public interface

Readable

java.lang.Readable
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Represents a sequence of characters that can be incrementally read (copied) into a CharBuffer.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract int read(CharBuffer cb)
Reads characters into the specified CharBuffer.

Public Methods

public abstract int read (CharBuffer cb)

Reads characters into the specified CharBuffer. The maximum number of characters read is CharBuffer.remaining().

Parameters
cb the buffer to be filled with characters read.
Returns
  • the number of characters actually read, or -1 if this Readable reaches its end
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs.