java如何理解输入输出流_java的输入流、输出流怎么理解?

import java.net.*;

import java.io.*;

public class URLConnDemo

{

public static void main(String [] args)

{

try

{

URL url = new URL("http://www.xxx.com");

URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();

HttpURLConnection connection = null;

if(urlConnection instanceof HttpURLConnection)

{

connection = (HttpURLConnection) urlConnection;

}

else

{

System.out.println("请输入 URL 地址");

return;

}

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(

new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));

String urlString = "";

String current;

while((current = in.readLine()) != null)

{

urlString += current;

}

System.out.println(urlString);

}catch(IOException e)

{

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

从这段代码来看，请求一个url并把内容读取出来显示，但是为什么这里用到getInputStream，应该不是getOutStream 输出吗？