Added in API level 1

Summary: Inherited Fields | Ctors | Methods | Protected Methods | Inherited Methods

PrintStream

public class PrintStream
extends FilterOutputStream implements Appendable, Closeable

java.lang.Object
↳	java.io.OutputStream
	↳	java.io.FilterOutputStream
		↳	java.io.PrintStream

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A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently. Two other features are provided as well. Unlike other output streams, a PrintStream never throws an IOException; instead, exceptional situations merely set an internal flag that can be tested via the checkError method. Optionally, a PrintStream can be created so as to flush automatically; this means that the flush method of the underlying output stream is automatically invoked after a byte array is written, one of the println methods is invoked, or a newline character or byte ('\n') is written.

All characters printed by a PrintStream are converted into bytes using the given encoding or charset, or the platform's default character encoding if not specified. The PrintWriter class should be used in situations that require writing characters rather than bytes.

This class always replaces malformed and unmappable character sequences with the charset's default replacement string. The CharsetEncoder class should be used when more control over the encoding process is required.

Summary

Inherited fields
From class java.io.FilterOutputStream protected OutputStream out The underlying output stream to be filtered.

Public constructors
PrintStream(File file) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file.
PrintStream(File file, String csn) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file and charset.
PrintStream(File file, Charset charset) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file and charset.
PrintStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified OutputStream.
PrintStream(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush) Creates a new print stream, with the specified OutputStream and line flushing.
PrintStream(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush, String encoding) Creates a new print stream, with the specified OutputStream, line flushing, and character encoding.
PrintStream(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush, Charset charset) Creates a new print stream, with the specified OutputStream, line flushing and charset.
PrintStream(String fileName) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name.
PrintStream(String fileName, String csn) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name and charset.
PrintStream(String fileName, Charset charset) Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name and charset.

Public methods
PrintStream	append(char c) Appends the specified character to this output stream.
PrintStream	append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this output stream.
PrintStream	append(CharSequence csq) Appends the specified character sequence to this output stream.
boolean	checkError() Flushes the stream and checks its error state.
void	close() Closes the stream.
void	flush() Flushes the stream.
PrintStream	format(String format, Object... args) Writes a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.
PrintStream	format(Locale l, String format, Object... args) Writes a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.
void	print(double d) Prints a double-precision floating-point number.
void	print(int i) Prints an integer.
void	print(boolean b) Prints a boolean value.
void	print(char c) Prints a character.
void	print(long l) Prints a long integer.
void	print(float f) Prints a floating-point number.
void	print(String s) Prints a string.
void	print(Object obj) Prints an object.
void	print(char[] s) Prints an array of characters.
PrintStream	printf(Locale l, String format, Object... args) A convenience method to write a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.
PrintStream	printf(String format, Object... args) A convenience method to write a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.
void	println(Object x) Prints an Object and then terminate the line.
void	println(char x) Prints a character and then terminate the line.
void	println(boolean x) Prints a boolean and then terminate the line.
void	println(long x) Prints a long and then terminate the line.
void	println() Terminates the current line by writing the line separator string.
void	println(int x) Prints an integer and then terminate the line.
void	println(String x) Prints a String and then terminate the line.
void	println(char[] x) Prints an array of characters and then terminate the line.
void	println(float x) Prints a float and then terminate the line.
void	println(double x) Prints a double and then terminate the line.
void	write(byte[] buf) Writes all bytes from the specified byte array to this stream.
void	write(byte[] buf, int off, int len) Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this stream.
void	write(int b) Writes the specified byte to this stream.
void	writeBytes(byte[] buf) Writes all bytes from the specified byte array to this stream.

Protected methods
void	clearError() Clears the internal error state of this stream.
void	setError() Sets the error state of the stream to true.

Inherited methods
From class java.io.FilterOutputStream void close() Closes this output stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream. void flush() Flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes to be written out to the stream. void write(byte[] b) Writes b.length bytes to this output stream. void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this output stream. void write(int b) Writes the specified byte to this output stream.
From class java.io.OutputStream void close() Closes this output stream and releases any system resources associated with this stream. void flush() Flushes this output stream and forces any buffered output bytes to be written out. static OutputStream nullOutputStream() Returns a new OutputStream which discards all bytes. void write(byte[] b) Writes b.length bytes from the specified byte array to this output stream. void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this output stream. abstract void write(int b) Writes the specified byte to this output stream.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeoutMillis) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
From interface java.io.Closeable abstract void close() Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it.
From interface java.io.Flushable abstract void flush() Flushes this stream by writing any buffered output to the underlying stream.
From interface java.lang.Appendable abstract Appendable append(char c) Appends the specified character to this Appendable. abstract Appendable append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this Appendable. abstract Appendable append(CharSequence csq) Appends the specified character sequence to this Appendable.
From interface java.lang.AutoCloseable abstract void close() Closes this resource, relinquishing any underlying resources.

