java.io
Class BufferedReader

public class BufferedReader
extends Reader
Read text from a character-input stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines.

The buffer size may be specified, or the default size may be used. The default is large enough for most purposes.

In general, each read request made of a Reader causes a corresponding read request to be made of the underlying character or byte stream. It is therefore advisable to wrap a BufferedReader around any Reader whose read() operations may be costly, such as FileReaders and InputStreamReaders. For example,

 BufferedReader in
   = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("foo.in"));
 
will buffer the input from the specified file. Without buffering, each invocation of read() or readLine() could cause bytes to be read from the file, converted into characters, and then returned, which can be very inefficient.

Programs that use DataInputStreams for textual input can be localized by replacing each DataInputStream with an appropriate BufferedReader.

Version:
1.27, 01/02/09
Author:
Mark Reinhold
Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
FileReader
InputStreamReader
Field Detail

skipLF

private boolean skipLF
If the next character is a line feed, skip it

markedSkipLF

private boolean markedSkipLF
The skipLF flag when the mark was set

Constructor Detail

BufferedReader

public BufferedReader(Reader in,
                      int sz)
Create a buffering character-input stream that uses an input buffer of the specified size.
Parameters:
in - A Reader
sz - Input-buffer size
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - If sz is <= 0

BufferedReader

public BufferedReader(Reader in)
Create a buffering character-input stream that uses a default-sized input buffer.
Parameters:
in - A Reader

Method Detail

ensureOpen

private void ensureOpen()
Check to make sure that the stream has not been closed

fill

private void fill()
Fill the input buffer, taking the mark into account if it is valid.

read

public int read()
Read a single character.
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

read1

private int read1(char[] cbuf,
                  int off,
                  int len)
Read characters into a portion of an array, reading from the underlying stream if necessary.

read

public int read(char[] cbuf,
                int off,
                int len)
Read characters into a portion of an array.

This method implements the general contract of the corresponding {@link Reader#read(char[], int, int) read} method of the {@link Reader} class. As an additional convenience, it attempts to read as many characters as possible by repeatedly invoking the read method of the underlying stream. This iterated read continues until one of the following conditions becomes true:

If the first read on the underlying stream returns -1 to indicate end-of-file then this method returns -1. Otherwise this method returns the number of characters actually read.

Subclasses of this class are encouraged, but not required, to attempt to read as many characters as possible in the same fashion.

Ordinarily this method takes characters from this stream's character buffer, filling it from the underlying stream as necessary. If, however, the buffer is empty, the mark is not valid, and the requested length is at least as large as the buffer, then this method will read characters directly from the underlying stream into the given array. Thus redundant BufferedReaders will not copy data unnecessarily.

Parameters:
cbuf - Destination buffer
off - Offset at which to start storing characters
len - Maximum number of characters to read
Returns:
The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

readLine

String readLine(boolean ignoreLF)
Read a line of text. A line is considered to be terminated by any one of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), or a carriage return followed immediately by a linefeed.
Parameters:
ignoreLF - If true, the next '\n' will be skipped
Returns:
A String containing the contents of the line, not including any line-termination characters, or null if the end of the stream has been reached
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs
See Also:
java.io.LineNumberReader#readLine()

readLine

public String readLine()
Read a line of text. A line is considered to be terminated by any one of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), or a carriage return followed immediately by a linefeed.
Returns:
A String containing the contents of the line, not including any line-termination characters, or null if the end of the stream has been reached
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

skip

public long skip(long n)
Skip characters.
Parameters:
n - The number of characters to skip
Returns:
The number of characters actually skipped
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - If n is negative.
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

ready

public boolean ready()
Tell whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying character stream is ready.
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

markSupported

public boolean markSupported()
Tell whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does.

mark

public void mark(int readAheadLimit)
Mark the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset() will attempt to reposition the stream to this point.
Parameters:
readAheadLimit - Limit on the number of characters that may be read while still preserving the mark. After reading this many characters, attempting to reset the stream may fail. A limit value larger than the size of the input buffer will cause a new buffer to be allocated whose size is no smaller than limit. Therefore large values should be used with care.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - If readAheadLimit is < 0 * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs

reset

public void reset()
Reset the stream to the most recent mark.
Throws:
IOException - If the stream has never been marked, or if the mark has been invalidated

close

public void close()
Close the stream.
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs