InputStream

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http://download.oracle.com/javase/1....putStream.html

Direct Known Subclasses:
AudioInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream, FileInputStream, FilterInputStream, InputStream, ObjectInputStream, PipedInputStream, SequenceInputStream, StringBufferInputStream

Puedes crear tus propios InputStream o incluso a partir de una URL.

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1....ml#openStream()