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A StraightStreamReader is a bridge from byte streams to character streams

  
/*
 * An InputStreamReader that does no character encoding translations.
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Stephen Ostermiller
 * http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * See COPYING.TXT for details.
 */

import java.io.*;
/**
 * A StraightStreamReader is a bridge from byte streams to character streams: It reads bytes
 * and translates them into characters without using a character encoding.  The characters
 * that a StraightStreamReader returns may not be valid Unicode characters but they are
 * guaranteed to be in the 0x00 to 0xFF range.
 * More information about this class is available from .
 * <P>
 * Most of the time you want to do character encoding translation when translating bytes to
 * characters.  If you are planning on displaying the text, you should always do this and should
 * use an InputStreamReader for the purpose.  Sometimes it is useful to treat characters as bytes
 * with some extra bits.  In these cases you would want to use a StraightStreamReader.
 * <P>
 * For top efficiency, consider wrapping an StraightStreamReader within a BufferedReader. For example:<br>
 * <code>BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new StraightStreamReader(System.in));</code>
 *
 * @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
 * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
 */
public class StraightStreamReader extends Reader{
  /**
   * The input stream from which all methods in this class read.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  private InputStream in;
  /**
   * A byte array to be used for calls to the InputStream.  This
   * is cached as a class variable to avoid object creation and
   * deletion each time a read is called.  This buffer may be
   * null and may not be large enough.  Make sure to check i
   * before using it.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  private byte[] buffer;
  /**
   * Create a StraightStreamReader from an InputStream
   *
   * @param in InputStream to wrap a Reader around.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  public StraightStreamReader(InputStream in) {
    this.in = in;
  }
  /**
   * Close the stream.
   *
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public void close() throws IOException {
    in.close();
  }
  /**
   * Mark the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset()
   * will attempt to reposition the stream to this point. Not all
   * character-input streams support the mark() operation.
   *
   * @param readAheadLimit Limit on the number of characters that may be read
   *    while still preserving the mark. After reading this many characters,
   *    attempting to reset the stream may fail.
   * @throws IOException If the stream does not support mark(), or if some other I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException {
    in.mark(readAheadLimit);
  }
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream supports the mark() operation.
   *
   * @return true if and only if this stream supports the mark operation.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public boolean markSupported(){
    return in.markSupported();
  }
  /**
   * Read a single character. This method will block until a character is available, an
   * I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   *
   * @return The character read, as an integer in the range 0 to 256 (0x00-0xff), or -1 if
   *    the end of the stream has been reached
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public int read() throws IOException {
    return in.read();
  }
  /**
   * Read characters into an array. This method will block until some input is available,
   * an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   *
   * @param cbuf Destination buffer
   * @return The number of bytes read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public int read(char[] cbuf) throws IOException {
    return read(cbuf, 0, cbuf.length);
  }
  /**
   * Read characters into an array. This method will block until some input is available,
   * an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   *
   * @param cbuf Destination buffer
   * @param off Offset at which to start storing characters
   * @param len Maximum number of characters to read
   * @return The number of bytes read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
    // ensure the capacity of the buffer that we will be using
    // to read from the input stream
    if (buffer == null || buffer.length < len){
      buffer = new byte[len];
    }
    // read from the input stream and copy it to the character array
    int length = in.read(buffer, 0, len);
    for (int i=0; i<length; i++){
      cbuf[off+i] = (char)(0xFF & buffer[i]);
    }
    return length;
  }
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream is ready to be read.
   *
   * @return True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise.
   *    Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public boolean ready() throws IOException {
    return (in.available() > 0);
  }
  /**
   * Reset the stream. If the stream has been marked, then attempt to reposition it at the mark.
   * If the stream has not been marked, then attempt to reset it in some way appropriate to the
   * particular stream, for example by repositioning it to its starting point. Not all
   * character-input streams support the reset() operation, and some support reset()
   * without supporting mark().
   *
   * @throws IOException If the stream has not been marked, or if the mark has been invalidated,
   *    or if the stream does not support reset(), or if some other I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public void reset() throws IOException {
    in.reset();
  }
  /**
   * Skip characters. This method will block until some characters are available,
   * an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   *
   * @param n The number of characters to skip
   * @return The number of characters actually skipped
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException If n is negative
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
   */
  @Override public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
    return in.skip(n);
  }
}





A word counting utility with FileReader.

    
import java.io.FileReader;
class WordCount {
  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
    int words = 0;
    int lines = 0;
    int chars = 0;
    FileReader fr = new FileReader("yourFile.txt");
    int c = 0;
    boolean lastWhite = true;
    String whiteSpace = " \t\n\r";
    while ((c = fr.read()) != -1) {
      chars++;
      if (c == "\n") {
        lines++;
      }
      int index = whiteSpace.indexOf(c);
      if (index == -1) {
        if (lastWhite == true) {
          ++words;
        }
        lastWhite = false;
      } else {
        lastWhite = true;
      }
    }
    if (chars != 0) {
      ++lines;
    }
  }
}





Compare the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not.

