/**
* the base class of the IO classes.
*
- * provides the functionality to read from a file desriptor and write to a file descriptor (which can be
+ * provides the functionality to read from a file descriptor and write to a file descriptor (which can be
* identical (like for socket io), but also can be different (like pipes from/to a process)).
* The data stream can be filtered through plugged filter objects which are building a filter chain.
* Incoming data is filtered forward through the chain; outgoing data is filtered backward through the chain.