Java Reader Copy copyLarge(Reader input, Writer output)

Description

Copy chars from a large (over 2GB) Reader to a Writer.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	the <code>Reader</code> to read from
output	the <code>Writer</code> to write to

Exception

Parameter	Description
NullPointerException	if the input or output is null
IOException	if an I/O error occurs

Return

the number of characters copied

Declaration

public static long copyLarge(Reader input, Writer output)
        throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import java.io.Reader;

import java.io.Writer;

public class Main {
    /**
     * The default buffer size to use.
     */
    private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 4;

    /**
     * Copy bytes from a large (over 2GB) <code>InputStream</code> to an
     * <code>OutputStream</code>.
     * <p>
     * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
     * <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
     * 
     * @param input  the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
     * @param output  the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
     * @return the number of bytes copied
     * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static long copyLarge(InputStream input, OutputStream output)
            throws IOException {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
        long count = 0;
        int n = 0;
        while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
            output.write(buffer, 0, n);
            count += n;
        }
        return count;
    }

    /**
     * Copy chars from a large (over 2GB) <code>Reader</code> to a <code>Writer</code>.
     * <p>
     * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a
     * <code>BufferedReader</code>.
     *
     * @param input  the <code>Reader</code> to read from
     * @param output  the <code>Writer</code> to write to
     * @return the number of characters copied
     * @throws NullPointerException if the input or output is null
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static long copyLarge(Reader input, Writer output)
            throws IOException {
        char[] buffer = new char[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
        long count = 0;
        int n = 0;
        while (-1 != (n = input.read(buffer))) {
            output.write(buffer, 0, n);
            count += n;
        }
        return count;
    }
}

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