Readable

java.lang.Readable

Known Indirect Subclasses

BufferedReader, CharArrayReader, CharBuffer, FileReader, FilterReader, InputStreamReader, LineNumberReader, PipedReader, PushbackReader, Reader, StringReader

Class Overview

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

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

Added in API level 1

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

cb	the buffer to be filled with characters read.

the number of characters actually read, or -1 if this Readable reaches its end

IOException	if an I/O error occurs.