  
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
/** * Origin of code: Apache Avalon (Excalibur)
 * 
 * @author Peter Donald
 * @author Jeff Turner
 * @author Matthew Hawthorne
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Gareth Davis
 * @version CVS $Revision$ $Date$*/
public class Main {
  /**
   * Compare the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not.
   * <p>
   * This method buffers the input internally using <code>BufferedReader</code> if they are not
   * already buffered.
   * 
   * @param input1
   *            the first reader
   * @param input2
   *            the second reader
   * @return true if the content of the readers are equal or they both don"t exist, false
   *         otherwise
   * @throws NullPointerException
   *             if either input is null
   * @throws IOException
   *             if an I/O error occurs
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean contentEquals(Reader input1, Reader input2) throws IOException
  {
    if (!(input1 instanceof BufferedReader))
    {
      input1 = new BufferedReader(input1);
    }
    if (!(input2 instanceof BufferedReader))
    {
      input2 = new BufferedReader(input2);
    }
    int ch = input1.read();
    while (-1 != ch)
    {
      int ch2 = input2.read();
      if (ch != ch2)
      {
        return false;
      }
      ch = input1.read();
    }
    int ch2 = input2.read();
    return (ch2 == -1);
  }
}





File Locking

   
// : c12:FileLocking.java
// {Clean: file.txt}
// From "Thinking in Java, 3rd ed." (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.ru. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
public class FileLocking {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("file.txt");
    FileLock fl = fos.getChannel().tryLock();
    if (fl != null) {
      System.out.println("Locked File");
      Thread.sleep(100);
      fl.release();
      System.out.println("Released Lock");
    }
    fos.close();
  }
} ///:~





Getting channels from streams

   
// : c12:GetChannel.java
// Getting channels from streams
// {Clean: data.txt}
// From "Thinking in Java, 3rd ed." (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.ru. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
public class GetChannel {
  private static final int BSIZE = 1024;
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // Write a file:
    FileChannel fc = new FileOutputStream("data.txt").getChannel();
    fc.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("Some text ".getBytes()));
    fc.close();
    // Add to the end of the file:
    fc = new RandomAccessFile("data.txt", "rw").getChannel();
    fc.position(fc.size()); // Move to the end
    fc.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("Some more".getBytes()));
    fc.close();
    // Read the file:
    fc = new FileInputStream("data.txt").getChannel();
    ByteBuffer buff = ByteBuffer.allocate(BSIZE);
    fc.read(buff);
    buff.flip();
    while (buff.hasRemaining())
      System.out.print((char) buff.get());
  }
} ///:~





Indent - prepend leading spaces

   
/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS""
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
 * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun"s Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun"s, and James Gosling"s,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
/**
 * Indent - prepend leading spaces
 * 
 * @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/
 * @version $Id: Indent.java,v 1.3 2004/02/09 03:34:03 ian Exp $
 */
public class Indent {
  /** the default number of spaces. */
  static int nSpaces = 10;
  public static void main(String[] av) {
    Indent c = new Indent();
    switch (av.length) {
    case 0:
      c.process(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)));
      break;
    default:
      for (int i = 0; i < av.length; i++)
        try {
          c.process(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(av[i])));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
          System.err.println(e);
        }
    }
  }
  /** print one file, given an open BufferedReader */
  public void process(BufferedReader is) {
    try {
      String inputLine;
      //+
      while ((inputLine = is.readLine()) != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < nSpaces; i++)
          System.out.print(" ");
        System.out.println(inputLine);
      }
      //-
      is.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("IOException: " + e);
    }
  }
}





Loading text from a file

   
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    File f = new File("C:\\test.txt");
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(f);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    String eachLine = br.readLine();
    while (eachLine != null) {
      sb.append(eachLine);
      sb.append("\n");
      eachLine = br.readLine();
    }
    System.out.println(sb.toString());
  }
}





Open File By Name

   
/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS""
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
 * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun"s Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun"s, and James Gosling"s,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */

import java.io.*;
public class OpenFileByName {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("myFile.txt"));
    BufferedOutputStream bytesOut = new BufferedOutputStream(
      new FileOutputStream("bytes.dat"));
    // Code here to read from is, write to bytesOut
    bytesOut.close();
  }
}





Read a file and print, using BufferedReader and System.out

   
/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS""
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
 * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun"s Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun"s, and James Gosling"s,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
/**
 * Read a file and print, using BufferedReader and System.out
 */
public class CatFile {
  public static void main(String[] av) {
    CatFile c = new CatFile();
    if (av.length == 0)
      c.process(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)));
    else
      for (int i = 0; i < av.length; i++)
        try {
          c.process(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(av[i])));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
          System.err.println(e);
        }
  }
  /** print one file, given an open BufferedReader */
  public void process(BufferedReader is) {
    try {
      String inputLine;
      while ((inputLine = is.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(inputLine);
      }
      is.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("IOException: " + e);
    }
  }
}





