CopyUtils.java revision a07f2ae0b18964aa15e218e8b6be8be24e5c9f46
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17package org.apache.commons.io;
18
19import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
20import java.io.IOException;
21import java.io.InputStream;
22import java.io.InputStreamReader;
23import java.io.OutputStream;
24import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
25import java.io.Reader;
26import java.io.StringReader;
27import java.io.Writer;
28
29/**
30 * This class provides static utility methods for buffered
31 * copying between sources (<code>InputStream</code>, <code>Reader</code>,
32 * <code>String</code> and <code>byte[]</code>) and destinations
33 * (<code>OutputStream</code>, <code>Writer</code>, <code>String</code> and
34 * <code>byte[]</code>).
35 * <p>
36 * Unless otherwise noted, these <code>copy</code> methods do <em>not</em>
37 * flush or close the streams. Often doing so would require making non-portable
38 * assumptions about the streams' origin and further use. This means that both
39 * streams' <code>close()</code> methods must be called after copying. if one
40 * omits this step, then the stream resources (sockets, file descriptors) are
41 * released when the associated Stream is garbage-collected. It is not a good
42 * idea to rely on this mechanism. For a good overview of the distinction
43 * between "memory management" and "resource management", see
44 * <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/articles/1998/9804/9804ja/ja.htm">this
45 * UnixReview article</a>.
46 * <p>
47 * For byte-to-char methods, a <code>copy</code> variant allows the encoding
48 * to be selected (otherwise the platform default is used). We would like to
49 * encourage you to always specify the encoding because relying on the platform
50 * default can lead to unexpected results.
51 * <p
52 * We don't provide special variants for the <code>copy</code> methods that
53 * let you specify the buffer size because in modern VMs the impact on speed
54 * seems to be minimal. We're using a default buffer size of 4 KB.
55 * <p>
56 * The <code>copy</code> methods use an internal buffer when copying. It is
57 * therefore advisable <em>not</em> to deliberately wrap the stream arguments
58 * to the <code>copy</code> methods in <code>Buffered*</code> streams. For
59 * example, don't do the following:
60 * <pre>
61 *  copy( new BufferedInputStream( in ), new BufferedOutputStream( out ) );
62 *  </pre>
63 * The rationale is as follows:
64 * <p>
65 * Imagine that an InputStream's read() is a very expensive operation, which
66 * would usually suggest wrapping in a BufferedInputStream. The
67 * BufferedInputStream works by issuing infrequent
68 * {@link java.io.InputStream#read(byte[] b, int off, int len)} requests on the
69 * underlying InputStream, to fill an internal buffer, from which further
70 * <code>read</code> requests can inexpensively get their data (until the buffer
71 * runs out).
72 * <p>
73 * However, the <code>copy</code> methods do the same thing, keeping an
74 * internal buffer, populated by
75 * {@link InputStream#read(byte[] b, int off, int len)} requests. Having two
76 * buffers (or three if the destination stream is also buffered) is pointless,
77 * and the unnecessary buffer management hurts performance slightly (about 3%,
78 * according to some simple experiments).
79 * <p>
80 * Behold, intrepid explorers; a map of this class:
81 * <pre>
82 *       Method      Input               Output          Dependency
83 *       ------      -----               ------          -------
84 * 1     copy        InputStream         OutputStream    (primitive)
85 * 2     copy        Reader              Writer          (primitive)
86 *
87 * 3     copy        InputStream         Writer          2
88 *
89 * 4     copy        Reader              OutputStream    2
90 *
91 * 5     copy        String              OutputStream    2
92 * 6     copy        String              Writer          (trivial)
93 *
94 * 7     copy        byte[]              Writer          3
95 * 8     copy        byte[]              OutputStream    (trivial)
96 * </pre>
97 * <p>
98 * Note that only the first two methods shuffle bytes; the rest use these
99 * two, or (if possible) copy using native Java copy methods. As there are
100 * method variants to specify the encoding, each row may
101 * correspond to up to 2 methods.
102 * <p>
103 * Origin of code: Excalibur.
104 *
105 * @author Peter Donald
106 * @author Jeff Turner
107 * @author Matthew Hawthorne
108 * @version $Id: CopyUtils.java 437680 2006-08-28 11:57:00Z scolebourne $
109 * @deprecated Use IOUtils. Will be removed in 2.0.
110 *  Methods renamed to IOUtils.write() or IOUtils.copy().
111 *  Null handling behaviour changed in IOUtils (null data does not
112 *  throw NullPointerException).
113 */
114public class CopyUtils {
115
116    /**
117     * The default size of the buffer.
118     */
119    private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 4;
120
121    /**
122     * Instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming.
123     */
124    public CopyUtils() { }
125
126    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
127    // byte[] -> OutputStream
128    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
129
130    /**
131     * Copy bytes from a <code>byte[]</code> to an <code>OutputStream</code>.
