Buffering I/O

BufferTest.java

We can ignore buffering, we can write our own buffering, or we can simply wrap our streams in BufferedInputStream and BufferedOutputStream:

BufferedInputStream
+ BufferedInputStream( InputStream )
+ BufferedInputStream( InputStream, bufSize )
BufferedOutputStream
+ BufferedOutputStream( OutputStream )
+ BufferedOutputStream( OutputStream, bufSize )
Copying a massive file -- 2,957,286 bytes.
Here's the results with a 512-byte buffer: 
ignoreBuff:    39156 milliseconds
bufferWrap:      969 milliseconds
rollYourOwn:     453 milliseconds
No buffer takes FORTY seconds.
Unacceptable!
The computer has LOCKED UP!
Hit the RESET button! 
private static void ignoreBuff() throws IOException {
    InputStream  in  = new FileInputStream(INFILE);
    OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(OUTFILE);

    int b;
    while ((b = in.read()) != -1) {
        out.write(b);
    }
    
    in.close();
    out.close();
}

private static void bufferWrap() throws IOException {
    InputStream  in  = new BufferedInputStream(
                       new FileInputStream(INFILE));
    OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(
                       new FileOutputStream(OUTFILE));

    int b;
    while ((b = in.read()) != -1) {
        out.write(b);
    }
    
    in.close();
    out.close();
}

private static void rollYourOwn() throws IOException {
    InputStream  in  = new FileInputStream(INFILE);
    OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(OUTFILE);

    byte[] buf = new byte[512];
    int count;
    while ((count = in.read(buf)) >= 0) {
        out.write(buf, 0, count);
    }
    
    in.close();
    out.close();
}