Reader.ready() has the following syntax.
public boolean ready() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use Reader.ready() method.
/*w w w .j av a 2 s .c om*/ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String s = "tutorial from java2s.com"; Reader reader = new StringReader(s); try { // check if reader is ready System.out.println(reader.ready()); // read the first five chars for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { char c = (char) reader.read(); System.out.println(c); } reader.close(); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }
The code above generates the following result.