NoCloseInputStream.java

// Copyright 2001, FreeHEP.
package org.freehep.util.io;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * The NoCloseInputStream ignores the close so that one can keep reading from
 * the underlying stream.
 * 
 * @author Mark Donszelmann
 * @version $Id: NoCloseInputStream.java,v 1.3 2008-05-04 12:21:18 murkle Exp $
 */
public class NoCloseInputStream extends BufferedInputStream {

	/**
	 * Creates a No Close Input Stream.
	 * 
	 * @param stream
	 *            stream to read from
	 */
	public NoCloseInputStream(InputStream stream) {
		super(stream);
	}

	/**
	 * Creates a No Close Input Stream.
	 * 
	 * @param stream
	 *            stream to read from
	 * @param size
	 *            buffer size
	 */
	public NoCloseInputStream(InputStream stream, int size) {
		super(stream, size);
	}

	@Override
	public void close() throws IOException {
	}

	/**
	 * Close this stream (the normal close is ignored).
	 * 
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if close fails
	 */
	public void realClose() throws IOException {
		super.close();
	}

}