Last Updated : 28 May, 2020
The
ready()method of
BufferedReaderclass in Java is used to verify whether the buffer stream is ready to be read or not. A buffer stream is said to be ready in two cases either the buffer is not empty or the main stream is ready.
Syntax:public boolean ready() throws IOExceptionOverrides:
This method overrides ready() method of
Readerclass.
Parameters:This method does not accept any parameter.
Return value:This method returns
trueif the stream is ready to be read otherwise it returns
false.
Exceptions:This method throws
IOExceptionif an I/O error occurs. Below programs illustrate ready() method in BufferedReader class in IO package:
Program 1:Assume the existence of the file "c:/demo.txt".
Java
// Java program to illustrate
// BufferedReader ready() method
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Read the stream 'demo.txt'
// containing text "GEEKS"
FileReader fileReader
= new FileReader(
"c:/demo.txt");
// Convert fileReader to
// bufferedReader
BufferedReader buffReader
= new BufferedReader(
fileReader);
boolean b = buffReader.ready();
System.out.println(b);
while (b) {
System.out.println(
(char)buffReader.read());
b = buffReader.ready();
}
System.out.println(b);
}
}
Input: Output: Program 2:
Assume the existence of the file "c:/demo.txt".
Java
// Java program to illustrate
// BufferedReader ready() method
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// Read the stream 'demo.txt'
// containing text "GEEKSFORGEEKS"
FileReader fileReader
= new FileReader(
"c:/demo.txt");
// Convert fileReader to
// bufferedReader
BufferedReader buffReader
= new BufferedReader(
fileReader);
boolean b = buffreader.ready();
System.out.println(b);
while (b) {
System.out.println(
(char)buffReader.read());
b = buffReader.ready();
}
System.out.println(b);
}
}
Input: Output: References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/io/BufferedReader.html#ready()
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