PipedReader.read() has the following syntax.
public int read() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use PipedReader.read() method.
import java.io.*; /*w ww. j av a 2 s . c o m*/ public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { PipedWriter writer = new PipedWriter(); PipedReader reader = new PipedReader(); try { // connect the reader and the writer reader.connect(writer); writer.write(70); writer.write(71); // read what we wrote for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) { System.out.println((char) reader.read()); } } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }
The code above generates the following result.