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Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/io/InputStreamReader.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/io/InputStreamReader.java | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/InputStreamReader.java b/libjava/java/io/InputStreamReader.java index d01541d..05ed5fe 100644 --- a/libjava/java/io/InputStreamReader.java +++ b/libjava/java/io/InputStreamReader.java @@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class InputStreamReader extends Reader // Last available character (in work buffer) to read. int wcount; + /* + * This is the byte-character decoder class that does the reading and + * translation of bytes from the underlying stream. + */ BytesToUnicode converter; /** @@ -201,7 +205,20 @@ public class InputStreamReader extends Reader } } - public int read(char buf[], int offset, int length) throws IOException + /** + * This method reads up to <code>length</code> characters from the stream into + * the specified array starting at index <code>offset</code> into the + * array. + * + * @param buf The character array to recieve the data read + * @param offset The offset into the array to start storing characters + * @param length The requested number of characters to read. + * + * @return The actual number of characters read, or -1 if end of stream. + * + * @exception IOException If an error occurs + */ + public int read (char[] buf, int offset, int length) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { |