PushbackReader.mark(int readAheadLimit) has the following syntax.
public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use PushbackReader.mark(int readAheadLimit) method.
import java.io.*; /*from w ww .java 2 s .com*/ public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String s = "from java2s.com"; StringReader sr = new StringReader(s); PushbackReader pr = new PushbackReader(sr, 20); try { for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { char c = (char) pr.read(); System.out.println(c); } pr.mark(5); pr.close(); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }
The code above generates the following result.