All of Javas InputOutput IO facilities are based on streams which providesimple ways to read and write data of different types. Java provides manydifferent kind... » 

All of Javas InputOutput IO facilities are based on streams which providesimple ways to read and write data of different types. Java provides manydifferent kinds of streams each with its own application. The universe ofstreams is divided into four large categories input streams and outputstreams for reading and writing binary data and readers and writers forreading and writing textual character data. Youre almost certainly familiarwith the basic kinds of streamsbut did you know that theres aCipherInputStream for reading encrypted data? And a ZipOutputStream forautomatically compressing data? Do you know how to use buffered streamseffectively to make your IO operations more efficient? Java IO 2nd Editionhas been updated for Java 5.0 APIs and tells you all you ever need to knowabout streamsand probably more. A discussion of IO wouldnt be completewithout treatment of character sets and formatting. Java supports the Unicodestandard which provides definitions for the character sets of most writtenlanguages. Consequently Java is the first programming language that lets youdo IO in virtually any language. Java also provides a sophisticated model forformatting textual and numeric data. Java IO 2nd Edition shows you how tocontrol number formatting use characters aside from the standard butoutdated ASCII character set and get a head start on writing trulymultilingual software. Java IO 2nd Edition includes Coverage of all IO classes and related classes Indepth coverage of Javas number formattingfacilities and its support for international character sets «