Read a file containing an offset, and a String at that offset

   
/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS""
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
 * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
 * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
 * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun"s Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun"s, and James Gosling"s,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
/**
 * Read a file containing an offset, and a String at that offset.
 * 
 * @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.ru/
 * @version $Id: ReadRandom.java,v 1.6 2004/03/07 17:30:35 ian Exp $
 */
public class RandomRead {
  final static String FILENAME = "random.dat";
  protected String fileName;
  protected RandomAccessFile seeker;
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {
    RandomRead r = new RandomRead(FILENAME);
    System.out.println("Offset is " + r.readOffset());
    System.out.println("Message is \"" + r.readMessage() + "\".");
  }
  /** Constructor: save filename, construct RandomAccessFile */
  public RandomRead(String fname) throws IOException {
    fileName = fname;
    seeker = new RandomAccessFile(fname, "r");
  }
  /** Read the Offset field, defined to be at location 0 in the file. */
  public int readOffset() throws IOException {
    seeker.seek(0); // move to very beginning
    return seeker.readInt(); // and read the offset
  }
  /** Read the message at the given offset */
  public String readMessage() throws IOException {
    seeker.seek(readOffset()); // move to the offset
    return seeker.readLine(); // and read the String
  }
}





Read and return the entire contents of the supplied Reader. This method always closes the reader when finished reading.

  
/*
 * JBoss DNA (http://www.jboss.org/dna)
 * See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  Some portions may be licensed
 * to Red Hat, Inc. under one or more contributor license agreements.
 * See the AUTHORS.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of 
 * individual contributors. 
 *
 * JBoss DNA is free software. Unless otherwise indicated, all code in JBoss DNA
 * is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * JBoss DNA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
/**
 * @author Randall Hauch
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Read and return the entire contents of the supplied {@link Reader}. This method always closes the reader when finished
   * reading.
   * 
   * @param reader the reader of the contents; may be null
   * @return the contents, or an empty string if the supplied reader is null
   * @throws IOException if there is an error reading the content
   */
  public static String read( Reader reader ) throws IOException {
      if (reader == null) return "";
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      boolean error = false;
      try {
          int numRead = 0;
          char[] buffer = new char[1024];
          while ((numRead = reader.read(buffer)) > -1) {
              sb.append(buffer, 0, numRead);
          }
      } catch (IOException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing reader
          throw e;
      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing reader
          throw e;
      } finally {
          try {
              reader.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
              if (!error) throw e;
          }
      }
      return sb.toString();
  }
}





Reader for the ISO-8859-1 encoding.

  
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
/**
 * <p>
 * Reader for the ISO-8859-1 encoding.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @xerces.internal
 * 
 * @author Michael Glavassevich, IBM
 * 
 * @version $Id: Latin1Reader.java 446716 2006-09-15 20:28:48Z mrglavas $
 */
public class Latin1Reader extends Reader {
  //
  // Constants
  //
  /** Default byte buffer size (2048). */
  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
  //
  // Data
  //
  /** Input stream. */
  protected final InputStream fInputStream;
  /** Byte buffer. */
  protected final byte[] fBuffer;
  //
  // Constructors
  //
  /**
   * Constructs an ISO-8859-1 reader from the specified input stream using the
   * default buffer size.
   * 
   * @param inputStream
   *          The input stream.
   */
  public Latin1Reader(InputStream inputStream) {
    this(inputStream, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
  } // <init>(InputStream)
  /**
   * Constructs an ISO-8859-1 reader from the specified input stream and buffer
   * size.
   * 
   * @param inputStream
   *          The input stream.
   * @param size
   *          The initial buffer size.
   */
  public Latin1Reader(InputStream inputStream, int size) {
    this(inputStream, new byte[size]);
  } // <init>(InputStream, int)
  /**
   * Constructs an ISO-8859-1 reader from the specified input stream and buffer.
   * 
   * @param inputStream
   *          The input stream.
   * @param buffer
   *          The byte buffer.
   */
  public Latin1Reader(InputStream inputStream, byte[] buffer) {
    fInputStream = inputStream;
    fBuffer = buffer;
  } // <init>(InputStream, byte[])
  //
  // Reader methods
  //
  /**
   * Read a single character. This method will block until a character is
   * available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   * 
   * <p>
   * Subclasses that intend to support efficient single-character input should
   * override this method.
   * 
   * @return The character read, as an integer in the range 0 to 255 (<tt>0x00-0xff</tt>),
   *         or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public int read() throws IOException {
    return fInputStream.read();
  } // read():int
  /**
   * Read characters into a portion of an array. This method will block until
   * some input is available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is
   * reached.
   * 
   * @param ch
   *          Destination buffer
   * @param offset
   *          Offset at which to start storing characters
   * @param length
   *          Maximum number of characters to read
   * 
   * @return The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has
   *         been reached
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public int read(char ch[], int offset, int length) throws IOException {
    if (length > fBuffer.length) {
      length = fBuffer.length;
    }
    int count = fInputStream.read(fBuffer, 0, length);
    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
      ch[offset + i] = (char) (fBuffer[i] & 0xff);
    }
    return count;
  } // read(char[],int,int)
  /**
   * Skip characters. This method will block until some characters are
   * available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   * 
   * @param n
   *          The number of characters to skip
   * 
   * @return The number of characters actually skipped
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
    return fInputStream.skip(n);
  } // skip(long):long
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream is ready to be read.
   * 
   * @return True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false
   *         otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the
   *         next read will block.
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public boolean ready() throws IOException {
    return false;
  } // ready()
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream supports the mark() operation.
   */
  public boolean markSupported() {
    return fInputStream.markSupported();
  } // markSupported()
  /**
   * Mark the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset() will
   * attempt to reposition the stream to this point. Not all character-input
   * streams support the mark() operation.
   * 
   * @param readAheadLimit
   *          Limit on the number of characters that may be read while still
   *          preserving the mark. After reading this many characters,
   *          attempting to reset the stream may fail.
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If the stream does not support mark(), or if some other I/O
   *              error occurs
   */
  public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException {
    fInputStream.mark(readAheadLimit);
  } // mark(int)
  /**
   * Reset the stream. If the stream has been marked, then attempt to reposition
   * it at the mark. If the stream has not been marked, then attempt to reset it
   * in some way appropriate to the particular stream, for example by
   * repositioning it to its starting point. Not all character-input streams
   * support the reset() operation, and some support reset() without supporting
   * mark().
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If the stream has not been marked, or if the mark has been
   *              invalidated, or if the stream does not support reset(), or if
   *              some other I/O error occurs
   */
  public void reset() throws IOException {
    fInputStream.reset();
  } // reset()
  /**
   * Close the stream. Once a stream has been closed, further read(), ready(),
   * mark(), or reset() invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a
   * previously-closed stream, however, has no effect.
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public void close() throws IOException {
    fInputStream.close();
  } // close()
} // class Latin1Reader





