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Readable.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1209 Fri Aug 26 14:57:04 BST 2005 java.lang

Readable

public interface Readable

A Readable is a source of characters. Characters from a Readable are made available to callers of the read method via a {@link java.nio.CharBuffer CharBuffer}.

version: 1.3 03/12/19
since: 1.5

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public int read(java.nio.CharBuffer cb)
Attempts to read characters into the specified character buffer. The buffer is used as a repository of characters as-is: the only changes made are the results of a put operation. No flipping or rewinding of the buffer is performed.
param
cb the buffer to read characters into
return
@return The number of char values added to the buffer, or -1 if this source of characters is at its end
throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs
throws
NullPointerException if cb is null
throws
ReadOnlyBufferException if cb is a read only buffer