java.io
class CharArrayReader

java.lang.Object java.io.Reader java.io.CharArrayReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Readable

public class CharArrayReader
extends Reader

This class implements a character buffer that can be used as a character-input stream.

See Also (auto-generated):

BufferedReader

DataOutputStream

FileInputStream

buf

protected char[] buf

The character buffer.

count

protected int count

The index of the end of this buffer. There is not valid data at or beyond this index.

markedPos

protected int markedPos

The position of mark in buffer.

pos

protected int pos

The current buffer position.

CharArrayReader

public CharArrayReader(char[] buf)

Creates a CharArrayReader from the specified array of chars.

Parameters:

buf - Input buffer (not copied)

CharArrayReader

public CharArrayReader(char[] buf,
                       int offset,
                       int length)

Creates a CharArrayReader from the specified array of chars.

The resulting reader will start reading at the given offset. The total number of char values that can be read from this reader will be either length or buf.length-offset, whichever is smaller.

Parameters:

buf - Input buffer (not copied)

offset - Offset of the first char to read

length - Number of chars to read

close

public void close()

Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it. Once the stream has been closed, further read(), ready(), mark(), reset(), or skip() invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a previously closed stream has no effect.

Overrides:

close in class Reader

mark

public void mark(int readAheadLimit)
          throws IOException

Marks the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset() will reposition the stream to this point.

Overrides:

mark in class Reader

Parameters:

readAheadLimit - Limit on the number of characters that may be read while still preserving the mark. Because the stream's input comes from a character array, there is no actual limit; hence this argument is ignored.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

markSupported

public boolean markSupported()

Tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does.

Overrides:

markSupported in class Reader

read

public int read()
         throws IOException

Reads a single character.

Overrides:

read in class Reader

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

read

public int read(char[] b,
                int off,
                int len)
         throws IOException

Reads characters into a portion of an array.

Overrides:

read in class Reader

Parameters:

b - Destination buffer

off - Offset at which to start storing characters

len - Maximum number of characters to read

Returns:

The actual number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

ready

public boolean ready()
              throws IOException

Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. Character-array readers are always ready to be read.

Overrides:

ready in class Reader

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

reset

public void reset()
           throws IOException

Resets the stream to the most recent mark, or to the beginning if it has never been marked.

Overrides:

reset in class Reader

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

skip

public long skip(long n)
          throws IOException

Skips characters. Returns the number of characters that were skipped.

The n parameter may be negative, even though the skip method of the {@link Reader} superclass throws an exception in this case. If n is negative, then this method does nothing and returns 0.

Overrides:

skip in class Reader

Parameters:

n - The number of characters to skip

Returns:

The number of characters actually skipped

Throws:

IOException - If the stream is closed, or an I/O error occurs