Here you can find the source of readAByte(ReadableByteChannel readChannel)
private static final byte readAByte(ReadableByteChannel readChannel) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j a va 2 s . co m * Copyright (C) 2010 Shashank Tulsyan * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel; public class Main { private static final byte readAByte(ReadableByteChannel readChannel) throws IOException { byte[] tmp = new byte[1]; if (readChannel == null) { throw new NullPointerException( "Buffer exhausted and read channel is null, cannot continue"); } int read = readChannel.read(ByteBuffer.wrap(tmp)); if (read < 0) { throw new IOException( "Channel abruptly ended while expecting more data."); } return tmp[0]; } }