Reader for UCS-2 and UCS-4 encodings. (i.e., encodings from ISO-10646-UCS-(2|4)).

  
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
/**
 * Reader for UCS-2 and UCS-4 encodings. (i.e., encodings from
 * ISO-10646-UCS-(2|4)).
 * 
 * @xerces.internal
 * 
 * @author Neil Graham, IBM
 * 
 * @version $Id: UCSReader.java 449317 2006-09-23 22:12:30Z mrglavas $
 */
public class UCSReader extends Reader {
  //
  // Constants
  //
  /**
   * Default byte buffer size (8192, larger than that of ASCIIReader since it"s
   * reasonable to surmise that the average UCS-4-encoded file should be 4 times
   * as large as the average ASCII-encoded file).
   */
  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
  public static final short UCS2LE = 1;
  public static final short UCS2BE = 2;
  public static final short UCS4LE = 4;
  public static final short UCS4BE = 8;
  //
  // Data
  //
  /** Input stream. */
  protected final InputStream fInputStream;
  /** Byte buffer. */
  protected final byte[] fBuffer;
  // what kind of data we"re dealing with
  protected final short fEncoding;
  //
  // Constructors
  //
  /**
   * Constructs a UCS reader from the specified input stream using the default
   * buffer size. The Endian-ness and whether this is UCS-2 or UCS-4 needs also
   * to be known in advance.
   * 
   * @param inputStream
   *          The input stream.
   * @param encoding
   *          One of UCS2LE, UCS2BE, UCS4LE or UCS4BE.
   */
  public UCSReader(InputStream inputStream, short encoding) {
    this(inputStream, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, encoding);
  } // <init>(InputStream, short)
  /**
   * Constructs a UCS reader from the specified input stream and buffer size.
   * The Endian-ness and whether this is UCS-2 or UCS-4 needs also to be known
   * in advance.
   * 
   * @param inputStream
   *          The input stream.
   * @param size
   *          The initial buffer size.
   * @param encoding
   *          One of UCS2LE, UCS2BE, UCS4LE or UCS4BE.
   */
  public UCSReader(InputStream inputStream, int size, short encoding) {
    this(inputStream, new byte[size], encoding);
  } // <init>(InputStream,int,short)
  /**
   * Constructs a UCS reader from the specified input stream and buffer. The
   * Endian-ness and whether this is UCS-2 or UCS-4 needs also to be known in
   * advance.
   * 
   * @param inputStream
   *          The input stream.
   * @param buffer
   *          The byte buffer.
   * @param encoding
   *          One of UCS2LE, UCS2BE, UCS4LE or UCS4BE.
   */
  public UCSReader(InputStream inputStream, byte[] buffer, short encoding) {
    fInputStream = inputStream;
    fBuffer = buffer;
    fEncoding = encoding;
  } // <init>(InputStream,int,short)
  //
  // Reader methods
  //
  /**
   * Read a single character. This method will block until a character is
   * available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   * 
   * <p>
   * Subclasses that intend to support efficient single-character input should
   * override this method.
   * 
   * @return The character read, as an integer in the range 0 to 127 (<tt>0x00-0x7f</tt>),
   *         or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public int read() throws IOException {
    int b0 = fInputStream.read() & 0xff;
    if (b0 == 0xff) {
      return -1;
    }
    int b1 = fInputStream.read() & 0xff;
    if (b1 == 0xff) {
      return -1;
    }
    // UCS-4
    if (fEncoding >= 4) {
      int b2 = fInputStream.read() & 0xff;
      if (b2 == 0xff) {
        return -1;
      }
      int b3 = fInputStream.read() & 0xff;
      if (b3 == 0xff) {
        return -1;
      }
      if (fEncoding == UCS4BE) {
        return (b0 << 24) + (b1 << 16) + (b2 << 8) + b3;
      }
      return (b3 << 24) + (b2 << 16) + (b1 << 8) + b0;
    }
    // UCS-2
    if (fEncoding == UCS2BE) {
      return (b0 << 8) + b1;
    }
    return (b1 << 8) + b0;
  } // read():int
  /**
   * Read characters into a portion of an array. This method will block until
   * some input is available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is
   * reached.
   * 
   * @param ch
   *          Destination buffer
   * @param offset
   *          Offset at which to start storing characters
   * @param length
   *          Maximum number of characters to read
   * 
   * @return The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has
   *         been reached
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public int read(char ch[], int offset, int length) throws IOException {
    int byteLength = length << ((fEncoding >= 4) ? 2 : 1);
    if (byteLength > fBuffer.length) {
      byteLength = fBuffer.length;
    }
    int count = fInputStream.read(fBuffer, 0, byteLength);
    if (count == -1)
      return -1;
    // try and make count be a multiple of the number of bytes we"re looking for
    if (fEncoding >= 4) { // BigEndian
      // this looks ugly, but it avoids an if at any rate...
      int numToRead = (4 - (count & 3) & 3);
      for (int i = 0; i < numToRead; i++) {
        int charRead = fInputStream.read();
        if (charRead == -1) { // end of input; something likely went wrong!A Pad
                              // buffer with nulls.
          for (int j = i; j < numToRead; j++) {
            fBuffer[count + j] = 0;
          }
          break;
        }
        fBuffer[count + i] = (byte) charRead;
      }
      count += numToRead;
    } else {
      int numToRead = count & 1;
      if (numToRead != 0) {
        count++;
        int charRead = fInputStream.read();
        if (charRead == -1) { // end of input; something likely went wrong!A Pad
                              // buffer with nulls.
          fBuffer[count] = 0;
        } else {
          fBuffer[count] = (byte) charRead;
        }
      }
    }
    // now count is a multiple of the right number of bytes
    int numChars = count >> ((fEncoding >= 4) ? 2 : 1);
    int curPos = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < numChars; i++) {
      int b0 = fBuffer[curPos++] & 0xff;
      int b1 = fBuffer[curPos++] & 0xff;
      // UCS-4
      if (fEncoding >= 4) {
        int b2 = fBuffer[curPos++] & 0xff;
        int b3 = fBuffer[curPos++] & 0xff;
        if (fEncoding == UCS4BE) {
          ch[offset + i] = (char) ((b0 << 24) + (b1 << 16) + (b2 << 8) + b3);
        } else {
          ch[offset + i] = (char) ((b3 << 24) + (b2 << 16) + (b1 << 8) + b0);
        }
      } else { // UCS-2
        if (fEncoding == UCS2BE) {
          ch[offset + i] = (char) ((b0 << 8) + b1);
        } else {
          ch[offset + i] = (char) ((b1 << 8) + b0);
        }
      }
    }
    return numChars;
  } // read(char[],int,int)
  /**
   * Skip characters. This method will block until some characters are
   * available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   * 
   * @param n
   *          The number of characters to skip
   * 
   * @return The number of characters actually skipped
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
    // charWidth will represent the number of bits to move
    // n leftward to get num of bytes to skip, and then move the result
    // rightward
    // to get num of chars effectively skipped.
    // The trick with &"ing, as with elsewhere in this dcode, is
    // intended to avoid an expensive use of / that might not be optimized
    // away.
    int charWidth = (fEncoding >= 4) ? 2 : 1;
    long bytesSkipped = fInputStream.skip(n << charWidth);
    if ((bytesSkipped & (charWidth | 1)) == 0)
      return bytesSkipped >> charWidth;
    return (bytesSkipped >> charWidth) + 1;
  } // skip(long):long
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream is ready to be read.
   * 
   * @return True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false
   *         otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the
   *         next read will block.
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public boolean ready() throws IOException {
    return false;
  } // ready()
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream supports the mark() operation.
   */
  public boolean markSupported() {
    return fInputStream.markSupported();
  } // markSupported()
  /**
   * Mark the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset() will
   * attempt to reposition the stream to this point. Not all character-input
   * streams support the mark() operation.
   * 
   * @param readAheadLimit
   *          Limit on the number of characters that may be read while still
   *          preserving the mark. After reading this many characters,
   *          attempting to reset the stream may fail.
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If the stream does not support mark(), or if some other I/O
   *              error occurs
   */
  public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException {
    fInputStream.mark(readAheadLimit);
  } // mark(int)
  /**
   * Reset the stream. If the stream has been marked, then attempt to reposition
   * it at the mark. If the stream has not been marked, then attempt to reset it
   * in some way appropriate to the particular stream, for example by
   * repositioning it to its starting point. Not all character-input streams
   * support the reset() operation, and some support reset() without supporting
   * mark().
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If the stream has not been marked, or if the mark has been
   *              invalidated, or if the stream does not support reset(), or if
   *              some other I/O error occurs
   */
  public void reset() throws IOException {
    fInputStream.reset();
  } // reset()
  /**
   * Close the stream. Once a stream has been closed, further read(), ready(),
   * mark(), or reset() invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a
   * previously-closed stream, however, has no effect.
   * 
   * @exception IOException
   *              If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public void close() throws IOException {
    fInputStream.close();
  } // close()
} // class UCSReader





Read file upside down

   
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    File f = new File("hello.txt");
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(f);
    char[] c = new char[(int) f.length()];
    char[] cnew = new char[(int) f.length()];
    StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();
    fr.read(c, 0, (int) f.length());
    int len = (int) f.length();
    for (int i = 0, j = len - 1; i < len; i++, j--) {
      cnew[i] = c[j];
      sbuf.append(cnew[i]);
    }
    System.out.println(sbuf.toString());
    fr.close();
  }
}





Read from Reader and write to Writer until there is no more input from reader.

 

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
public class Main {
  /**
   * Read input from reader and write it to writer until there is no more
   * input from reader.
   *
   * @param reader the reader to read from.
   * @param writer the writer to write to.
   * @param buf the char array to use as a bufferx
   */
  public static void flow( Reader reader, Writer writer, char[] buf ) 
      throws IOException {
      int numRead;
      while ( (numRead = reader.read(buf) ) >= 0) {
          writer.write(buf, 0, numRead);
      }
  }
}





Reading Numbers from a Text File

   
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StreamTokenizer;
// The buffering makes the program more than 20 times faster.
public class SumFile {
  public static void main(String[] a) throws IOException {
      sumfile("file.txt");
  }

  static void sumfile(String filename) throws IOException {
    Reader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
    StreamTokenizer stok = new StreamTokenizer(r);
    stok.parseNumbers();
    double sum = 0;
    stok.nextToken();
    while (stok.ttype != StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF) {
      if (stok.ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER)
        sum += stok.nval;
      else
        System.out.println("Nonnumber: " + stok.sval);
      stok.nextToken();
    }
    System.out.println("The file sum is " + sum);
  }
}





Reading Numbers from a Text File, Line by Line

   
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.LineNumberReader;
import java.io.StreamTokenizer;
public class SumLine {
  
  public static void main(String[] a)throws IOException {
      sumLines("file.txt");
  }
  static void sumLines(String filename) throws IOException {
    LineNumberReader lnr = new LineNumberReader(new FileReader(filename));
    lnr.setLineNumber(1);
    StreamTokenizer stok = new StreamTokenizer(lnr);
    stok.parseNumbers();
    stok.eolIsSignificant(true);
    stok.nextToken();
    while (stok.ttype != StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF) {
      int lineno = lnr.getLineNumber();
      double sum = 0;
      while (stok.ttype != StreamTokenizer.TT_EOL) {
        if (stok.ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER)
          sum += stok.nval;
        stok.nextToken();
      }
      System.out.println("Sum of line " + lineno + " is " + sum);
      stok.nextToken();
    }
  }
}





Reads sequentially from multiple sources

  
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Stephen Ostermiller
 * http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * See COPYING.TXT for details.
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
/**
 * A reader which reads sequentially from multiple sources.
 * More information about this class is available from .
 *
 * @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
 * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
 */
public class ConcatReader extends Reader {
  /**
   * Current index to readerQueue
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  private int readerQueueIndex = 0;
  /**
   * Queue of readers that have yet to be read from.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  private ArrayList<Reader> readerQueue = new ArrayList<Reader>();
  /**
   * A cache of the current reader from the readerQueue
   * to avoid unneeded access to the queue which must
   * be synchronized.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  private Reader currentReader = null;
  /**
   * true iff the client may add more readers.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  private boolean doneAddingReaders = false;
  /**
   * Causes the addReader method to throw IllegalStateException
   * and read() methods to return -1 (end of stream)
   * when there is no more available data.
   * <p>
   * Calling this method when this class is no longer accepting
   * more readers has no effect.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  public void lastReaderAdded(){
    doneAddingReaders = true;
  }
  /**
   * Add the given reader to the queue of readers from which to
   * concatenate data.
   *
   * @param in Reader to add to the concatenation.
   * @throws IllegalStateException if more readers can"t be added because lastReaderAdded() has been called, close() has been called, or a constructor with reader parameters was used.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  public void addReader(Reader in){
    synchronized(readerQueue){
      if (in == null) throw new NullPointerException();
      if (closed) throw new IllegalStateException("ConcatReader has been closed");
      if (doneAddingReaders) throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot add more readers - the last reader has already been added.");
      readerQueue.add(in);
    }
  }
  /**
   * Add the given reader to the queue of readers from which to
   * concatenate data.
   *
   * @param in Reader to add to the concatenation.
   * @throws IllegalStateException if more readers can"t be added because lastReaderAdded() has been called, close() has been called, or a constructor with reader parameters was used.
   * @throws NullPointerException the array of readers, or any of the contents is null.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  public void addReaders(Reader[] in){
    for (Reader element: in) {
      addReader(element);
    }
  }
  /**
   * Gets the current reader, looking at the next
   * one in the list if the current one is null.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  private Reader getCurrentReader(){
    if (currentReader == null && readerQueueIndex < readerQueue.size()){
      synchronized(readerQueue){
        // reader queue index is advanced only by the nextReader()
        // method.  Don"t do it here.
        currentReader = readerQueue.get(readerQueueIndex);
      }
    }
    return currentReader;
  }
  /**
   * Indicate that we are done with the current reader and we should
   * advance to the next reader.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  private void advanceToNextReader(){
    currentReader = null;
    readerQueueIndex++;
  }
  /**
   * True iff this the close() method has been called on this stream.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  private boolean closed = false;
  /**
   * Create a new reader that can dynamically accept new sources.
   * <p>
   * New sources should be added using the addReader() method.
   * When all sources have been added the lastReaderAdded() should
   * be called so that read methods can return -1 (end of stream).
   * <p>
   * Adding new sources may by interleaved with read calls.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.01
   */
  public ConcatReader(){
    // Empty Constructor
  }
  /**
   * Create a new reader with one source.
   * <p>
   * When using this constructor, more readers cannot
   * be added later, and calling addReader() will
   * throw an illegal state Exception.
   *
   * @param in reader to use as a source.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if in is null
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  public ConcatReader(Reader in){
    addReader(in);
    lastReaderAdded();
  }
  /**
   * Create a new reader with two sources.
   * <p>
   * When using this constructor, more readers cannot
   * be added later, and calling addReader() will
   * throw an illegal state Exception.
   *
   * @param in1 first reader to use as a source.
   * @param in2 second reader to use as a source.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if either source is null.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  public ConcatReader(Reader in1, Reader in2){
    addReader(in1);
    addReader(in2);
    lastReaderAdded();
  }
  /**
   * Create a new reader with an arbitrary number of sources.
   * <p>
   * When using this constructor, more readers cannot
   * be added later, and calling addReader() will
   * throw an illegal state Exception.
   *
   * @param in readers to use as a sources.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if the input array on any element is null.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  public ConcatReader(Reader[] in){
    addReaders(in);
    lastReaderAdded();
  }
  /**
   * Read a single character. This method will block until a
   * character is available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of all underlying
   * streams are reached.
   * <p>
   * If this class in not done accepting readers and the end of the last known
   * stream is reached, this method will block forever unless another thread
   * adds a reader or interrupts.
   *
   * @return 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
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public int read() throws IOException {
    if (closed) throw new IOException("Reader closed");
    int r = -1;
    while (r == -1){
      Reader in = getCurrentReader();
      if (in == null){
        if (doneAddingReaders) return -1;
        try {
          Thread.sleep(100);
        } catch (InterruptedException iox){
          throw new IOException("Interrupted");
        }
      } else {
        r = in.read();
        if (r == -1) advanceToNextReader();
      }
    }
    return r;
  }
  /**
   * Read characters into an array. This method will block until some input is available, an
   * I/O error occurs, or the end of all underlying
   * streams are reached.
   * <p>
   * If this class in not done accepting readers and the end of the last known
   * stream is reached, this method will block forever unless another thread
   * adds a reader or interrupts.
   *
   * @param cbuf - Destination buffer
   * @return The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
   *
   * @throws IOException - If an I/O error occurs
   * @throws NullPointerException - If the buffer is null.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public int read(char[] cbuf) throws IOException {
    return read(cbuf, 0, cbuf.length);
  }
  /**
   * Read characters into a portion of an array. This method will block until
   * some input is available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of all underlying
   * streams are reached.
   * <p>
   * If this class in not done accepting readers and the end of the last known
   * stream is reached, this method will block forever unless another thread
   * adds a reader or interrupts.
   *
   * @param cbuf Destination buffer
   * @param off Offset at which to start storing characters
   * @param len Maximum number of characters to read
   * @return The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached
   *
   * @throws IOException - If an I/O error occurs
   * @throws NullPointerException - If the buffer is null.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException - if length or offset are not possible.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
    if (off < 0 || len < 0 || off + len > cbuf.length) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    if (closed) throw new IOException("Reader closed");
    int r = -1;
    while (r == -1){
      Reader in = getCurrentReader();
      if (in == null){
        if (doneAddingReaders) return -1;
        try {
          Thread.sleep(100);
        } catch (InterruptedException iox){
          throw new IOException("Interrupted");
        }
      } else {
        r = in.read(cbuf, off, len);
        if (r == -1) advanceToNextReader();
      }
    }
    return r;
  }
  /**
   * Skip characters. This method will block until some characters are
   * available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
   * <p>
   * If this class in not done accepting readers and the end of the last known
   * stream is reached, this method will block forever unless another thread
   * adds a reader or interrupts.
   *
   * @param n the number of characters to skip
   * @return The number of characters actually skipped
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException If n is negative.
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
    if (closed) throw new IOException("Reader closed");
    if (n <= 0) return 0;
    long s = -1;
    while (s <= 0){
      Reader in = getCurrentReader();
      if (in == null){
        if (doneAddingReaders) return 0;
        try {
          Thread.sleep(100);
        } catch (InterruptedException iox){
          throw new IOException("Interrupted");
        }
      } else {
        s = in.skip(n);
        // When nothing was skipped it is a bit of a puzzle.
        // The most common cause is that the end of the underlying
        // stream was reached.  In which case calling skip on it
        // will always return zero.  If somebody were calling skip
        // until it skipped everything they needed, there would
        // be an infinite loop if we were to return zero here.
        // If we get zero, let us try to read one character so
        // we can see if we are at the end of the stream.  If so,
        // we will move to the next.
        if (s <= 0) {
          // read() will advance to the next stream for us, so don"t do it again
          s = ((read()==-1)?-1:1);
        }
      }
    }
    return s;
  }
  /**
   * Tell whether this stream is ready to be read.
   *
   * @return True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input,
   *    false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next
   *    read will block.
   *
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public boolean ready() throws IOException {
    if (closed) throw new IOException("Reader closed");
    Reader in = getCurrentReader();
    if (in == null) return false;
    return in.ready();
  }
  /**
   * Close the stream and any underlying streams.
   * Once a stream has been closed, further read(), ready(), mark(), or reset()
   * invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a previously-closed stream,
   * however, has no effect.
   *
   * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public void close() throws IOException {
    if (closed) return;
    for (Reader reader: readerQueue) {
      reader.close();
    }
    closed = true;
  }
  /**
   * Mark not supported.
   *
   * @throws IOException because mark is not supported.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public void mark(int readlimit) throws IOException {
    throw new IOException("Mark not supported");
  }
  /**
   * Reset not supported.
   *
   * @throws IOException because reset is not supported.
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public void reset() throws IOException {
    throw new IOException("Reset not supported");
  }
  /**
   * Mark not supported.
   *
   * @return false
   *
   * @since ostermillerutils 1.04.00
   */
  @Override public boolean markSupported(){
    return false;
  }
}





