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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package java.io;
+
+import java.nio.CharBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods for copying data between a {@link InputStream} and
+ * {@link OutputStream} or between a {@link Readable} and a {@link Appendable}.
+ */
+public final class IOUtil {
+
+    // buffer size used for reading and writing
+    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
+
+    private IOUtil() {
+        throw new Error("no instances");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads all bytes from an input stream and writes them to an output stream.
+     *
+     * @param source the input stream to read from
+     * @param target the output stream to write to
+     *
+     * @return the number of bytes successfully read and written
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs when reading or writing
+     */
+    public static long copy(InputStream source, OutputStream target)
+            throws IOException {
+        long totalRead = 0L;
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
+        int read;
+        while ((read = source.read(buffer)) > -1) {
+            target.write(buffer, 0, read);
+            totalRead += read;
+        }
+        return totalRead;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads all characters from an readable and writes them to an appendable.
+     *
+     * @param source the readable to read from
+     * @param target the appendable to write to
+     *
+     * @return the number of characters successfully read and written
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs when reading or writing
+     */
+    public static long copy(Readable source, Appendable target) throws IOException {
+        long totalRead = 0L;
+        CharBuffer buffer = CharBuffer.allocate(BUFFER_SIZE);
+        int read;
+        while ((read = source.read(buffer)) > -1) {
+	    buffer.flip();
+            target.append(buffer, 0, read);
+            totalRead += read;
+        }
+        return totalRead;
+    }
+}