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public
interface
Readable
| java.lang.Readable |
A Readable is a source of characters. Characters from
a Readable are made available to callers of the read
method via a CharBuffer.
Public methods | |
|---|---|
abstract
int
|
read(CharBuffer cb)
Attempts to read characters into the specified character buffer. |
public abstract int read (CharBuffer cb)
Attempts to read characters into the specified character buffer. The buffer is used as a repository of characters as-is: the only changes made are the results of a put operation. No flipping or rewinding of the buffer is performed.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
cb |
CharBuffer: the buffer to read characters into |
| Returns | |
|---|---|
int |
The number of char values added to the buffer,
or -1 if this source of characters is at its end |
| Throws | |
|---|---|
IOException |
if an I/O error occurs |
NullPointerException |
if cb is null |
ReadOnlyBufferException |
if cb is a read only buffer |