writes the Object.toString() value of each item in a collection to an OutputStream line by line, using the virtual machine's default charset and the specified line ending.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lines - the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines.
    
    lineEnding - the line separator to use, null is system default.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to, not null, not closed.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - writeLines
```
public static void writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines,
                              java.lang.String lineEnding,
                              java.io.OutputStream output,
                              java.nio.charset.Charset charset)
                       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes the Object.toString() value of each item in a collection to an OutputStream line by line, using the specified character encoding and the specified line ending.
    UTF-16 is written big-endian with no byte order mark. For little-endian, use UTF-16LE. For a BOM, write it to the stream before calling this method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lines - the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines.
    
    lineEnding - the line separator to use, null is system default.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to, not null, not closed.
    
    charset - the charset to use, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    2.3
  - writeLines
```
public static void writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines,
                              java.lang.String lineEnding,
                              java.io.OutputStream output,
                              java.lang.String charsetName)
                       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes the Object.toString() value of each item in a collection to an OutputStream line by line, using the specified character encoding and the specified line ending.
    Character encoding names can be found at IANA.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lines - the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines.
    
    lineEnding - the line separator to use, null is system default.
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to, not null, not closed.
    
    charsetName - the name of the requested charset, null means platform default.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the output is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException - if the encoding is not supported.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - writeLines
```
public static void writeLines(java.util.Collection<?> lines,
                              java.lang.String lineEnding,
                              java.io.Writer writer)
                       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes the Object.toString() value of each item in a collection to a Writer line by line, using the specified line ending.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lines - the lines to write, null entries produce blank lines.
    
    lineEnding - the line separator to use, null is system default.
    
    writer - the Writer to write to, not null, not closed.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input is null.
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - writer
```
public static java.io.Writer writer(java.lang.Appendable appendable)
```
    Returns the given Appendable if it is already a Writer, otherwise creates a Writer wrapper around the given Appendable.
    
    Parameters:
    
    appendable - the Appendable to wrap or return (not null).
    
    Returns:
    
    the given Appendable or a Writer wrapper around the given Appendable.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the input parameter is null.
    
    Since:
    
    2.7

Class IOUtils

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

CR

DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE

DIR_SEPARATOR

DIR_SEPARATOR_UNIX

DIR_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS

EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY

EOF

LF

LINE_SEPARATOR

LINE_SEPARATOR_UNIX

LINE_SEPARATOR_WINDOWS

SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH

Constructor Detail

IOUtils

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buffer

buffer

buffer

buffer

buffer

buffer

buffer

buffer

byteArray

byteArray

checkFromIndexSize

checkFromIndexSize

checkFromIndexSize

checkFromToIndex

close

close

close

close

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

closeQuietly

consume

consume

contentEquals

contentEquals

contentEqualsIgnoreEOL

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copy

copyLarge

copyLarge

copyLarge

copyLarge

copyLarge

copyLarge

copyLarge

copyLarge

length

length