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Reads the next character from the input stream.
Syntax
public int read()
public int read( char[] buffer, int index, int count )
Parameters
buffer
The character array to read data into.
index
The starting index in the buffer.
count
The number of characters to read.
Return Value
The first syntax returns the next character from the input stream, or returns -1 if no additional characters are available. The second syntax returns the total number of characters read into the buffer. This can be fewer than the number of characters requested if that many characters aren't currently available, or it can be zero if the end of the stream is reached.