Link: The reason to use a buffered stream in Java

The use of buffered streams in Java has come up a few times on ##java recently, so it might be worth reading something that one of the channel residents wrote up about the topic late last year: “The reason to use a buffered stream in Java.” Aside from being generally useful information, it actually has a test; the conclusion is that using a buffered stream is usually wise because it helps avoid system calls. The...

Oct 14, 2014   —  1 minute(s) read