see also pipes, Reader
class, PipedWriter
class
see Reader class for PipedReader's methods. They are:
.mark( readAheadLimit ) Mark the present position in the stream.
.markSupported( ) Tell whether this stream supports the mark(...) operation.
.read( ) Read a single character, returning it in the low end two bytes of an int.
.read( char[ ] ) Read characters into a char array.
.read( char[ ], offset, len) Read characters into a portion of a char array.
.ready( ) Tell whether this stream is ready to be read.
.reset( ) Reset the stream.
.skip( n ) Skip over n characters in the stream.
.close( ) Close the stream.
plus
.connect(...) below
■ PipedReader provides a character input stream whose input source is a PipedWriter output stream to which it is always connected. This pairing is useful for communicating between two threads.
■ PipedReader has implementations of all the methods from Reader. see Reader for PipedReader's methods.
■ Its source for input is always a PipedWriter stream.
■ It adds one method of its own:
void .connect( PipedWriter
) method
This method causes this PipedReader to be connected to the piped writer source of its data.
.pr.connect( pw ); achieves the same connection result as using a PipedReader
constructor to make the connection to the PipedWiter. i.e.
PipedReader
pr = new PipedReader( pw );
■ You cannot write with a PipedWriter until a PipedReader is connected to it.
■ PipedReader supports mark(...) and reset( ).
■ See the the pipes topic for more code examples illustrating the use of PipedReader.