Read the file one buffer at a time

   
import java.io.FileReader;
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    FileReader fr = new FileReader("text.txt");
    int count;
    char chrs[] = new char[80];
    do {
      count = fr.read(chrs);
      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
        System.out.print(chrs[i]);
    } while (count != -1);
  }
}





Testing for end of file while reading a byte at a time

   
// : c12:TestEOF.java
// Testing for end of file while reading a byte at a time.
// From "Thinking in Java, 3rd ed." (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.ru. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class TestEOF {
  // Throw exceptions to console:
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(
        new FileInputStream("TestEOF.java")));
    while (in.available() != 0)
      System.out.print((char) in.readByte());
  }
} ///:~





This class is an part implementation of DataInput. It wraps a Reader object.

  

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 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 *
 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
 * list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 *
 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
 * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
 * and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 * Neither the name of the HSQL Development Group nor the names of its
 * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
 * software without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL HSQL DEVELOPMENT GROUP, HSQLDB.ORG,
 * OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
 * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
 * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
 * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
/**
 * This class is an part implementation of DataInput. It wraps a Reader object.
 *
 * @author Fred Toussi (fredt@users dot sourceforge.net)
 * @version 1.9.0
 * @since 1.9.0
 */
public class ReaderDataInput implements DataInput {
    protected Reader reader;
    protected int    pos;
    int              lastChar = -1;
    public ReaderDataInput(Reader reader) {
        this.reader = reader;
        this.pos    = 0;
    }
    // methods that implement java.io.DataInput
    public final void readFully(byte[] b) throws IOException {
        readFully(b, 0, b.length);
    }
    public final void readFully(byte[] bytes, int off,
                                int len) throws IOException {
        if (len < 0) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }
        int n = 0;
        while (n < len) {
            int b = read();
            if (b < 0) {
                throw new EOFException();
            }
            bytes[off + n++] = (byte) b;
        }
    }
    public final boolean readBoolean() throws IOException {
        int b = read();
        if (b < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        return (b != 0);
    }
    public final byte readByte() throws IOException {
        int b = read();
        if (b < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        return (byte) b;
    }
    public final int readUnsignedByte() throws IOException {
        int b = read();
        if (b < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        return b;
    }
    public short readShort() throws IOException {
        int b1 = read();
        if (b1 < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        int b2 = read();
        if (b2 < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        return (short) ((b1 << 8) | b2);
    }
    public final int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException {
        int b1 = read();
        int b2 = read();
        if ((b1 | b2) < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        return ((b1 << 8) + (b2));
    }
    public final char readChar() throws IOException {
        int b1 = read();
        int b2 = read();
        if ((b1 | b2) < 0) {
            throw new EOFException();
        }
        return (char) ((b1 << 8) + (b2));
    }
    public int readInt() throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public long readLong() throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public final float readFloat() throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public final double readDouble() throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public int skipBytes(int n) throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public String readLine() throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public String readUTF() throws IOException {
        throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("not implemented.");
    }
    public int read() throws IOException {
        if (lastChar >= 0) {
            int val = lastChar & 0xff;
            lastChar = -1;
            pos++;
            return val;
        }
        lastChar = reader.read();
        if (lastChar < 0) {
            return lastChar;
        }
        pos++;
        return lastChar >> 8;
    }
}





Use a FileReader to display a text file.

   
import java.io.FileReader;
public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    FileReader fr = new FileReader("text.txt");
    int ch;
    do {
      ch = fr.read();
      if (ch != -1)
        System.out.println((char) ch);
    } while (ch != -1);
    fr.close();
  }
}