org.apache.commons.io.output

## Class WriterOutputStream

- java.lang.Object
- - java.io.OutputStream
  - - org.apache.commons.io.output.WriterOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable, Flushable, AutoCloseable

    public class WriterOutputStream
    extends OutputStream

`OutputStream` implementation that transforms a byte stream to a character stream using a specified charset encoding and writes the resulting stream to a `Writer`. The stream is transformed using a `CharsetDecoder` object, guaranteeing that all charset encodings supported by the JRE are handled correctly.

The output of the `CharsetDecoder` is buffered using a fixed size buffer. This implies that the data is written to the underlying `Writer` in chunks that are no larger than the size of this buffer. By default, the buffer is flushed only when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called. In general there is therefore no need to wrap the underlying `Writer` in a `BufferedWriter`. `WriterOutputStream` can also be instructed to flush the buffer after each write operation. In this case, all available data is written immediately to the underlying `Writer`, implying that the current position of the `Writer` is correlated to the current position of the `WriterOutputStream`.

`WriterOutputStream` implements the inverse transformation of `OutputStreamWriter`; in the following example, writing to `out2` would have the same result as writing to `out` directly (provided that the byte sequence is legal with respect to the charset encoding):

     OutputStream out = ...
     Charset cs = ...
     OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(out, cs);
     WriterOutputStream out2 = new WriterOutputStream(writer, cs);

`WriterOutputStream` implements the same transformation as `InputStreamReader`, except that the control flow is reversed: both classes transform a byte stream into a character stream, but `InputStreamReader` pulls data from the underlying stream, while `WriterOutputStream` pushes it to the underlying stream.

Note that while there are use cases where there is no alternative to using this class, very often the need to use this class is an indication of a flaw in the design of the code. This class is typically used in situations where an existing API only accepts an `OutputStream` object, but where the stream is known to represent character data that must be decoded for further use.

Instances of `WriterOutputStream` are not thread safe.

Since:
  2.0
See Also:
  `ReaderInputStream`

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer)` Deprecated. 2.5 use `WriterOutputStream(Writer, Charset)` instead
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer, Charset charset)` Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters.
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer, CharsetDecoder decoder)` Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters.
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer, CharsetDecoder decoder, int bufferSize, boolean writeImmediately)` Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream`.
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer, Charset charset, int bufferSize, boolean writeImmediately)` Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream`.
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer, String charsetName)` Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters.
`WriterOutputStream(Writer writer, String charsetName, int bufferSize, boolean writeImmediately)` Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream`.

### Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
`void` `close()` Close the stream.
`void` `flush()` Flush the stream.
`void` `write(byte[] b)` Write bytes from the specified byte array to the stream.
`void` `write(byte[] b, int off, int len)` Write bytes from the specified byte array to the stream.
`void` `write(int b)` Write a single byte to the stream.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

### Constructor Detail

#### WriterOutputStream

    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer,
                              CharsetDecoder decoder)

Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters. The output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`
  `decoder` - the charset decoder
Since:
  2.1

#### WriterOutputStream

    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer,
                              CharsetDecoder decoder,
                              int bufferSize,
                              boolean writeImmediately)

Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream`.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`
  `decoder` - the charset decoder
  `bufferSize` - the size of the output buffer in number of characters
  `writeImmediately` - If `true` the output buffer will be flushed after each write operation, i.e. all available data will be written to the underlying `Writer` immediately. If `false`, the output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.
Since:
  2.1

#### WriterOutputStream

    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer,
                              Charset charset,
                              int bufferSize,
                              boolean writeImmediately)

Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream`.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`
  `charset` - the charset encoding
  `bufferSize` - the size of the output buffer in number of characters
  `writeImmediately` - If `true` the output buffer will be flushed after each write operation, i.e. all available data will be written to the underlying `Writer` immediately. If `false`, the output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.

#### WriterOutputStream

    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer,
                              Charset charset)

Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters. The output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`
  `charset` - the charset encoding

#### WriterOutputStream

    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer,
                              String charsetName,
                              int bufferSize,
                              boolean writeImmediately)

Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream`.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`
  `charsetName` - the name of the charset encoding
  `bufferSize` - the size of the output buffer in number of characters
  `writeImmediately` - If `true` the output buffer will be flushed after each write operation, i.e. all available data will be written to the underlying `Writer` immediately. If `false`, the output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.

#### WriterOutputStream

    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer,
                              String charsetName)

Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters. The output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`
  `charsetName` - the name of the charset encoding

#### WriterOutputStream

    @Deprecated
    public WriterOutputStream(Writer writer)

Deprecated. 2.5 use `WriterOutputStream(Writer, Charset)` instead
Constructs a new `WriterOutputStream` that uses the default character encoding and with a default output buffer size of 1024 characters. The output buffer will only be flushed when it overflows or when `flush()` or `close()` is called.

Parameters:
  `writer` - the target `Writer`

### Method Detail

#### write

    public void write(byte[] b,
                      int off,
                      int len)
               throws IOException

Write bytes from the specified byte array to the stream.

Overrides:
  `write` in class `OutputStream`
Parameters:
  `b` - the byte array containing the bytes to write
  `off` - the start offset in the byte array
  `len` - the number of bytes to write
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### write

    public void write(byte[] b)
               throws IOException

Write bytes from the specified byte array to the stream.

Overrides:
  `write` in class `OutputStream`
Parameters:
  `b` - the byte array containing the bytes to write
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### write

    public void write(int b)
               throws IOException

Write a single byte to the stream.

Specified by:
  `write` in class `OutputStream`
Parameters:
  `b` - the byte to write
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### flush

    public void flush()
               throws IOException

Flush the stream. Any remaining content accumulated in the output buffer will be written to the underlying `Writer`. After that `Writer.flush()` will be called.

Specified by:
  `flush` in interface `Flushable`
Overrides:
  `flush` in class `OutputStream`
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### close

    public void close()
               throws IOException

Close the stream. Any remaining content accumulated in the output buffer will be written to the underlying `Writer`. After that `Writer.close()` will be called.

Specified by:
  `close` in interface `Closeable`
Specified by:
  `close` in interface `AutoCloseable`
Overrides:
  `close` in class `OutputStream`
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs