Module java.base
Package java.io

Interface Closeable

All Superinterfaces:
AutoCloseable
All Known Subinterfaces:
AsynchronousByteChannel, AsynchronousChannel, ByteChannel, Channel, DirectoryStream<T>, GatheringByteChannel, ImageInputStream, ImageOutputStream, InterruptibleChannel, JavaFileManager, JMXConnector, ModuleReader, MulticastChannel, NetworkChannel, ReadableByteChannel, RMIConnection, ScatteringByteChannel, SecureDirectoryStream<T>, SeekableByteChannel, StandardJavaFileManager, WatchService, WritableByteChannel
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractInterruptibleChannel, AbstractSelectableChannel, AbstractSelector, AsynchronousFileChannel, AsynchronousServerSocketChannel, AsynchronousSocketChannel, AudioInputStream, BufferedInputStream, BufferedOutputStream, BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, CharArrayReader, CharArrayWriter, CheckedInputStream, CheckedOutputStream, CipherInputStream, CipherOutputStream, DatagramChannel, DatagramSocket, DataInputStream, DataOutputStream, DeflaterInputStream, DeflaterOutputStream, DigestInputStream, DigestOutputStream, FileCacheImageInputStream, FileCacheImageOutputStream, FileChannel, FileImageInputStream, FileImageOutputStream, FileInputStream, FileOutputStream, FileReader, FileSystem, FileWriter, FilterInputStream, FilterOutputStream, FilterReader, FilterWriter, Formatter, ForwardingJavaFileManager, GZIPInputStream, GZIPOutputStream, ImageInputStreamImpl, ImageOutputStreamImpl, InflaterInputStream, InflaterOutputStream, InputStream, InputStreamReader, JarFile, JarInputStream, JarOutputStream, LineNumberInputStream, LineNumberReader, LogStream, MemoryCacheImageInputStream, MemoryCacheImageOutputStream, MLet, MulticastSocket, ObjectInputStream, ObjectOutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStreamWriter, Pipe.SinkChannel, Pipe.SourceChannel, PipedInputStream, PipedOutputStream, PipedReader, PipedWriter, PrintStream, PrintWriter, PrivateMLet, ProgressMonitorInputStream, PushbackInputStream, PushbackReader, RandomAccessFile, Reader, Recording, RecordingFile, RMIConnectionImpl, RMIConnectionImpl_Stub, RMIConnector, RMIJRMPServerImpl, RMIServerImpl, Scanner, SctpChannel, SctpMultiChannel, SctpServerChannel, SelectableChannel, Selector, SequenceInputStream, ServerSocket, ServerSocketChannel, Socket, SocketChannel, SSLServerSocket, SSLSocket, StringBufferInputStream, StringReader, StringWriter, URLClassLoader, Writer, ZipFile, ZipInputStream, ZipOutputStream
public interface Closeable extends AutoCloseable
A Closeable is a source or destination of data that can be closed. The close method is invoked to release resources that the object is holding (such as open files).
Since:
1.5