InputStream versus FileInputStream

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From: Howard Weiner
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 00:00

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Hi,

Hope someone can answer this....

The definition for System.in is

               public static final InputStream in = new InputStream();

But, class InputStream is abstract. In fact, it is the intended superclass
of all derived input stream subclasses. Shouldn't the definition for
System.in be:

               public static final FileInputStream in = new
FileInputStream(0);

What am I missing here?

TIA.

HDW

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