Java Stream Close closeStream(final InputStream stream)

Description

Closes the InputStream, catching the exception and returning false on failure.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
stream	InputStream to close; a null value will cause false to be returned

Return

true if successful, false if null or otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean closeStream(final InputStream stream) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w w  .j  ava2s.  c  om*/
 *  Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Brian Groenke
 *  All rights reserved.
 * 
 *  This file is part of the 2DX Graphics Library.
 *
 *  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the
 *  Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL 
 *  was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at 
 *  http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Closes the InputStream, catching the exception and returning false on
     * failure. In the case that stream is null, this method will quietly return
     * false.
     * 
     * @param stream
     *            InputStream to close; a null value will cause false to be
     *            returned
     * @return true if successful, false if null or otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean closeStream(final InputStream stream) {

        if (stream == null) {
            return false;
        }
        try {
            stream.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Closes the OutputStream, catching the exception and returning false on
     * failure. In the case that stream is null, this method will quietly return
     * false.
     * 
     * @param stream
     *            OutputStream to close; a null value will cause false to be
     *            returned
     * @return true if successful, false if null or otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean closeStream(final OutputStream stream) {

        if (stream == null) {
            return false;
        }
        try {
            stream.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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