FilterOutputStream.flush() has the following syntax.
public void flush() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use FilterOutputStream.flush() method.
/*from w w w .j a v a 2 s. co m*/ import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.FilterOutputStream; import java.io.OutputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream("C://test.txt"); FilterOutputStream fos = new FilterOutputStream(os); fos.write(65); // forces byte contents to written out to the stream fos.flush(); // create output streams FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("C://test.txt"); // read byte int i = fis.read(); // convert integer to characters char c = (char) i; System.out.print("Character read: " + c); fos.close(); fis.close(); } }