Closing inputstreams in Java

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comatose picture comatose · Jun 29, 2012 · Viewed 9.5k times · Source

I have the following piece of code in a try/catch block

 InputStream inputstream = conn.getInputStream();
 InputStreamReader inputstreamreader = new  InputStreamReader(inputstream);
 BufferedReader bufferedreader = new BufferedReader(inputstreamreader);

My question is that when I have to close these streams in the finally block, do I have to close all the 3 streams or just closing the befferedreader will close all the other streams ?

Answer

casablanca picture casablanca · Jun 29, 2012

By convention, wrapper streams (which wrap existing streams) close the underlying stream when they are closed, so only have to close bufferedreader in your example. Also, it is usually harmless to close an already closed stream, so closing all 3 streams won't hurt.

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