Java Stream Close closeResource(final Closeable aResource)

Description

Closes a given resource.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aResource	the resource to close, can be <code>null</code>, it might already be closed.

Return

true if the close operation succeeded, false if it is unsure whether it succeeded.

Declaration

public static final boolean closeResource(final Closeable aResource) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* ww  w.  j a v  a 2s . c om*/
 * OpenBench LogicSniffer / SUMP project
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
 * your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
 *
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 - J.W. Janssen, http://www.lxtreme.nl
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Closes a given resource.
     * <p>
     * If the given resource also implements the {@link Flushable} interface, the
     * resource is flushed before being closed.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param aResource
     *          the resource to close, can be <code>null</code>, it might already
     *          be closed.
     * @return <code>true</code> if the close operation succeeded,
     *         <code>false</code> if it is unsure whether it succeeded.
     */
    public static final boolean closeResource(final Closeable aResource) {
        boolean result = false;
        if (aResource != null) {
            try {
                if (aResource instanceof Flushable) {
                    ((Flushable) aResource).flush();
                }
            } catch (IOException exception) {
                // Ignore...
            } finally {
                try {
                    aResource.close();
                    // Indicate success...
                    result = true;
                } catch (IOException exception) {
                    // Ignore...
                }
            }

        }
        return result;
    }
}

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