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Class AsciiInputStreamReader

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.Reader
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        +--lava.io.AsciiInputStreamReader

public final class AsciiInputStreamReader

extends java.io.Reader

Converts byte stream to char stream without decoding.

Details: AsciiInputStreamReader converts a binary InputStream to a Reader. Each byte from the source InputStream is converted to a char. This class is useful for parsing streams that contain mixtures of ASCII and binary data.

Since:

1998.09.27

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

lock

Constructor Summary

AsciiInputStreamReader(java.io.InputStream in)
Initializes with InputStream.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this Reader.
int	read() Reads one byte.
int	read(char[] buff, int off, int len) Reads bytes from the input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader

mark, markSupported, read, ready, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AsciiInputStreamReader

public AsciiInputStreamReader(java.io.InputStream in)

Initializes with InputStream.

Details: This constructor initializes a new AsciiInputStreamReader with the given InputStream.

Parameters:

in - the InputStream

Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads one byte.

Details: read reads a single byte from the InputStream and returns it as a char.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.Reader

Returns:

the byte

read

public int read(char[] buff,
                int off,
                int len)
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads bytes from the input stream.

Details: read reads len bytes from the InputStream, converts them to chars, and stores them in buff, beginning at offset off. The return value is the number of bytes read and converted, or -1 if no bytes were read and the EOS was reached.

Overrides:

read in class java.io.Reader

Parameters:

buff - the destination buffer

off - the offset

len - the number of bytes to read

Returns:

the number of bytes read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes this Reader.

Details: close closes the source InputStream by calling it's close method.

Overrides:

close in class java.io.Reader

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs