Compare the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not. : OutputStream « File Input Output « Java

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Java » File Input Output » OutputStreamScreenshots 
Compare the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not.
  
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import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
/** * Origin of code: Apache Avalon (Excalibur)
 
 @author Peter Donald
 @author Jeff Turner
 @author Matthew Hawthorne
 @author Stephen Colebourne
 @author Gareth Davis
 @version CVS $Revision$ $Date$*/
public class Main {
  /**
   * Compare the contents of two Streams to determine if they are equal or not.
   * <p>
   * This method buffers the input internally using <code>BufferedInputStream</code> if they are
   * not already buffered.
   
   @param input1
   *            the first stream
   @param input2
   *            the second stream
   @return true if the content of the streams are equal or they both don't exist, false
   *         otherwise
   @throws NullPointerException
   *             if either input is null
   @throws IOException
   *             if an I/O error occurs
   */
  public static boolean contentEquals(InputStream input1, InputStream input2throws IOException
  {
    if (!(input1 instanceof BufferedInputStream))
    {
      input1 = new BufferedInputStream(input1);
    }
    if (!(input2 instanceof BufferedInputStream))
    {
      input2 = new BufferedInputStream(input2);
    }

    int ch = input1.read();
    while (-!= ch)
    {
      int ch2 = input2.read();
      if (ch != ch2)
      {
        return false;
      }
      ch = input1.read();
    }

    int ch2 = input2.read();
    return (ch2 == -1);
  }
}

   
    
  
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