Packages that use OutputStream

• Uses of OutputStream in java.awt.color

  Methods in java.awt.color with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	ICC_Profile.write(OutputStream s) Write this ICC_Profile to an OutputStream.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.beans

  Constructors in java.beans with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	XMLEncoder(OutputStream out) Creates a new XML encoder to write out JavaBeans to the stream out using an XML encoding.
  	XMLEncoder(OutputStream out, String charset, boolean declaration, int indentation) Creates a new XML encoder to write out JavaBeans to the stream out using the given charset starting from the given indentation.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.io

  Subclasses of in

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	BufferedOutputStream The class implements a buffered output stream.
  class	ByteArrayOutputStream This class implements an output stream in which the data is written into a byte array.
  class	DataOutputStream A data output stream lets an application write primitive Java data types to an output stream in a portable way.
  class	FileOutputStream A file output stream is an output stream for writing data to a File or to a FileDescriptor.
  class	FilterOutputStream This class is the superclass of all classes that filter output streams.
  class	ObjectOutputStream An ObjectOutputStream writes primitive data types and graphs of Java objects to an OutputStream.
  class	PipedOutputStream A piped output stream can be connected to a piped input stream to create a communications pipe.
  class	PrintStream A PrintStream adds functionality to another output stream, namely the ability to print representations of various data values conveniently.

  Fields in declared as

  Modifier and Type	Field and Description
  protected OutputStream	FilterOutputStream.out The underlying output stream to be filtered.

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	ByteArrayOutputStream.writeTo(OutputStream out) Writes the complete contents of this byte array output stream to the specified output stream argument, as if by calling the output stream's write method using out.write(buf, 0, count).

  Constructors in java.io with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new buffered output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream.
  	BufferedOutputStream(OutputStream out, int size) Creates a new buffered output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream with the specified buffer size.
  	DataOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new data output stream to write data to the specified underlying output stream.
  	FilterOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates an output stream filter built on top of the specified underlying output stream.
  	ObjectOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates an ObjectOutputStream that writes to the specified OutputStream.
  	OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out) Creates an OutputStreamWriter that uses the default character encoding.
  	OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out, Charset cs) Creates an OutputStreamWriter that uses the given charset.
  	OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out, CharsetEncoder enc) Creates an OutputStreamWriter that uses the given charset encoder.
  	OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out, String charsetName) Creates an OutputStreamWriter that uses the named charset.
  	PrintStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new print stream.
  	PrintStream(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush) Creates a new print stream.
  	PrintStream(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush, String encoding) Creates a new print stream.
  	PrintWriter(OutputStream out) Creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, from an existing OutputStream.
  	PrintWriter(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush) Creates a new PrintWriter from an existing OutputStream.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.lang

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	Runtime.getLocalizedOutputStream(OutputStream out) Deprecated.  As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to translate a Unicode character stream into a byte stream in the local encoding is via the OutputStreamWriter, BufferedWriter, and PrintWriter classes.
  abstract OutputStream	Process.getOutputStream() Returns the output stream connected to the normal input of the subprocess.

  Methods in java.lang with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	Runtime.getLocalizedOutputStream(OutputStream out) Deprecated.  As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to translate a Unicode character stream into a byte stream in the local encoding is via the OutputStreamWriter, BufferedWriter, and PrintWriter classes.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.net

  Methods in java.net that return OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract OutputStream	CacheRequest.getBody() Returns an OutputStream to which the response body can be written.
  OutputStream	Socket.getOutputStream() Returns an output stream for this socket.
  OutputStream	URLConnection.getOutputStream() Returns an output stream that writes to this connection.
  protected abstract OutputStream	SocketImpl.getOutputStream() Returns an output stream for this socket.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.nio.channels

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static OutputStream	Channels.newOutputStream(AsynchronousByteChannel ch) Constructs a stream that writes bytes to the given channel.
  static OutputStream	Channels.newOutputStream(WritableByteChannel ch) Constructs a stream that writes bytes to the given channel.

