Reader read() in Java

read(): This method is available in the java.io.Reader class of Java.

Syntax:

int java.io.Reader.read() throws IOException

This method reads a single character. This method will block until a character is available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.

Parameters: NA

Returns: The character read, as an integer in the range 0 to 65535(0x00-0xffff), or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs

Approach 1: When no exception

Java

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;

public class Readerread {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        Reader reader = new StringReader("HELLO");

        System.out.println(reader.read());
        reader.close();

    }
}

Output:

72

Approach 2: IOException 

Java

package com.Reader;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;

public class Readerread {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        Reader reader = new StringReader("HELLO");

        reader.close();
        System.out.println(reader.read());

    }
}

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Stream closed
	at java.base/java.io.StringReader.ensureOpen(StringReader.java:56)
	at java.base/java.io.StringReader.read(StringReader.java:69)
	at com.Reader.Readerread.main(Readerread.java:13)

Some other methods of Reader

close(): This method closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it.

mark(int): This method marks the present position in the stream.

markSupported(): This method tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation. 

Reader.nullReader(): This method returns a new Reader that reads no characters.

read(): This method reads a single character.

read(char[]): This method reads characters into an array.

read(CharBuffer): This method attempts to read characters into the specified character buffer.

read(char[], int, int): This method reads characters into a portion of an array.

ready(): This method tells whether this stream is ready to be read.

reset(): This method resets the stream.

skip(long): This method skips characters.

transferTo(Writer): This method reads all characters from this reader and writes the characters to the given writer in the order that they are read.