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Class java.io.BufferedInputStream

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.io.InputStream
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           +----java.io.FilterInputStream
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                   +----java.io.BufferedInputStream

public class BufferedInputStream

extends FilterInputStream

buf

The buffer where data is stored.

count

The index one greater than the index of the last valid byte in the buffer.

marklimit

The maximum read ahead allowed after a call to the mark method before subsequent calls to the reset method fail.

markpos

The value of the pos field at the time the last mark method was called.

pos

The current position in the buffer.

BufferedInputStream(InputStream)

Creates a new buffered input stream to read data from the specified input stream with a default 512-byte buffer size.

BufferedInputStream(InputStream, int)

Creates a new buffered input stream to read data from the specified input stream with the specified buffer size.

available()

Returns the number of bytes that can be read from this input stream without blocking.

mark(int)

Marks the current position in this input stream.

markSupported()

Tests if this input stream supports the mark and reset methods.

read()

Reads the next byte of data from this buffered input stream.

read(byte[], int, int)

Reads bytes into a portion of an array.

reset()

Repositions this stream to the position at the time the mark method was last called on this input stream.

skip(long)

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from the input stream.

 protected byte buf[]

The buffer where data is stored.

 protected int count

The index one greater than the index of the last valid byte in the buffer.

 protected int pos

The current position in the buffer. This is the index of the next character to be read from the buf array.

See Also:

buf

 protected int markpos

The value of the pos field at the time the last mark method was called. The value of this field is -1 if there is no current mark.

See Also:

mark, pos

 protected int marklimit

The maximum read ahead allowed after a call to the mark method before subsequent calls to the reset method fail.

See Also:

mark, reset

 public BufferedInputStream(InputStream in)

Creates a new buffered input stream to read data from the specified input stream with a default 512-byte buffer size.

Parameters:

in - the underlying input stream.

 public BufferedInputStream(InputStream in,
                            int size)

Creates a new buffered input stream to read data from the specified input stream with the specified buffer size.

Parameters:

in - the underlying input stream.

size - the buffer size.

 public synchronized int read() throws IOException

Reads the next byte of data from this buffered input stream. The value byte is returned as an int in the range 0 to 255. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value -1 is returned. This method blocks until input data is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

The read method of BufferedInputStream returns the next byte of data from its buffer if the buffer is not empty. Otherwise, it refills the buffer from the underlying input stream and returns the next character, if the underlying stream has not returned an end-of-stream indicator.

Returns:

the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

read in class FilterInputStream

See Also:

in

 public synchronized int read(byte b[],
                              int off,
                              int len) throws IOException

Reads bytes into a portion of an array. This method will block until some input is available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.

If this stream's buffer is not empty, bytes are copied from it into the array argument. Otherwise, the buffer is refilled from the underlying input stream and, unless the stream returns an end-of-stream indication, the array argument is filled with characters from the newly-filled buffer.

As an optimization, if the buffer is empty, the mark is not valid, and len is at least as large as the buffer, then this method will read directly from the underlying stream into the given array. Thus redundant BufferedInputStreams will not copy data unnecessarily.

Parameters:

b - destination buffer.

off - offset at which to start storing bytes.

len - maximum number of bytes to read.

Returns:

the number of bytes read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

read in class FilterInputStream

 public synchronized long skip(long n) throws IOException

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from the input stream. The skip method may, for a variety of reasons, end up skipping over some smaller number of bytes, possibly zero. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.

The skip method of BufferedInputStream compares the number of bytes it has available in its buffer, k, where k = count - pos, with n. If n ≤ k, then the pos field is incremented by n. Otherwise, the pos field is incremented to have the value count, and the remaining bytes are skipped by calling the skip method on the underlying input stream, supplying the argument n - k.

Parameters:

n - the number of bytes to be skipped.

Returns:

the actual number of bytes skipped.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

skip in class FilterInputStream

 public synchronized int available() throws IOException

Returns the number of bytes that can be read from this input stream without blocking.

The available method of BufferedInputStream returns the sum of the the number of bytes remaining to be read in the buffer (count - pos) and the result of calling the available method of the underlying input stream.

Returns:

the number of bytes that can be read from this input stream without blocking.

Throws: IOException

if an I/O error occurs.

Overrides:

available in class FilterInputStream

See Also:

in

 public synchronized void mark(int readlimit)

Marks the current position in this input stream. A subsequent call to the reset method repositions the stream at the last marked position so that subsequent reads re-read the same bytes.

The readlimit argument tells the input stream to allow that many bytes to be read before the mark position gets invalidated.

Parameters:

readlimit - the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid.

Overrides:

mark in class FilterInputStream

See Also:

reset

 public synchronized void reset() throws IOException

Repositions this stream to the position at the time the mark method was last called on this input stream.

If the stream has not been marked, or if the mark has been invalidated, an IOException is thrown. Stream marks are intended to be used in situations where you need to read ahead a little to see what's in the stream. Often this is most easily done by invoking some general parser. If the stream is of the type handled by the parser, it just chugs along happily. If the stream is not of that type, the parser should toss an exception when it fails. If an exception gets tossed within readlimit bytes, the parser will allow the outer code to reset the stream and to try another parser.

Throws: IOException

if this stream has not been marked or if the mark has been invalidated.

Overrides:

reset in class FilterInputStream

See Also:

mark

 public boolean markSupported()

Tests if this input stream supports the mark and reset methods. The markSupported method of BufferedInputStream returns true.

Returns:

a boolean indicating if this stream type supports the mark and reset methods.

Overrides:

markSupported in class FilterInputStream

See Also:

mark, reset

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