Java BufferedReader Read Line readLine(InputStream input)

Description

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

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String readLine(InputStream input) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w w w  .j a va  2s .  c  o m
 *    Copyright 2009-2012 University of Toronto
 *
 *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

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;
    }
}

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8. readLine(Reader rd)
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