Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { private static String readFirstLine(InputStreamReader rdr) throws IOException { char[] buf = new char[1]; StringBuffer bldr = new StringBuffer(); rdr.read(buf); while (buf[0] != '>') { bldr.append(buf[0]); rdr.read(buf); } return bldr.toString(); } }