Closeable (Java Platform SE 7 ) (original) (raw)

• All Superinterfaces:
  AutoCloseable
  All Known Subinterfaces:
  AsynchronousByteChannel, AsynchronousChannel, ByteChannel, Channel, DirectoryStream, GatheringByteChannel, ImageInputStream, ImageOutputStream, InterruptibleChannel, JavaFileManager, JMXConnector, MulticastChannel, NetworkChannel, ReadableByteChannel, RMIConnection, ScatteringByteChannel, SecureDirectoryStream, SeekableByteChannel, StandardJavaFileManager, WatchService, WritableByteChannel
  All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractInterruptibleChannel, AbstractSelectableChannel, AbstractSelector, AsynchronousFileChannel, AsynchronousServerSocketChannel, AsynchronousSocketChannel, AudioInputStream, BufferedInputStream, BufferedOutputStream, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, CharArrayReader, CharArrayWriter, CheckedInputStream, CheckedOutputStream, CipherInputStream, CipherOutputStream, DatagramChannel, DatagramSocket, DataInputStream, DataOutputStream, DeflaterInputStream, DeflaterOutputStream, DigestInputStream, DigestOutputStream, FileCacheImageInputStream, FileCacheImageOutputStream, FileChannel, FileImageInputStream, FileImageOutputStream, FileInputStream, FileOutputStream, FileReader, FileSystem, FileWriter, FilterInputStream, FilterOutputStream, FilterReader, FilterWriter, Formatter, ForwardingJavaFileManager, GZIPInputStream, GZIPOutputStream, ImageInputStreamImpl, ImageOutputStreamImpl, InflaterInputStream, InflaterOutputStream, InputStream, InputStream, InputStream, InputStreamReader, JarFile, JarInputStream, JarOutputStream, LineNumberInputStream, LineNumberReader, LogStream, MemoryCacheImageInputStream, MemoryCacheImageOutputStream, MLet, MulticastSocket, ObjectInputStream, ObjectOutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStreamWriter, Pipe.SinkChannel, Pipe.SourceChannel, PipedInputStream, PipedOutputStream, PipedReader, PipedWriter, PrintStream, PrintWriter, PrivateMLet, ProgressMonitorInputStream, PushbackInputStream, PushbackReader, RandomAccessFile, Reader, RMIConnectionImpl, RMIConnectionImpl_Stub, RMIConnector, RMIIIOPServerImpl, RMIJRMPServerImpl, RMIServerImpl, Scanner, SelectableChannel, Selector, SequenceInputStream, ServerSocket, ServerSocketChannel, Socket, SocketChannel, SSLServerSocket, SSLSocket, StringBufferInputStream, StringReader, StringWriter, URLClassLoader, Writer, ZipFile, ZipInputStream, ZipOutputStream

public interface Closeable
extends AutoCloseable
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).
Since:
1.5

• • Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	close() Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it.

• • Method Detail

     * #### close  
     void close()  
                throws [IOException](../../java/io/IOException.html "class in java.io")  
     Closes this stream and releases any system resources associated with it. If the stream is already closed then invoking this method has no effect.  
     **Specified by:**  
     `[close](../../java/lang/AutoCloseable.html#close%28%29)` in interface `[AutoCloseable](../../java/lang/AutoCloseable.html "interface in java.lang")`  
     Throws:  
     `[IOException](../../java/io/IOException.html "class in java.io")` \- if an I/O error occurs

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