Public constructors

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (File file)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the default charset for this instance of the Java virtual machine.

Parameters
file	File: The file to use as the destination of this print stream. If the file exists, then it will be truncated to zero size; otherwise, a new file will be created. The output will be written to the file and is buffered.

Throws
FileNotFoundException	If the given file object does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file
SecurityException	If a security manager is present and checkWrite(file.getPath()) denies write access to the file

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (File file, 
                String csn)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file and charset. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the provided charset.

Parameters
file	File: The file to use as the destination of this print stream. If the file exists, then it will be truncated to zero size; otherwise, a new file will be created. The output will be written to the file and is buffered.
csn	String: The name of a supported charset

Throws
FileNotFoundException	If the given file object does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file
SecurityException	If a security manager is present and checkWrite(file.getPath()) denies write access to the file
UnsupportedEncodingException	If the named charset is not supported

PrintStream

Added in API level 33

public PrintStream (File file, 
                Charset charset)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file and charset. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the provided charset.

Parameters
file	File: The file to use as the destination of this print stream. If the file exists, then it will be truncated to zero size; otherwise, a new file will be created. The output will be written to the file and is buffered.
charset	Charset: A charset

Throws
IOException	if an I/O error occurs while opening or creating the file
SecurityException	If a security manager is present and checkWrite(file.getPath()) denies write access to the file

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (OutputStream out)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified OutputStream. Characters written to the stream are converted to bytes using the platform's default character encoding.

Parameters
out	OutputStream: The output stream to which values and objects will be printed

See also:

• PrintWriter.PrintWriter(java.io.OutputStream)

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (OutputStream out, 
                boolean autoFlush)

Creates a new print stream, with the specified OutputStream and line flushing. Characters written to the stream are converted to bytes using the platform's default character encoding.

Parameters
out	OutputStream: The output stream to which values and objects will be printed
autoFlush	boolean: Whether the output buffer will be flushed whenever a byte array is written, one of the println methods is invoked, or a newline character or byte ('\n') is written

See also:

• PrintWriter.PrintWriter(java.io.OutputStream, boolean)

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (OutputStream out, 
                boolean autoFlush, 
                String encoding)

Creates a new print stream, with the specified OutputStream, line flushing, and character encoding.

Parameters
out	OutputStream: The output stream to which values and objects will be printed
autoFlush	boolean: Whether the output buffer will be flushed whenever a byte array is written, one of the println methods is invoked, or a newline character or byte ('\n') is written
encoding	String: The name of a supported character encoding

Throws
UnsupportedEncodingException	If the named encoding is not supported

PrintStream

Added in API level 33

public PrintStream (OutputStream out, 
                boolean autoFlush, 
                Charset charset)

Creates a new print stream, with the specified OutputStream, line flushing and charset. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the provided charset.

Parameters
out	OutputStream: The output stream to which values and objects will be printed
autoFlush	boolean: Whether the output buffer will be flushed whenever a byte array is written, one of the println methods is invoked, or a newline character or byte ('\n') is written
charset	Charset: A charset

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (String fileName)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the default charset for this instance of the Java virtual machine.

Parameters
fileName	String: The name of the file to use as the destination of this print stream. If the file exists, then it will be truncated to zero size; otherwise, a new file will be created. The output will be written to the file and is buffered.

Throws
FileNotFoundException	If the given file object does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file
SecurityException	If a security manager is present and checkWrite(fileName) denies write access to the file

PrintStream

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream (String fileName, 
                String csn)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name and charset. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the provided charset.

Parameters
fileName	String: The name of the file to use as the destination of this print stream. If the file exists, then it will be truncated to zero size; otherwise, a new file will be created. The output will be written to the file and is buffered.
csn	String: The name of a supported charset

Throws
FileNotFoundException	If the given file object does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file
SecurityException	If a security manager is present and checkWrite(fileName) denies write access to the file
UnsupportedEncodingException	If the named charset is not supported

PrintStream

Added in API level 33

public PrintStream (String fileName, 
                Charset charset)

Creates a new print stream, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name and charset. This convenience constructor creates the necessary intermediate OutputStreamWriter, which will encode characters using the provided charset.

Parameters
fileName	String: The name of the file to use as the destination of this print stream. If the file exists, then it will be truncated to zero size; otherwise, a new file will be created. The output will be written to the file and is buffered.
charset	Charset: A charset

Throws
IOException	if an I/O error occurs while opening or creating the file
SecurityException	If a security manager is present and checkWrite(fileName) denies write access to the file

Public methods

append

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream append (char c)

Appends the specified character to this output stream.

