# Apache Commons IO 2.11.0 API

Packages
Package | Description
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org.apache.commons.io | This package defines utility classes for working with streams, readers, writers and files.
org.apache.commons.io.comparator | This package provides various `Comparator` implementations for `File`s.
org.apache.commons.io.file | This package provides extensions in the realm of java.nio.file.
org.apache.commons.io.file.spi | This package provides extensions in the realm of java.nio.file.spi.
org.apache.commons.io.filefilter | This package defines an interface (IOFileFilter) that combines both `FileFilter` and `FilenameFilter`.
org.apache.commons.io.function | This package defines IO-only related functional interfaces for lambda expressions and method references.
org.apache.commons.io.input | This package provides implementations of input classes, such as `InputStream` and `Reader`.
org.apache.commons.io.input.buffer | This package provides implementations of buffered input classes, such as `CircularBufferInputStream` and `PeekableInputStream`.
org.apache.commons.io.monitor | This package provides a component for monitoring file system events (directory and file create, update and delete events).
org.apache.commons.io.output | This package provides implementations of output classes, such as `OutputStream` and `Writer`.
org.apache.commons.io.serialization | This package provides a framework for controlling the deserialization of classes.

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