Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.IOException; class BufferedInputStreamDemo { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { String s = "This is a © copyright symbol " + "but this is © not.\n"; byte buf[] = s.getBytes(); ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(buf); BufferedInputStream f = new BufferedInputStream(in); int c; boolean marked = false; while ((c = f.read()) != -1) { switch (c) { case '&': if (!marked) { f.mark(32); marked = true; } else { marked = false; } break; case ';': if (marked) { marked = false; System.out.print("(c)"); } else System.out.print((char) c); break; case ' ': if (marked) { marked = false; f.reset(); System.out.print("&"); } else System.out.print((char) c); break; default: if (!marked) System.out.print((char) c); break; } } } }