ca.gorman.io
Class BinaryFileReader

java.lang.Object
  java.io.Reader
      ca.gorman.io.BinaryFileReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Readable

public class BinaryFileReader
extends Reader

Convenience class for reading characters from a File without translation from a Charset.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

lock

Constructor Summary

BinaryFileReader(File file)
Construct on a File.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the stream.
int	read() Read a single character.
int	read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) Read characters.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader

mark, markSupported, read, read, ready, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BinaryFileReader

public BinaryFileReader(File file)
                 throws IOException

Construct on a File.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if file is null

IOException

Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws IOException

Read a single character.

Overrides:

read in class Reader

Returns:

an int that contains the character in the low 16-bits.

Throws:

EOFException - if the file ends in the middle of a character

IOException

read

public int read(char[] cbuf,
                int off,
                int len)
         throws IOException

Read characters.

Specified by:

read in class Reader

Parameters:

cbuf - characters to read

off - offset to first character

len - number to read

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if off, len, or their sum have values that would identify characters outside the bounds of the array.

NullPointerException - if cbuf is null

EOFException - if the file ends in the middle of a character

IOException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the stream. Any subsequent invocations of this method will be ignored, but subsequent invocations of read methods will throw an IOException.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in class Reader

Throws:

IOException