Here you can find the source of readLongString(DataInputStream in)
@SuppressWarnings("cast") public final static String readLongString(DataInputStream in) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Copyright 2005-2011 the ConQAT Project | | | | 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 | | | | Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | | 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 | | limitations under the License. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.UTFDataFormatException; public class Main { /**// w w w .j a va 2 s . co m * This is a copy of {@link DataInputStream#readUTF(DataInput)} with the * main difference that the length is not read as a short but as a long. */ @SuppressWarnings("cast") public final static String readLongString(DataInputStream in) throws IOException { int utflen = (int) in.readLong(); byte[] bytearr = new byte[utflen]; char[] chararr = new char[utflen]; int c, char2, char3; int count = 0; int chararr_count = 0; in.readFully(bytearr, 0, utflen); while (count < utflen) { c = (int) bytearr[count] & 0xff; if (c > 127) break; count++; chararr[chararr_count++] = (char) c; } while (count < utflen) { c = (int) bytearr[count] & 0xff; switch (c >> 4) { case 0: case 1: case 2: case 3: case 4: case 5: case 6: case 7: /* 0xxxxxxx */ count++; chararr[chararr_count++] = (char) c; break; case 12: case 13: /* 110x xxxx 10xx xxxx */ count += 2; if (count > utflen) throw new UTFDataFormatException("malformed input: partial character at end"); char2 = (int) bytearr[count - 1]; if ((char2 & 0xC0) != 0x80) throw new UTFDataFormatException("malformed input around byte " + count); chararr[chararr_count++] = (char) (((c & 0x1F) << 6) | (char2 & 0x3F)); break; case 14: /* 1110 xxxx 10xx xxxx 10xx xxxx */ count += 3; if (count > utflen) throw new UTFDataFormatException("malformed input: partial character at end"); char2 = (int) bytearr[count - 2]; char3 = (int) bytearr[count - 1]; if (((char2 & 0xC0) != 0x80) || ((char3 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) throw new UTFDataFormatException("malformed input around byte " + (count - 1)); chararr[chararr_count++] = (char) (((c & 0x0F) << 12) | ((char2 & 0x3F) << 6) | ((char3 & 0x3F) << 0)); break; default: /* 10xx xxxx, 1111 xxxx */ throw new UTFDataFormatException("malformed input around byte " + count); } } // The number of chars produced may be less than utflen return new String(chararr, 0, chararr_count); } }