src/org/apache/commons/io/output/ClosedOutputStream.java

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package org.apache.commons.io.output;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Closed output stream. This stream throws an exception on all attempts to
 * write something to the stream.
 * <p>
 * Typically uses of this class include testing for corner cases in methods
 * that accept an output stream and acting as a sentinel value instead of
 * a <code>null</code> output stream.
 *
 * @version $Id: ClosedOutputStream.java 601751 2007-12-06 14:55:45Z niallp $
 * @since Commons IO 1.4
 */
public class ClosedOutputStream extends OutputStream {
    
    /**
     * A singleton.
     */
    public static final ClosedOutputStream CLOSED_OUTPUT_STREAM = new ClosedOutputStream();

    /**
     * Throws an {@link IOException} to indicate that the stream is closed.
     *
     * @param b ignored
     * @throws IOException always thrown
     */
    public void write(int b) throws IOException {
        throw new IOException("write(" + b + ") failed: stream is closed");
    }

}