What is the difference between Stream Reader and Stream Writer?
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Answer / sharat
StreamReader is designed for character input in a particular
encoding, whereas the Stream class is designed for byte
input and output. Use StreamReader for reading lines of
information from a standard text file.
StreamWriter is designed for character output in a
particular Encoding, whereas classes derived from Stream are
designed for byte input and output.
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Answer / aravindhan
StreamReader is designed for character input in a
particular encoding, whereas the Stream class is designed
for byte input and output. Use StreamReader for reading
lines of information from a standard text file.
Similarly StreamWriter in for writing into the standard file
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Answer / meera
there are only Reader or Writer in io stream in java, to
read and write the data in the form of bytes.
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Answer / prasanna
No, Readers and writers are used to read and write the data
as a character wise.
where as Streams ares used to read and write the data as a
binary wise
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