  Methods in java.nio.channels with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static WritableByteChannel	Channels.newChannel(OutputStream out) Constructs a channel that writes bytes to the given stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.nio.file

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static OutputStream	Files.newOutputStream(Path path, OpenOption... options) Opens or creates a file, returning an output stream that may be used to write bytes to the file.

  Methods in java.nio.file with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static long	Files.copy(Path source, OutputStream out) Copies all bytes from a file to an output stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.nio.file.spi

  Methods in java.nio.file.spi that return OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	FileSystemProvider.newOutputStream(Path path, OpenOption... options) Opens or creates a file, returning an output stream that may be used to write bytes to the file.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.rmi.server

  Subclasses of in

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	LogStream Deprecated.  no replacement

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	LogStream.getOutputStream() Deprecated.  no replacement

  Methods in java.rmi.server with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static void	RemoteServer.setLog(OutputStream out) Log RMI calls to the output stream out.
  void	LogStream.setOutputStream(OutputStream out) Deprecated.  no replacement

• Uses of OutputStream in java.security

  Subclasses of in

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	DigestOutputStream A transparent stream that updates the associated message digest using the bits going through the stream.

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	Certificate.encode(OutputStream stream) Deprecated.  Encodes the certificate to an output stream in a format that can be decoded by the decode method.
  abstract void	KeyStoreSpi.engineStore(OutputStream stream, char[] password) Stores this keystore to the given output stream, and protects its integrity with the given password.
  void	KeyStore.store(OutputStream stream, char[] password) Stores this keystore to the given output stream, and protects its integrity with the given password.

  Constructors in java.security with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	DigestOutputStream(OutputStream stream, MessageDigest digest) Creates a digest output stream, using the specified output stream and message digest.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.security.cert

  Methods in java.security.cert with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	Extension.encode(OutputStream out) Generates the extension's DER encoding and writes it to the output stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.sql

  Methods in java.sql that return OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	Clob.setAsciiStream(long pos) Retrieves a stream to be used to write Ascii characters to the CLOB value that this Clob object represents, starting at position pos.
  OutputStream	SQLXML.setBinaryStream() Retrieves a stream that can be used to write the XML value that this SQLXML instance represents.
  OutputStream	Blob.setBinaryStream(long pos) Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.util

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	Base64.Encoder.wrap(OutputStream os) Wraps an output stream for encoding byte data using the Base64 encoding scheme.

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	Properties.save(OutputStream out, String comments) Deprecated.  This method does not throw an IOException if an I/O error occurs while saving the property list. The preferred way to save a properties list is via the store(OutputStream out, String comments) method or the storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment) method.
  void	Properties.store(OutputStream out, String comments) Writes this property list (key and element pairs) in this Properties table to the output stream in a format suitable for loading into a Properties table using the load(InputStream) method.
  void	Properties.storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment) Emits an XML document representing all of the properties contained in this table.
  void	Properties.storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment, String encoding) Emits an XML document representing all of the properties contained in this table, using the specified encoding.
  OutputStream	Base64.Encoder.wrap(OutputStream os) Wraps an output stream for encoding byte data using the Base64 encoding scheme.

  Constructors in java.util with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	Formatter(OutputStream os) Constructs a new formatter with the specified output stream.
  	Formatter(OutputStream os, String csn) Constructs a new formatter with the specified output stream and charset.
  	Formatter(OutputStream os, String csn, Locale l) Constructs a new formatter with the specified output stream, charset, and locale.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.util.jar

  Subclasses of in

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	JarOutputStream The JarOutputStream class is used to write the contents of a JAR file to any output stream.

