Here you can find the source of closeSilently(InputStream in)
public static void closeSilently(InputStream in)
//package com.java2s; /* ******************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Xerox Corporation, * 2002 Palo Alto Research Center, Incorporated (PARC). * All rights reserved. // w ww .ja v a 2 s . c o m * This program and the accompanying materials are made available * under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Xerox/PARC initial implementation * ******************************************************************/ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void closeSilently(InputStream in) { if (null != in) { try { in.close(); } catch (IOException e) { // do nothing } } } public static void closeSilently(Reader in) { if (null != in) { try { in.close(); } catch (IOException e) { // do nothing } } } /** * Close stream with the usual checks. * @param stream the InputStream to close - ignored if null * @return null if closed without IOException, message otherwise */ public static String close(Writer stream) { String result = null; if (null != stream) { try { stream.close(); } catch (IOException e) { result = e.getMessage(); } } return result; } }