Package java.io
Class InputStreamReader

Public Method read

int read(char[] buf, int offset, int len)

Overrides:

Throws:

_INSERT_METHOD_SIGNATURE_HERE_

Description:

This method read characters into a portion of an array.

Example

   File file = new File("testFile");
   InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
   InputStreamReader inr = new InputStreamReader(in);

   char[] charBuff = new char[5];
   inr.read(charBuff,0,5);

The example above reads five bytes into a character array.