PushbackInputStream

public class PushbackInputStream
extends FilterInputStream

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.io.InputStream
     ↳ java.io.FilterInputStream
       ↳ java.io.PushbackInputStream


A PushbackInputStream adds functionality to another input stream, namely the ability to "push back" or "unread" bytes, by storing pushed-back bytes in an internal buffer. This is useful in situations where it is convenient for a fragment of code to read an indefinite number of data bytes that are delimited by a particular byte value; after reading the terminating byte, the code fragment can "unread" it, so that the next read operation on the input stream will reread the byte that was pushed back. For example, bytes representing the characters constituting an identifier might be terminated by a byte representing an operator character; a method whose job is to read just an identifier can read until it sees the operator and then push the operator back to be re-read.

Summary

Fields

protected byte[] buf

The pushback buffer.

protected int pos

The position within the pushback buffer from which the next byte will be read.

Inherited fields

Public constructors

PushbackInputStream(InputStream in, int size)

Creates a PushbackInputStream with a pushback buffer of the specified size, and saves its argument, the input stream in, for later use.

PushbackInputStream(InputStream in)

Creates a PushbackInputStream with a 1-byte pushback buffer, and saves its argument, the input stream in, for later use.

Public methods

int available()

Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for this input stream.

void close()

Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream.

void mark(int readlimit)

Marks the current position in this input stream.

boolean markSupported()

Tests if this input stream supports the mark and reset methods, which it does not.

int read()

Reads the next byte of data from this input stream.

int read(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes.

void reset()

Repositions this stream to the position at the time the mark method was last called on this input stream.

long skip(long n)

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from this input stream.

void unread(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Pushes back a portion of an array of bytes by copying it to the front of the pushback buffer.

void unread(int b)

Pushes back a byte by copying it to the front of the pushback buffer.

void unread(byte[] b)

Pushes back an array of bytes by copying it to the front of the pushback buffer.

Inherited methods

Fields

buf

Added in API level 1
protected byte[] buf

The pushback buffer.

pos

Added in API level 1
protected int pos

The position within the pushback buffer from which the next byte will be read. When the buffer is empty, pos is equal to buf.length; when the buffer is full, pos is equal to zero.

Public constructors

PushbackInputStream

Added in API level 1
public PushbackInputStream (InputStream in, 
                int size)

Creates a PushbackInputStream with a pushback buffer of the specified size, and saves its argument, the input stream in, for later use. Initially, the pushback buffer is empty.

Parameters
in InputStream: the input stream from which bytes will be read.

size int: the size of the pushback buffer.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException if size <= 0

PushbackInputStream

Added in API level 1
public PushbackInputStream (InputStream in)

Creates a PushbackInputStream with a 1-byte pushback buffer, and saves its argument, the input stream in, for later use. Initially, the pushback buffer is empty.

Parameters
in InputStream: the input stream from which bytes will be read.

Public methods

available

Added in API level 1
public int available ()

Returns an estimate of the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from this input stream without blocking by the next invocation of a method for this input stream. The next invocation might be the same thread or another thread. A single read or skip of this many bytes will not block, but may read or skip fewer bytes.

The method returns the sum of the number of bytes that have been pushed back and the value returned by available.

Returns
int the number of bytes that can be read (or skipped over) from the input stream without blocking.

Throws
IOException if this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method, or an I/O error occurs.

close

Added in API level 1
public void close ()

Closes this input stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream. Once the stream has been closed, further read(), unread(), available(), reset(), or skip() invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a previously closed stream has no effect.

Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs.

mark

Added in API level 1
public void mark (int readlimit)

Marks the current position in this input stream.

The mark method of PushbackInputStream does nothing.

Parameters
readlimit int: the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid.

markSupported

Added in API level 1
public boolean markSupported ()

Tests if this input stream supports the mark and reset methods, which it does not.

Returns
boolean false, since this class does not support the mark and reset methods.

read

Added in API level 1
public int read ()

Reads the next byte of data from this input stream. The value byte is returned as an int in the range 0 to 255. If no byte is available because the end of the stream has been reached, the value -1 is returned. This method blocks until input data is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

This method returns the most recently pushed-back byte, if there is one, and otherwise calls the read method of its underlying input stream and returns whatever value that method returns.

Returns
int the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached.

Throws
IOException if this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method, or an I/O error occurs.

See also:

read

Added in API level 1
public int read (byte[] b, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes. This method first reads any pushed-back bytes; after that, if fewer than len bytes have been read then it reads from the underlying input stream. If len is not zero, the method blocks until at least 1 byte of input is available; otherwise, no bytes are read and 0 is returned.

Parameters
b byte: the buffer into which the data is read.

off int: the start offset in the destination array b

len int: the maximum number of bytes read.

Returns
int the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached.

Throws
NullPointerException If b is null.
IndexOutOfBoundsException If off is negative, len is negative, or len is greater than b.length - off
IOException if this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method, or an I/O error occurs.

reset

Added in API level 1
public void reset ()

Repositions this stream to the position at the time the mark method was last called on this input stream.

The method reset for class PushbackInputStream does nothing except throw an IOException.

Throws
IOException if this method is invoked.

skip

Added in API level 1
public long skip (long n)

Skips over and discards n bytes of data from this input stream. The skip method may, for a variety of reasons, end up skipping over some smaller number of bytes, possibly zero. If n is negative, no bytes are skipped.

The skip method of PushbackInputStream first skips over the bytes in the pushback buffer, if any. It then calls the skip method of the underlying input stream if more bytes need to be skipped. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.

Parameters
n long:

Returns
long the actual number of bytes skipped.

Throws
IOException if the stream has been closed by invoking its close() method, in.skip(n) throws an IOException, or an I/O error occurs.

unread

Added in API level 1
public void unread (byte[] b, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Pushes back a portion of an array of bytes by copying it to the front of the pushback buffer. After this method returns, the next byte to be read will have the value b[off], the byte after that will have the value b[off+1], and so forth.

Parameters
b byte: the byte array to push back.

off int: the start offset of the data.

len int: the number of bytes to push back.

Throws
IOException If there is not enough room in the pushback buffer for the specified number of bytes, or this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method.

unread

Added in API level 1
public void unread (int b)

Pushes back a byte by copying it to the front of the pushback buffer. After this method returns, the next byte to be read will have the value (byte)b.

Parameters
b int: the int value whose low-order byte is to be pushed back.

Throws
IOException If there is not enough room in the pushback buffer for the byte, or this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method.

unread

Added in API level 1
public void unread (byte[] b)

Pushes back an array of bytes by copying it to the front of the pushback buffer. After this method returns, the next byte to be read will have the value b[0], the byte after that will have the value b[1], and so forth.

Parameters
b byte: the byte array to push back

Throws
IOException If there is not enough room in the pushback buffer for the specified number of bytes, or this input stream has been closed by invoking its close() method.