Description

FileOutputStream is for writing to a file; BufferOutputStream writes to a buffer; You can create one and pass it to any of the table writers, for example.

Factory

The $create() factory methods instantiate the OutputStream object and take the following arguments, depending on the subclass:

• path For FileOutputStream, a character file name

• initial_capacity For BufferOutputStream, the size in bytes of the buffer.

Methods

• $tell(): return the position in the stream

• $close(): close the stream

• $write(x): send x to the stream

• $capacity(): for BufferOutputStream

• $finish(): for BufferOutputStream

• $GetExtentBytesWritten(): for MockOutputStream, report how many bytes were sent.