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## java.io
Class SequenceInputStream

    java.lang.Object
      java.io.InputStream
          java.io.SequenceInputStream

public class SequenceInputStream
extends InputStream

A `SequenceInputStream` represents the logical concatenation of other input streams. It starts out with an ordered collection of input streams and reads from the first one until end of file is reached, whereupon it reads from the second one, and so on, until end of file is reached on the last of the contained input streams.

Since:
  JDK1.0

Constructor Summary
`SequenceInputStream(Enumeration e)` Initializes a newly created `SequenceInputStream` by remembering the argument, which must be an `Enumeration` that produces objects whose run-time type is `InputStream`.
`SequenceInputStream(InputStream s1, InputStream s2)` Initializes a newly created `SequenceInputStream` by remembering the two arguments, which will be read in order, first `s1` and then `s2`, to provide the bytes to be read from this `SequenceInputStream`.

Method Summary
`int` | `available()` Returns the number of bytes available on the current stream.
`void` | `close()` Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.
`int` | `read()` Reads the next byte of data from this input stream.
`int` | `read(byte[] b, int off, int len)` Reads up to `len` bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes.

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream
`mark, markSupported, read, reset, skip`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### SequenceInputStream

    public SequenceInputStream(Enumeration e)

  Initializes a newly created `SequenceInputStream` by remembering the argument, which must be an `Enumeration` that produces objects whose run-time type is `InputStream`. The input streams that are produced by the enumeration will be read, in order, to provide the bytes to be read from this `SequenceInputStream`. After each input stream from the enumeration is exhausted, it is closed by calling its `close` method.

Parameters:
  `e` - an enumeration of input streams.
See Also:
  `Enumeration`

### SequenceInputStream

    public SequenceInputStream(InputStream s1,
                               InputStream s2)

  Initializes a newly created `SequenceInputStream` by remembering the two arguments, which will be read in order, first `s1` and then `s2`, to provide the bytes to be read from this `SequenceInputStream`.

Parameters:
  `s1` - the first input stream to read.
  `s2` - the second input stream to read.

Method Detail

### available

    public int available()
                  throws IOException

  Returns the number of bytes available on the current stream.

  Overrides:
    `available` in class `InputStream`
  Returns:
    the number of bytes that can be read from this input stream without blocking.
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs.
  Since:
    JDK1.1

### read

    public int read()
             throws IOException

  Reads the next byte of data from this input stream. The byte is returned as an `int` in the range `0` to `255`. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value `-1` is returned. This method blocks until input data is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

  This method tries to read one character from the current substream. If it reaches the end of the stream, it calls the `close` method of the current substream and begins reading from the next substream.

  Specified by:
    `read` in class `InputStream`
  Returns:
    the next byte of data, or `-1` if the end of the stream is reached.
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs.

### read

    public int read(byte[] b,
                    int off,
                    int len)
             throws IOException

  Reads up to `len` bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes. This method blocks until at least 1 byte of input is available. If the first argument is `null`, up to `len` bytes are read and discarded.

  The `read` method of `SequenceInputStream` tries to read the data from the current substream. If it fails to read any characters because the substream has reached the end of the stream, it calls the `close` method of the current substream and begins reading from the next substream.

  Overrides:
    `read` in class `InputStream`
  Parameters:
    `b` - the buffer into which the data is read.
    `off` - the start offset of the data.
    `len` - the maximum number of bytes read.
  Returns:
    int the number of bytes read.
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs.
  See Also:
    `InputStream.read()`

### close

    public void close()
               throws IOException

  Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream. A closed `SequenceInputStream` cannot perform input operations and cannot be reopened.

  If this stream was created from an enumeration, all remaining elements are requested from the enumeration and closed before the `close` method returns. of `InputStream` .

  Overrides:
    `close` in class `InputStream`
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs.

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