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	Pack200.Packer.pack(JarFile in, OutputStream out) Takes a JarFile and converts it into a Pack200 archive.
  void	Pack200.Packer.pack(JarInputStream in, OutputStream out) Takes a JarInputStream and converts it into a Pack200 archive.
  void	Manifest.write(OutputStream out) Writes the Manifest to the specified OutputStream.

  Constructors in java.util.jar with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	JarOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new JarOutputStream with no manifest.
  	JarOutputStream(OutputStream out, Manifest man) Creates a new JarOutputStream with the specified Manifest.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.util.logging

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  protected void	StreamHandler.setOutputStream(OutputStream out) Change the output stream.

  Constructors in java.util.logging with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	StreamHandler(OutputStream out, Formatter formatter) Create a StreamHandler with a given Formatter and output stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.util.prefs

  Methods in java.util.prefs with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	AbstractPreferences.exportNode(OutputStream os) Implements the exportNode method as per the specification in Preferences.exportNode(OutputStream).
  abstract void	Preferences.exportNode(OutputStream os) Emits on the specified output stream an XML document representing all of the preferences contained in this node (but not its descendants).
  void	AbstractPreferences.exportSubtree(OutputStream os) Implements the exportSubtree method as per the specification in Preferences.exportSubtree(OutputStream).
  abstract void	Preferences.exportSubtree(OutputStream os) Emits an XML document representing all of the preferences contained in this node and all of its descendants.

• Uses of OutputStream in java.util.zip

  Subclasses of in

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	CheckedOutputStream An output stream that also maintains a checksum of the data being written.
  class	DeflaterOutputStream This class implements an output stream filter for compressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
  class	GZIPOutputStream This class implements a stream filter for writing compressed data in the GZIP file format.
  class	InflaterOutputStream Implements an output stream filter for uncompressing data stored in the "deflate" compression format.
  class	ZipOutputStream This class implements an output stream filter for writing files in the ZIP file format.

  Constructors in java.util.zip with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	CheckedOutputStream(OutputStream out, Checksum cksum) Creates an output stream with the specified Checksum.
  	DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new output stream with a default compressor and buffer size.
  	DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, boolean syncFlush) Creates a new output stream with a default compressor, a default buffer size and the specified flush mode.
  	DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def) Creates a new output stream with the specified compressor and a default buffer size.
  	DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def, boolean syncFlush) Creates a new output stream with the specified compressor, flush mode and a default buffer size.
  	DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def, int size) Creates a new output stream with the specified compressor and buffer size.
  	DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def, int size, boolean syncFlush) Creates a new output stream with the specified compressor, buffer size and flush mode.
  	GZIPOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new output stream with a default buffer size.
  	GZIPOutputStream(OutputStream out, boolean syncFlush) Creates a new output stream with a default buffer size and the specified flush mode.
  	GZIPOutputStream(OutputStream out, int size) Creates a new output stream with the specified buffer size.
  	GZIPOutputStream(OutputStream out, int size, boolean syncFlush) Creates a new output stream with the specified buffer size and flush mode.
  	InflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new output stream with a default decompressor and buffer size.
  	InflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Inflater infl) Creates a new output stream with the specified decompressor and a default buffer size.
  	InflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Inflater infl, int bufLen) Creates a new output stream with the specified decompressor and buffer size.
  	ZipOutputStream(OutputStream out) Creates a new ZIP output stream.
  	ZipOutputStream(OutputStream out, Charset charset) Creates a new ZIP output stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.activation

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	DataSource.getOutputStream() This method returns an OutputStream where the data can be written and throws the appropriate exception if it can not do so.
  OutputStream	FileDataSource.getOutputStream() This method will return an OutputStream representing the the data and will throw an IOException if it can not do so.
  OutputStream	URLDataSource.getOutputStream() The getOutputStream method from the URL.
  OutputStream	DataHandler.getOutputStream() Get an OutputStream for this DataHandler to allow overwriting the underlying data.

