Could you please advise what Java I/O Streams can be used for? Every of them which is in standard Java 5 or Java 6 I/O API. For example: FileReader and FileWriter are used for reading and writing files. StringReader and StringWriter are used for reading and writing strings in memory. ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream used for serialization. If you know there is somewhere such table please let me know.

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Is there a comprehensive list of Java I/O stream classes and what they're used for?

Could you please advise what Java I/O Streams can be used for? Every of them which is in standard Java 5 or Java 6 I/O API.

For example:

FileReader and FileWriter are used for reading and writing files.
StringReader and StringWriter are used for reading and writing strings in memory.
ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream used for serialization.

If you know there is somewhere such table please let me know.

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Java I/O Streams article in Java Reference, tables in section "Specialized Descendent Stream Classes"

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The javadocs for the java.io package would be a good place to start.

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The official Java tutorial has a whole chapter dedicated to streams:

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