Reader (MsgBuf API 1.1.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReaderAdapter, StringR
```
public interface Reader
```
A character stream reader.
For compatibility with GWT, the native Java Reader implementation cannot be used.

See Also:

ReaderAdapter, StringR

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it.
`int`	`read()`	Reads a single character.
`int`	`read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)`	Reads characters into a portion of an array.

- Method Detail
  - read
```
int read()
  throws IOException
```
    Reads a single character.
    Subclasses that intend to support efficient single-character input should override this method.
    
    Returns:
    
    The character read, as an integer in the range 0 to 65535 (0x00-0xffff), or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - If an I/O error occurs
  - read
```
int read(char[] cbuf,
         int off,
         int len)
  throws IOException
```
    Reads characters into a portion of an array.
    
    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
  - close
```
void close()
    throws IOException
```
    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.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - If an I/O error occurs