  Methods in javax.activation with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	DataContentHandler.writeTo(Object obj, String mimeType, OutputStream os) Convert the object to a byte stream of the specified MIME type and write it to the output stream.
  void	DataHandler.writeTo(OutputStream os) Write the data to an OutputStream.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.crypto

  Subclasses of in

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	CipherOutputStream A CipherOutputStream is composed of an OutputStream and a Cipher so that write() methods first process the data before writing them out to the underlying OutputStream.

  Constructors in javax.crypto with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	CipherOutputStream(OutputStream os) Constructs a CipherOutputStream from an OutputStream without specifying a Cipher.
  	CipherOutputStream(OutputStream os, Cipher c) Constructs a CipherOutputStream from an OutputStream and a Cipher.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.imageio

  Methods in javax.imageio with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static boolean	ImageIO.write(RenderedImage im, String formatName, OutputStream output) Writes an image using an arbitrary ImageWriter that supports the given format to an OutputStream.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.imageio.stream

  Constructors in javax.imageio.stream with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	FileCacheImageOutputStream(OutputStream stream, File cacheDir) Constructs a FileCacheImageOutputStream that will write to a given outputStream.
  	MemoryCacheImageOutputStream(OutputStream stream) Constructs a MemoryCacheImageOutputStream that will write to a given OutputStream.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.print

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	StreamPrintService.getOutputStream() Gets the output stream.

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract StreamPrintService	StreamPrintServiceFactory.getPrintService(OutputStream out) Returns a StreamPrintService that can print to the specified output stream.

  Constructors in javax.print with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	StreamPrintService(OutputStream out) Constructs a StreamPrintService object.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.sound.midi

  Methods in javax.sound.midi with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static int	MidiSystem.write(Sequence in, int fileType, OutputStream out) Writes a stream of bytes representing a file of the MIDI file type indicated to the output stream provided.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.sound.midi.spi

  Methods in javax.sound.midi.spi with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract int	MidiFileWriter.write(Sequence in, int fileType, OutputStream out) Writes a stream of bytes representing a MIDI file of the file type indicated to the output stream provided.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.sound.sampled

  Methods in javax.sound.sampled with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static int	AudioSystem.write(AudioInputStream stream, AudioFileFormat.Type fileType, OutputStream out) Writes a stream of bytes representing an audio file of the specified file type to the output stream provided.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.sound.sampled.spi

  Methods in javax.sound.sampled.spi with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract int	AudioFileWriter.write(AudioInputStream stream, AudioFileFormat.Type fileType, OutputStream out) Writes a stream of bytes representing an audio file of the file type indicated to the output stream provided.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.sql.rowset

  Methods in javax.sql.rowset with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	WebRowSet.writeXml(OutputStream oStream) Writes the data, properties, and metadata for this WebRowSet object to the given OutputStream object in XML format.
  void	WebRowSet.writeXml(ResultSet rs, OutputStream oStream) Populates this WebRowSet object with the contents of the given ResultSet object and writes its data, properties, and metadata to the given OutputStream object in XML format.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.sql.rowset.serial

  Methods in javax.sql.rowset.serial that return OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	SerialClob.setAsciiStream(long pos) Retrieves a stream to be used to write Ascii characters to the CLOB value that this SerialClob object represents, starting at position pos.
  OutputStream	SerialBlob.setBinaryStream(long pos) Retrieves a stream that can be used to write to the BLOB value that this Blob object represents.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.swing.text

  Methods in javax.swing.text with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract void	EditorKit.write(OutputStream out, Document doc, int pos, int len) Writes content from a document to the given stream in a format appropriate for this kind of content handler.
  void	DefaultEditorKit.write(OutputStream out, Document doc, int pos, int len) Writes content from a document to the given stream in a format appropriate for this kind of content handler.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.swing.text.rtf

  Methods in javax.swing.text.rtf with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	RTFEditorKit.write(OutputStream out, Document doc, int pos, int len) Write content from a document to the given stream in a format appropriate for this kind of content handler.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.tools

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	ForwardingFileObject.openOutputStream()
  OutputStream	SimpleJavaFileObject.openOutputStream() This implementation always throws UnsupportedOperationException.
  OutputStream	FileObject.openOutputStream() Gets an OutputStream for this file object.

