BufferedInputStream.read() has the following syntax.
public int read() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use BufferedInputStream.read() method.
// w ww . j av a2 s . c o m import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { InputStream inStream = new FileInputStream("c:/test.txt"); BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(inStream); // read until a single byte is available while (bis.available() > 0) { // read the byte and convert the integer to character char c = (char) bis.read(); System.out.println(c); } } }