Package com.google.common.io

Class Closeables

java.lang.Object

com.google.common.io.Closeables

@GwtIncompatible
public final class Closeables
extends Object

Utility methods for working with Closeable objects.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Michael Lancaster

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	close(Closeable closeable, boolean swallowIOException)	Closes a Closeable, with control over whether an IOException may be thrown.
static void	closeQuietly(InputStream inputStream)	Closes the given InputStream, logging any IOException that's thrown rather than propagating it.
static void	closeQuietly(Reader reader)	Closes the given Reader, logging any IOException that's thrown rather than propagating it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

close

public static void close(@CheckForNull
                         Closeable closeable,
                         boolean swallowIOException)
                  throws IOException

Closes a Closeable, with control over whether an IOException may be thrown. This is primarily useful in a finally block, where a thrown exception needs to be logged but not propagated (otherwise the original exception will be lost).

If swallowIOException is true then we never throw IOException but merely log it.

Example:

 public void useStreamNicely() throws IOException {
   SomeStream stream = new SomeStream("foo");
   boolean threw = true;
   try {
     // ... code which does something with the stream ...
     threw = false;
   } finally {
     // If an exception occurs, rethrow it only if threw==false:
     Closeables.close(stream, threw);
   }
 }
 

Parameters:

closeable - the Closeable object to be closed, or null, in which case this method does nothing

swallowIOException - if true, don't propagate IO exceptions thrown by the close methods

Throws:

IOException - if swallowIOException is false and close throws an IOException.

closeQuietly

public static void closeQuietly(@CheckForNull
                                InputStream inputStream)

Closes the given InputStream, logging any IOException that's thrown rather than propagating it.

While it's not safe in the general case to ignore exceptions that are thrown when closing an I/O resource, it should generally be safe in the case of a resource that's being used only for reading, such as an InputStream. Unlike with writable resources, there's no chance that a failure that occurs when closing the stream indicates a meaningful problem such as a failure to flush all bytes to the underlying resource.

Parameters:

inputStream - the input stream to be closed, or null in which case this method does nothing

Since:

17.0

closeQuietly

public static void closeQuietly(@CheckForNull
                                Reader reader)

Closes the given Reader, logging any IOException that's thrown rather than propagating it.

While it's not safe in the general case to ignore exceptions that are thrown when closing an I/O resource, it should generally be safe in the case of a resource that's being used only for reading, such as a Reader. Unlike with writable resources, there's no chance that a failure that occurs when closing the reader indicates a meaningful problem such as a failure to flush all bytes to the underlying resource.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to be closed, or null in which case this method does nothing

Since:

17.0