| Reads up to len bytes of data from the input stream into
an array of bytes. An attempt is made to read as many as
len bytes, but a smaller number may be read, possibly
zero. The number of bytes actually read is returned as an integer.
This method blocks until input data is available, end of file is
detected, or an exception is thrown.
If b is null, a
NullPointerException is thrown.
If off is negative, or len is negative, or
off+len is greater than the length of the array
b, then an IndexOutOfBoundsException is
thrown.
If len is zero, then no bytes are read and
0 is returned; otherwise, there is an attempt to read at
least one byte. If no byte is available because the stream is at end of
file, the value -1 is returned; otherwise, at least one
byte is read and stored into b.
The first byte read is stored into element b[off], the
next one into b[off+1], and so on. The number of bytes read
is, at most, equal to len. Let k be the number of
bytes actually read; these bytes will be stored in elements
b[off] through b[off+k-1],
leaving elements b[off+k] through
b[off+len-1] unaffected.
In every case, elements b[0] through
b[off] and elements b[off+len] through
b[b.length-1] are unaffected.
If the first byte cannot be read for any reason other than end of
file, then an IOException is thrown. In particular, an
IOException is thrown if the input stream has been closed.
Parameters:
b - the buffer into which the data is read.
Parameters:
off - the start offset in array bat which the data is written.
Parameters:
len - the maximum number of bytes to read. the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or-1 if there is no more data because the end ofthe stream has been reached.
exception:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs. |
