<stream>

Open abstract class

Summary

The superclass of all stream classes.

Superclasses

<object>

Init-keywords

outer-stream:

The name of the stream wrapping the stream. Default value: the stream itself (that is, the stream is not wrapped).

Library

io

Module

streams

Description

The superclass of all stream classes and a direct subclass of <object>. It is not instantiable.

The outer-stream: init-keyword should be used to delegate a task to its wrapper stream. See Section 5.8.1 on page 53 for more information.

Operations

close discard-input discard-output force-output
new-line outer-stream outer-stream-setter
peek read read-element read-into! read-line
read-line-into! read-through read-to read-to-end
skip-through stream-at-end? stream-element-type
stream-input-available? stream-lock
stream-lock-setter stream-open? synchronize-output
write write-element

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System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000