  Methods in javax.tools with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  int	Tool.run(InputStream in, OutputStream out, OutputStream err, String... arguments) Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.bind

  Methods in javax.xml.bind with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	Marshaller.marshal(Object jaxbElement, OutputStream os) Marshal the content tree rooted at jaxbElement into an output stream.
  static void	JAXB.marshal(Object jaxbObject, OutputStream xml) Writes a Java object tree to XML and store it to the specified location.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.bind.helpers

  Methods in javax.xml.bind.helpers with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	AbstractMarshallerImpl.marshal(Object obj, OutputStream os)

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.crypto.dsig

  Methods in javax.xml.crypto.dsig with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  Data	Transform.transform(Data data, XMLCryptoContext context, OutputStream os) Transforms the specified data using the underlying transform algorithm.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.soap

  Methods in javax.xml.soap with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract void	SOAPMessage.writeTo(OutputStream out) Writes this SOAPMessage object to the given output stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.stream

  Methods in javax.xml.stream with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract XMLEventWriter	XMLOutputFactory.createXMLEventWriter(OutputStream stream) Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a stream
  abstract XMLEventWriter	XMLOutputFactory.createXMLEventWriter(OutputStream stream, String encoding) Create a new XMLEventWriter that writes to a stream
  abstract XMLStreamWriter	XMLOutputFactory.createXMLStreamWriter(OutputStream stream) Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a stream
  abstract XMLStreamWriter	XMLOutputFactory.createXMLStreamWriter(OutputStream stream, String encoding) Create a new XMLStreamWriter that writes to a stream

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.transform.stream

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	StreamResult.getOutputStream() Get the byte stream that was set with setOutputStream.

  Methods in with parameters of type

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	StreamResult.setOutputStream(OutputStream outputStream) Set the ByteStream that is to be written to.

  Constructors in javax.xml.transform.stream with parameters of type OutputStream

  Constructor and Description
  	StreamResult(OutputStream outputStream) Construct a StreamResult from a byte stream.

• Uses of OutputStream in javax.xml.ws.spi.http

  Methods in javax.xml.ws.spi.http that return OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  abstract OutputStream	HttpExchange.getResponseBody() Returns a stream to which the response body must be written.

• Uses of OutputStream in org.ietf.jgss

  Methods in org.ietf.jgss with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	GSSContext.acceptSecContext(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outStream) Called by the context acceptor to process a token from the peer using streams.
  void	GSSContext.getMIC(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outStream, MessageProp msgProp) Uses streams to produce a token containing a cryptographic MIC for the supplied message, for transfer to the peer application.
  int	GSSContext.initSecContext(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outStream) Called by the context initiator to start the context creation phase and process any tokens generated by the peer's acceptSecContext method using streams.
  void	GSSContext.unwrap(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outStream, MessageProp msgProp) Uses streams to process tokens generated by the wrap method on the other side of the context.
  void	GSSContext.wrap(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outStream, MessageProp msgProp) Applies per-message security services over the established security context using streams.

• Uses of OutputStream in org.omg.CORBA.portable

  Subclasses of OutputStream in org.omg.CORBA.portable

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  class	OutputStream OuputStream is the Java API for writing IDL types to CDR marshal streams.

• Uses of OutputStream in org.w3c.dom.ls

  Methods in that return

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  OutputStream	LSOutput.getByteStream() An attribute of a language and binding dependent type that represents a writable stream of bytes.

  Methods in org.w3c.dom.ls with parameters of type OutputStream

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	LSOutput.setByteStream(OutputStream byteStream) An attribute of a language and binding dependent type that represents a writable stream of bytes.