132     * @param input the byte array to read from
133     * @param output the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
134     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
135     */
136    public static void copy(byte[] input, OutputStream output)
137            throws IOException {
138        output.write(input);
139    }
140
141    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
142    // byte[] -> Writer
143    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
144
145    /**
146     * Copy and convert bytes from a <code>byte[]</code> to chars on a
147     * <code>Writer</code>.
148     * The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.
149     * @param input the byte array to read from
150     * @param output the <code>Writer</code> to write to
151     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
152     */
153    public static void copy(byte[] input, Writer output)
154            throws IOException {
155        ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(input);
156        copy(in, output);
157    }
158
159
160    /**
161     * Copy and convert bytes from a <code>byte[]</code> to chars on a
162     * <code>Writer</code>, using the specified encoding.
163     * @param input the byte array to read from
164     * @param output the <code>Writer</code> to write to
165     * @param encoding The name of a supported character encoding. See the
166     * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA
167     * Charset Registry</a> for a list of valid encoding types.
168     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
169     */
170    public static void copy(
171            byte[] input,
172            Writer output,
173            String encoding)
174                throws IOException {
175        ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(input);
176        copy(in, output, encoding);
177    }
178
179
180    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
181    // Core copy methods
182    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
183
184    /**
185     * Copy bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> to an
186     * <code>OutputStream</code>.
187     * @param input the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
188     * @param output the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
189     * @return the number of bytes copied
190     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
191     */
192    public static int copy(
193            InputStream input,
194            OutputStream output)
195                throws IOException {
196        byte[] buffer = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
197        int count = 0;
198        int n = 0;
199        while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
200            output.write(buffer, 0, n);
201            count += n;
202        }
203        return count;
204    }
205
206    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
207    // Reader -> Writer
208    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
209
210    /**
211     * Copy chars from a <code>Reader</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
212     * @param input the <code>Reader</code> to read from
213     * @param output the <code>Writer</code> to write to
214     * @return the number of characters copied
215     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
216     */
217    public static int copy(
218            Reader input,
219            Writer output)
220                throws IOException {
221        char[] buffer = new char[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
222        int count = 0;
223        int n = 0;
224        while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
225            output.write(buffer, 0, n);
226            count += n;
227        }
228        return count;
229    }
230
231    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
232    // InputStream -> Writer
233    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
234
235    /**
236     * Copy and convert bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> to chars on a
237     * <code>Writer</code>.
238     * The platform's default encoding is used for the byte-to-char conversion.
239     * @param input the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
240     * @param output the <code>Writer</code> to write to
241     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
242     */
243    public static void copy(
244            InputStream input,
245            Writer output)
246                throws IOException {
247        InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(input);
248        copy(in, output);
249    }
250
251    /**
252     * Copy and convert bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> to chars on a
253     * <code>Writer</code>, using the specified encoding.
254     * @param input the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
255     * @param output the <code>Writer</code> to write to
256     * @param encoding The name of a supported character encoding. See the
257     * <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA
258     * Charset Registry</a> for a list of valid encoding types.
259     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
260     */
261    public static void copy(
262            InputStream input,
263            Writer output,
264            String encoding)
265                throws IOException {
266        InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(input, encoding);
267        copy(in, output);
268    }
269
270
271    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
272    // Reader -> OutputStream
273    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
274
275    /**
276     * Serialize chars from a <code>Reader</code> to bytes on an
277     * <code>OutputStream</code>, and flush the <code>OutputStream</code>.
278     * @param input the <code>Reader</code> to read from
279     * @param output the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
280     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
281     */
282    public static void copy(
283            Reader input,
284            OutputStream output)
285                throws IOException {
286        OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(output);
287        copy(input, out);
288        // XXX Unless anyone is planning on rewriting OutputStreamWriter, we
289        // have to flush here.
290        out.flush();
291    }
292
293    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
294    // String -> OutputStream
295    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
296
297    /**
298     * Serialize chars from a <code>String</code> to bytes on an
299     * <code>OutputStream</code>, and
300     * flush the <code>OutputStream</code>.
301     * @param input the <code>String</code> to read from
302     * @param output the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
303     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
304     */
305    public static void copy(
306            String input,
307            OutputStream output)
308                throws IOException {
309        StringReader in = new StringReader(input);
310        OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(output);
311        copy(in, out);
312        // XXX Unless anyone is planning on rewriting OutputStreamWriter, we
313        // have to flush here.
314        out.flush();
315    }
316
317    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
318    // String -> Writer
319    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
320
321    /**
322     * Copy chars from a <code>String</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
323     * @param input the <code>String</code> to read from
324     * @param output the <code>Writer</code> to write to
325     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O problem
326     */
327    public static void copy(String input, Writer output)
328                throws IOException {
329        output.write(input);
330    }
331
332}
333