This class is an InputStream that implements one half of a pipe and is useful for communication between threads. A PipedInputStream must be connected to a PipedOutputStream object, which may be specified when the PipedInputStream is created or with the connect( ) method. Data read from a PipedInputStream object is received from the PipedOutputStream to which it is connected. See InputStream for information on the low-level methods for reading data from a PipedInputStream. A FilterInputStream can provide a higher-level interface for reading data from a PipedInputStream.

Figure 9-45. java.io.PipedInputStream

public class PipedInputStream extends InputStream {
// Public Constructors
     public PipedInputStream( );  
     public PipedInputStream(PipedOutputStream src) throws IOException;  
// Protected Constants
1.1  protected static final int PIPE_SIZE;                           =1024
// Public Instance Methods
     public void connect(PipedOutputStream src) throws IOException;  
// Public Methods Overriding InputStream
     public int available( ) throws IOException;                    synchronized
     public void close( ) throws IOException;  
     public int read( ) throws IOException;                         synchronized
     public int read(byte[ ] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;     synchronized
// Protected Instance Methods
1.1  protected void receive(int b) throws IOException;              synchronized
// Protected Instance Fields
1.1  protected byte[ ] buffer;  
1.1  protected int in;  
1.1  protected int out;  
}

Passed To

PipedOutputStream.{connect( ), PipedOutputStream( )}