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## java.io
Interface Flushable

All Known Subinterfaces:
  JavaFileManager, StandardJavaFileManager

All Known Implementing Classes:
  BufferedOutputStream, BufferedWriter, ByteArrayOutputStream, CharArrayWriter, CheckedOutputStream, CipherOutputStream, Console, DataOutputStream, DeflaterOutputStream, DigestOutputStream, FileOutputStream, FileWriter, FilterOutputStream, FilterWriter, Formatter, ForwardingJavaFileManager, GZIPOutputStream, InflaterOutputStream, JarOutputStream, LogStream, ObjectOutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStream, OutputStreamWriter, PipedOutputStream, PipedWriter, PrintStream, PrintWriter, StringWriter, Writer, ZipOutputStream

    public interface Flushable

A `Flushable` is a destination of data that can be flushed. The flush method is invoked to write any buffered output to the underlying stream.

Since:
  1.5

Method Summary
`void` | `flush()` Flushes this stream by writing any buffered output to the underlying stream.

Method Detail

### flush

    void flush()
               throws IOException

  Flushes this stream by writing any buffered output to the underlying stream.

  Throws:
    `IOException` - If an I/O error occurs

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