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(c) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

out.print(c)
 

Parameters
c	char: The 16-bit character to append

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

append

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream append (CharSequence csq, 
                int start, 
                int end)

Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this output stream.

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(csq, start, end) when csq is not null, behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

out.print(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString())
 

Parameters
csq	CharSequence: The character sequence from which a subsequence will be appended. If csq is null, then characters will be appended as if csq contained the four characters "null".
start	int: The index of the first character in the subsequence
end	int: The index of the character following the last character in the subsequence

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException	If start or end are negative, start is greater than end, or end is greater than csq.length()

append

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream append (CharSequence csq)

Appends the specified character sequence to this output stream.

An invocation of this method of the form out.append(csq) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

out.print(csq.toString())
 

Depending on the specification of toString for the character sequence csq, the entire sequence may not be appended. For instance, invoking then toString method of a character buffer will return a subsequence whose content depends upon the buffer's position and limit.

Parameters
csq	CharSequence: The character sequence to append. If csq is null, then the four characters "null" are appended to this output stream.

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

checkError

Added in API level 1

public boolean checkError ()

Flushes the stream and checks its error state. The internal error state is set to true when the underlying output stream throws an IOException other than InterruptedIOException, and when the setError method is invoked. If an operation on the underlying output stream throws an InterruptedIOException, then the PrintStream converts the exception back into an interrupt by doing:

Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
 

or the equivalent.

Returns
boolean	true if and only if this stream has encountered an IOException other than InterruptedIOException, or the setError method has been invoked

close

Added in API level 1

public void close ()

Closes the stream. This is done by flushing the stream and then closing the underlying output stream.

See also:

• OutputStream.close()

flush

Added in API level 1

public void flush ()

Flushes the stream. This is done by writing any buffered output bytes to the underlying output stream and then flushing that stream.

See also:

• OutputStream.flush()

format

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream format (String format, 
                Object... args)

Writes a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.

The locale always used is the one returned by Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category) with FORMAT category specified, regardless of any previous invocations of other formatting methods on this object.

Parameters
format	String: A format string as described in Format string syntax
args	Object: Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is variable and may be zero. The maximum number of arguments is limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by The Java Virtual Machine Specification. The behaviour on a null argument depends on the conversion.

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

Throws
IllegalFormatException	If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments, insufficient arguments given the format string, or other illegal conditions. For specification of all possible formatting errors, see the Details section of the formatter class specification.
NullPointerException	If the format is null

format

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream format (Locale l, 
                String format, 
                Object... args)

Writes a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.

Parameters
l	Locale: The locale to apply during formatting. If l is null then no localization is applied.
format	String: A format string as described in Format string syntax
args	Object: Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is variable and may be zero. The maximum number of arguments is limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by The Java Virtual Machine Specification. The behaviour on a null argument depends on the conversion.

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

Throws
IllegalFormatException	If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments, insufficient arguments given the format string, or other illegal conditions. For specification of all possible formatting errors, see the Details section of the formatter class specification.
NullPointerException	If the format is null

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (double d)

Prints a double-precision floating-point number. The string produced by String.valueOf(double) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
d	double: The double to be printed

See also:

• Double.toString(double)

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (int i)

Prints an integer. The string produced by String.valueOf(int) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
i	int: The int to be printed

See also:

• Integer.toString(int)

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (boolean b)

Prints a boolean value. The string produced by String.valueOf(boolean) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
b	boolean: The boolean to be printed

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (char c)

Prints a character. The character is translated into one or more bytes according to the character encoding given to the constructor, or the platform's default character encoding if none specified. These bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
c	char: The char to be printed

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (long l)

Prints a long integer. The string produced by String.valueOf(long) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
l	long: The long to be printed

See also:

• Long.toString(long)

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (float f)

Prints a floating-point number. The string produced by String.valueOf(float) is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
f	float: The float to be printed

See also:

• Float.toString(float)

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (String s)

Prints a string. If the argument is null then the string "null" is printed. Otherwise, the string's characters are converted into bytes according to the character encoding given to the constructor, or the platform's default character encoding if none specified. These bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
s	String: The String to be printed

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (Object obj)

Prints an object. The string produced by the String.valueOf(Object) method is translated into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, and these bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
obj	Object: The Object to be printed

See also:

• Object.toString()

print

Added in API level 1

public void print (char[] s)

Prints an array of characters. The characters are converted into bytes according to the character encoding given to the constructor, or the platform's default character encoding if none specified. These bytes are written in exactly the manner of the write(int) method.

Parameters
s	char: The array of chars to be printed

Throws
NullPointerException	If s is null

printf

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream printf (Locale l, 
                String format, 
                Object... args)

A convenience method to write a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.

