The java.I/O package contains nearly every class you might ever need to perform input and output (I/O) in Java. All these streams represent an input source and an output destination. The stream in the java.io package supports many data such as primitives, Object, localized characters, etc.
I/O Streams
A stream is a communication channel that a program has with the outside world.
It is used to transfer data items in succession.
An Input/Output (I/O) Stream represents an input source or an output
destination. A stream can represent many different kinds of sources and
destinations, including disk files, devices, other programs, and memory arrays.
Streams support many different kinds of data, including simple bytes, primitive
data types, localized characters, and objects. Some streams simply pass on data;
others manipulate and transform the data in useful ways.
No matter how they work internally, all streams present the same simple model to
programs that use them: A stream is a sequence of data.