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Added in API level 1

public interface

Readable

java.lang.Readable

Known Indirect Subclasses

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

BufferedReader	Wraps an existing `Reader` and buffers the input.
CharArrayReader	A specialized `Reader` for reading the contents of a char array.
CharBuffer	A buffer of chars.
FileReader	A specialized `Reader` that reads from a file in the file system.
FilterReader	Wraps an existing `Reader` and performs some transformation on the input data while it is being read.
InputStreamReader	A class for turning a byte stream into a character stream.
LineNumberReader	Wraps an existing `Reader` and counts the line terminators encountered while reading the data.
PipedReader	Receives information on a communications pipe.
PushbackReader	Wraps an existing `Reader` and adds functionality to "push back" characters that have been read, so that they can be read again.
Reader	The base class for all readers.
StringReader	A specialized `Reader` that reads characters from a `String` in a sequential manner.

Class Overview

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

Summary

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

Public Methods

public abstract int read ( CharBuffer cb)

Added in API level 1

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

Parameters

cb	the buffer to be filled with characters read.

Returns

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

Throws

IOException	if an I/O error occurs.

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