java.io
interface Closeable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Channel, JMXConnector, InterruptibleChannel, ReadableByteChannel, WritableByteChannel, ScatteringByteChannel, ByteChannel, GatheringByteChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

Formatter, InputStream, AudioInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream, FileInputStream, FilterInputStream, InputStream, ObjectInputStream, PipedInputStream, SequenceInputStream, StringBufferInputStream, BufferedInputStream, CheckedInputStream, CipherInputStream, DataInputStream, DeflaterInputStream, DigestInputStream, InflaterInputStream, LineNumberInputStream, ProgressMonitorInputStream, PushbackInputStream, InputStream, GZIPInputStream, ZipInputStream, JarInputStream, OutputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, FileOutputStream, FilterOutputStream, ObjectOutputStream, OutputStream, PipedOutputStream, BufferedOutputStream, CheckedOutputStream, CipherOutputStream, DataOutputStream, DeflaterOutputStream, DigestOutputStream, InflaterOutputStream, PrintStream, OutputStream, GZIPOutputStream, ZipOutputStream, LogStream, JarOutputStream, PrintStream, RandomAccessFile, Reader, BufferedReader, CharArrayReader, FilterReader, InputStreamReader, PipedReader, StringReader, LineNumberReader, PushbackReader, FileReader, RMIServerImpl, RMIIIOPServerImpl, RMIJRMPServerImpl, Writer, BufferedWriter, CharArrayWriter, FilterWriter, OutputStreamWriter, PipedWriter, PrintWriter, StringWriter, FileWriter

public interface Closeable

A Closeable is a source or destination of data that can be closed. The close method is invoked to release resources that the object is holding (such as open files).

See Also (auto-generated):

InputStream

BufferedReader

File

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it. If the stream is already closed then invoking this method has no effect.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs