Class InputStreamReader

public class InputStreamReader
extends Reader

An InputStreamReader is a bridge from byte streams to character streams: It reads bytes and decodes them into characters using a specified charset. The charset that it uses may be specified by name or may be given explicitly, or the platform's default charset may be accepted.

Each invocation of one of an InputStreamReader's read() methods may cause one or more bytes to be read from the underlying byte-input stream. To enable the efficient conversion of bytes to characters, more bytes may be read ahead from the underlying stream than are necessary to satisfy the current read operation.

For top efficiency, consider wrapping an InputStreamReader within a BufferedReader. For example:

BufferedReader in
   = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

Constructors

InputStreamReader

public InputStreamReader(InputStream in)

Creates an InputStreamReader that uses the default charset.

Parameters:

in - An InputStream

InputStreamReader

public InputStreamReader(InputStream in,
                         String charsetName)
                  throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Creates an InputStreamReader that uses the named charset.

Parameters:

in - An InputStream

charsetName - The name of a supported charset

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - If the named charset is not supported

InputStreamReader

public InputStreamReader(InputStream in,
                         Charset cs)

Creates an InputStreamReader that uses the given charset.

Parameters:

in - An InputStream

cs - A charset

Since:

1.4

InputStreamReader

public InputStreamReader(InputStream in,
                         CharsetDecoder dec)

Creates an InputStreamReader that uses the given charset decoder.

Parameters:

in - An InputStream

dec - A charset decoder

Since:

1.4

Methods

getEncoding

public String getEncoding()

Returns:

The historical name of this encoding, or null if the stream has been closed

See Also:

Charset

read

public int read()
         throws IOException

Reads a single character.

Overrides:

read in class Reader

Returns:

The character read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

read

public int read(char[] cbuf,
                int offset,
                int length)
         throws IOException

Reads characters into a portion of an array.

Specified by:

read in class Reader

Parameters:

cbuf - Destination buffer

offset - Offset at which to start storing characters

length - 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

ready

public boolean ready()
              throws IOException

Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. An InputStreamReader is ready if its input buffer is not empty, or if bytes are available to be read from the underlying byte stream.

Overrides:

ready in class Reader

Returns:

True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Description copied from class: Reader

Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it. Once the stream has been closed, further read(), ready(), mark(), reset(), or skip() invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a previously closed stream has no effect.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in class Reader

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs