Package com.mayam.wf.attributes.shared.expr

Interface Provider

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StreamProvider, StringProvider

public interface Provider
extends Closeable

Abstract interface for reading from a stream. The buffering should be done internally.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	read(char[] aDest, int nOfs, int nLen)	Reads characters into an array

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Details

read

int read(char[] aDest,
 int nOfs,
 int nLen)
  throws IOException

Reads characters into an array

Parameters:

aDest - Destination buffer. May not be null.

nOfs - Offset at which to start storing characters. Must be ≥ 0.

nLen - The maximum possible number of characters to read. Must be ≥ 0.

Returns:

The number of characters read, or -1 at the end of the stream

Throws:

IOException - if reading fails