DataInputStream.readChar

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Syntax

public final char readChar() throws IOException

Returns

the next two bytes of this input stream as a Unicode character.

Description

Reads a Unicode character from this data input stream. This method reads two bytes from the underlying input stream. If the bytes read, in order, are b1 and b2, where 0 <= b1, b1 <= 255, then the result is equal to:

(char)((b1 << 8) | b2)

This method blocks until either the two bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

Exceptions

EOFException if this input stream reaches the end before reading two bytes.

Exceptions

IOException if an I/O error occurs.