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Added in API level 1

public interface

Readable

java.lang.Readable

Known Indirect Subclasses

BufferedReader, CharArrayReader, CharBuffer, FileReader, FilterReader, InputStreamReader, LineNumberReader, PipedReader, PushbackReader, Reader, StringReader

Class Overview

Represents a sequence of characters that can be incrementally read (copied) into a CharBuffer.

Public Methods
abstract int	read(CharBuffer cb) Reads characters into the specified `CharBuffer`.

Added in API level 1

Reads characters into the specified CharBuffer. The maximum number of characters read is CharBuffer.remaining().

Parameters
`cb`	`CharBuffer`: the buffer to be filled with characters read.

Returns
`int`	the number of characters actually read, or -1 if this `Readable` reaches its end

Throws
`IOException`	if an I/O error occurs.