Java BufferedReader Read Line readLine(InputStream input)

Description

Cheesy method which lets us read from an InputStream without having to instantiate a BufferedReader.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String readLine(InputStream input) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w w  w . jav a2 s  . c o  m*/
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import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Cheesy method which lets us read from an InputStream without having to instantiate a BufferedReader.
     * Intended to get around some glitches reading GZIPInputStreams over an HTTP stream.
     */
    public static String readLine(InputStream input) throws IOException {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
        int c;
        while ((c = input.read()) >= 0 && c != '\n') {
            buf.append((char) c);
        }
        return c >= 0 ? buf.toString() : null;
    }
}

Related

1. readLine(File file)
2. readLine(File file, int lineNumber)
3. readLine(InputStream in)
4. readLine(InputStream in)
5. readLine(InputStream input)
6. readLine(RandomAccessFile wiki)
7. readLine(Reader rd)
8. readLine(String fileName)
9. readLine(String fileName)