org.apache.tools.ant.util
Class KeepAliveOutputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.OutputStream
      java.io.FilterOutputStream
          org.apache.tools.ant.util.KeepAliveOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.io.Flushable

public class KeepAliveOutputStream
extends java.io.FilterOutputStream

Class that can be used to wrap System.out and System.err without getting anxious about any client closing the stream.

In code-language it means that it is not necessary to do:

 if (out != System.out && out!= System.err) {
   out.close();
 }
 

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterOutputStream

out

Constructor Summary

KeepAliveOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream out)
Constructor of KeepAliveOutputStream.

Method Summary

void	close() This method does nothing.

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterOutputStream

flush, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

KeepAliveOutputStream

public KeepAliveOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream out)

Constructor of KeepAliveOutputStream.

Parameters:

out - an OutputStream value, it shoudl be standard output.

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

This method does nothing.

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable

Overrides:

close in class java.io.FilterOutputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - as we are overridding FilterOutputStream.