An invocation of this method of the form out.printf(l, format, args) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

out.format(l, format, args)
 

Parameters
l	Locale: The locale to apply during formatting. If l is null then no localization is applied.
format	String: A format string as described in Format string syntax
args	Object: Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is variable and may be zero. The maximum number of arguments is limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by The Java Virtual Machine Specification. The behaviour on a null argument depends on the conversion.

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

Throws
IllegalFormatException	If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments, insufficient arguments given the format string, or other illegal conditions. For specification of all possible formatting errors, see the Details section of the formatter class specification.
NullPointerException	If the format is null

printf

Added in API level 1

public PrintStream printf (String format, 
                Object... args)

A convenience method to write a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.

An invocation of this method of the form out.printf(format, args) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

out.format(format, args)
 

Parameters
format	String: A format string as described in Format string syntax
args	Object: Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is variable and may be zero. The maximum number of arguments is limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by The Java Virtual Machine Specification. The behaviour on a null argument depends on the conversion.

Returns
PrintStream	This output stream

Throws
IllegalFormatException	If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments, insufficient arguments given the format string, or other illegal conditions. For specification of all possible formatting errors, see the Details section of the formatter class specification.
NullPointerException	If the format is null

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (Object x)

Prints an Object and then terminate the line. This method calls at first String.valueOf(x) to get the printed object's string value, then behaves as though it invokes print(java.lang.String) and then println().

Parameters
x	Object: The Object to be printed.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (char x)

Prints a character and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(char) and then println().

Parameters
x	char: The char to be printed.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (boolean x)

Prints a boolean and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(boolean) and then println().

Parameters
x	boolean: The boolean to be printed

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (long x)

Prints a long and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(long) and then println().

Parameters
x	long: a The long to be printed.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println ()

Terminates the current line by writing the line separator string. The line separator string is defined by the system property line.separator, and is not necessarily a single newline character ('\n').

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (int x)

Prints an integer and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(int) and then println().

Parameters
x	int: The int to be printed.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (String x)

Prints a String and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(java.lang.String) and then println().

Parameters
x	String: The String to be printed.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (char[] x)

Prints an array of characters and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(char[]) and then println().

Parameters
x	char: an array of chars to print.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (float x)

Prints a float and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(float) and then println().

Parameters
x	float: The float to be printed.

println

Added in API level 1

public void println (double x)

Prints a double and then terminate the line. This method behaves as though it invokes print(double) and then println().

Parameters
x	double: The double to be printed.

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (byte[] buf)

Writes all bytes from the specified byte array to this stream. If automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be invoked on the underlying output stream.

Note that the bytes will be written as given; to write characters that will be translated according to the platform's default character encoding, use the print(char[]) or println(char[]) methods.

API Note:

• Although declared to throw IOException, this method never actually does so. Instead, like other methods that this class overrides, it sets an internal flag which may be tested via the checkError() method. To write an array of bytes without having to write a catch block for the IOException, use either writeBytes(buf) or write(buf, 0, buf.length).

Implementation Requirements:

• This method is equivalent to this.write(buf, 0, buf.length).

Parameters
buf	byte: A byte array

Throws
IOException	If an I/O error occurs.

See also:

• writeBytes(byte[])
• write(byte[], int, int)

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (byte[] buf, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this stream. If automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be invoked on the underlying output stream.

Note that the bytes will be written as given; to write characters that will be translated according to the platform's default character encoding, use the print(char) or println(char) methods.

Parameters
buf	byte: A byte array
off	int: Offset from which to start taking bytes
len	int: Number of bytes to write

write

Added in API level 1

public void write (int b)

Writes the specified byte to this stream. If the byte is a newline and automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be invoked on the underlying output stream.

Note that the byte is written as given; to write a character that will be translated according to the platform's default character encoding, use the print(char) or println(char) methods.

Parameters
b	int: The byte to be written

See also:

• print(char)
• println(char)

writeBytes

Added in API level 34

public void writeBytes (byte[] buf)

Writes all bytes from the specified byte array to this stream. If automatic flushing is enabled then the flush method will be invoked.

Note that the bytes will be written as given; to write characters that will be translated according to the platform's default character encoding, use the print(char[]) or println(char[]) methods.

Implementation Requirements:

• This method is equivalent to this.write(buf, 0, buf.length).

Parameters
buf	byte: A byte array

Protected methods

clearError

Added in API level 9

protected void clearError ()

Clears the internal error state of this stream.

This method will cause subsequent invocations of checkError() to return false until another write operation fails and invokes setError().

setError

Added in API level 1

protected void setError ()

Sets the error state of the stream to true.

This method will cause subsequent invocations of checkError() to return true until clearError() is invoked.