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## org.biojava.utils.io
Class InputStreamProvider

    java.lang.Object
      org.biojava.utils.io.InputStreamProvider

    public class InputStreamProvider

extends Object

A class that provides an InputStream from a File. The file can be compressed or uncompressed. Currently supported compressions:

- Gzip (extension .gz)
- Zip (extension .zip) in this case a stream to the first entry in the zip file is returned
- Jar (extension .jar) same as .Zip; only stream to first entry is returned
- Z (extension .Z) compressed using the unix compress command
- for any other extension, no compression is assumed

Since:
  1.5
Version:
  %I% %G%
Author:
  Andreas Prlic

Field Summary
`static int` | `GZIP_MAGIC` The magic number found at the start of a GZIP stream.

Constructor Summary
`InputStreamProvider()`

Method Summary
`InputStream` | `getInputStream(File f)` get an InputStream for the file
`InputStream` | `getInputStream(String pathToFile)` get an InputStream for this file

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

Field Detail

### GZIP_MAGIC

    public static final int GZIP_MAGIC

  The magic number found at the start of a GZIP stream.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### InputStreamProvider

    public InputStreamProvider()

Method Detail

### getInputStream

    public InputStream getInputStream(String pathToFile)
                               throws IOException

  get an InputStream for this file

  Parameters:
    `pathToFile` - the path of the file.
  Returns:
    an InputStream for the file located at the path.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### getInputStream

    public InputStream getInputStream(File f)
                               throws IOException

  get an InputStream for the file

  Parameters:
    `f` - a File
  Returns:
    an InputStream for the file
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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