Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output
Stream?

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Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / janet

The Reader/Writer class is character-oriented and the
InputStream/OutputStream class is byte-oriented.

Is This Answer Correct ?    168 Yes 7 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / ravikiran(aptech mumbai)

Reaer/writer belongs to the charecter stream
I/P and O/P belongs to the byte stream

Is This Answer Correct ?    75 Yes 15 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / rohit rajput

reader/writer support only cahracter and input/output
stream support only bytes input stram and the java reader
class has only one differnce and that is input stream only
support bytes and the reader class only supports the
character.

Is This Answer Correct ?    53 Yes 8 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / paletipatisrinu

These are IO streams but difference their
InputStream/OutputStreams class are byte-oriented
streams.this streams read and write in byte oriented.
InputStream/OutputStreams are never support unicode characters.

Reaer/writer class are belongs to the charecter stream
this streams read and write in character oriented Streams .
Reaer/writer are never supports unicode characters.

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Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / geetha

The reader/writer is character oriented, and the
input/output stream is byte oriented.

Is This Answer Correct ?    17 Yes 2 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / karan

The Reader/Writer class hierarchy is character-oriented, and
the Input Stream/Output Stream class hierarchy is byte-oriented.
Basically there are two types of streams.Byte streams that
are used to handle stream of bytes and character streams for
handling streams of characters.In byte streams input/output
streams are the abstract classes at the top of
hierarchy,while writer/reader are abstract classes at the
top of character streams hierarchy.

Is This Answer Correct ?    12 Yes 0 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / karpagam

reader and writer is related to character, and input and
output is related to byte.

Is This Answer Correct ?    12 Yes 1 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / ajaal kujaal

reader and writer belongs to cd drive where inputstream and
outputstream belongs to USB drive.

Is This Answer Correct ?    13 Yes 47 No

Difference between Reader/Writer and InputStream/Output Stream?..

Answer / vinay bhide

i think there is no difference

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 72 No

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