PushbackReader.read() has the following syntax.
public int read() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use PushbackReader.read() method.
//www .ja v a 2s.c o m import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String s = "from java2s.com"; StringReader sr = new StringReader(s); // create a new PushBack reader based on our string reader PushbackReader pr = new PushbackReader(sr, 20); try { // read the first five chars for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { char c = (char) pr.read(); System.out.println(c); } pr.close(); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }
The code above generates the following result.