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     17 package org.apache.commons.io.output;
     18 
     19 import java.io.IOException;
     20 import java.io.OutputStream;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * Closed output stream. This stream throws an exception on all attempts to
     24  * write something to the stream.
     25  * <p>
     26  * Typically uses of this class include testing for corner cases in methods
     27  * that accept an output stream and acting as a sentinel value instead of
     28  * a <code>null</code> output stream.
     29  *
     30  * @version $Id: ClosedOutputStream.java 601751 2007-12-06 14:55:45Z niallp $
     31  * @since Commons IO 1.4
     32  */
     33 public class ClosedOutputStream extends OutputStream {
     34 
     35     /**
     36      * A singleton.
     37      */
     38     public static final ClosedOutputStream CLOSED_OUTPUT_STREAM = new ClosedOutputStream();
     39 
     40     /**
     41      * Throws an {@link IOException} to indicate that the stream is closed.
     42      *
     43      * @param b ignored
     44      * @throws IOException always thrown
     45      */
     46     public void write(int b) throws IOException {
     47         throw new IOException("write(" + b + ") failed: stream is closed");
     48     }
     49 
     50 }
     51