Public Method available

int available()

Overrides:

• available in class InputStream

Throws:

• IOException

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

Example

   PipedOutputStream pos = new PipedOutputStream();
   PipedInputStream pis = new PipedInputStream(pos);

   byte[] b = {10,20};
   pos.write(b, 0, 2);
   if (pis.available() > 0)
      Console.println("read data: " + pis.read());

The available method checks if data can be read.