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HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></DL> </PRE> <P> Utility methods for working with <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io"><CODE>Closeable</CODE></A> objects. <P> <P> <DL> <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> <DD>2009.09.15 <b>tentative</b></DD> <DT><B>Author:</B></DT> <DD>Michael Lancaster</DD> </DL> <HR> <P> <!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> <A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/io/Closeables.html#close(java.io.Closeable, boolean)">close</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Closeable</A> closeable, boolean swallowIOException)</CODE> <BR> Closes a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io"><CODE>Closeable</CODE></A>, with control over whether an <code>IOException</code> may be thrown.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/io/Closeables.html#closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable)">closeQuietly</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Closeable</A> closeable)</CODE> <BR> Equivalent to calling <code>close(closeable, true)</code>, but with no IOException in the signature.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notify()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notify</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notifyAll()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notifyAll</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait()" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A></CODE></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> <A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="close(java.io.Closeable, boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3> close</H3> <PRE> public static void <B>close</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Closeable</A> closeable, boolean swallowIOException) throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE> <DL> <DD>Closes a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io"><CODE>Closeable</CODE></A>, with control over whether an <code>IOException</code> may be thrown. This is primarily useful in a finally block, where a thrown exception needs to be logged but not propagated (otherwise the original exception will be lost). <p>If <code>swallowIOException</code> is true then we never throw <code>IOException</code> but merely log it. <p>Example: <p><pre>public void useStreamNicely() throws IOException { SomeStream stream = new SomeStream("foo"); boolean threw = true; try { // Some code which does something with the Stream. May throw a // Throwable. threw = false; // No throwable thrown. } finally { // Close the stream. // If an exception occurs, only rethrow it if (threw==false). Closeables.close(stream, threw); } </pre> <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>closeable</CODE> - the <code>Closeable</code> object to be closed, or null, in which case this method does nothing<DD><CODE>swallowIOException</CODE> - if true, don't propagate IO exceptions thrown by the <code>close</code> methods <DT><B>Throws:</B> <DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - if <code>swallowIOException</code> is false and <code>close</code> throws an <code>IOException</code>.</DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="closeQuietly(java.io.Closeable)"><!-- --></A><H3> closeQuietly</H3> <PRE> public static void <B>closeQuietly</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Closeable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Closeable</A> closeable)</PRE> <DL> <DD>Equivalent to calling <code>close(closeable, true)</code>, but with no IOException in the signature. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>closeable</CODE> - the <code>Closeable</code> object to be closed, or null, in which case this method does nothing</DL> </DD> </DL> <!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> <HR> <!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> <A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> <A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/Closeables.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> </EM> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/io/CharStreams.html" title="class in com.google.common.io"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/io/CountingInputStream.html" title="class in com.google.common.io"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> <A HREF="../../../../index.html?com/google/common/io/Closeables.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> <A HREF="Closeables.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> <!-- if(window==top) { document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); } //--> </SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT> <A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> </NOSCRIPT> </FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> <TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> <!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> <HR> </BODY> </HTML>