Method read

lib/java/io/Reader.java:123–131

Reads a single character from this reader and returns it as an integer with the two higher-order bytes set to 0. Returns -1 if the end of the reader has been reached. @return the character read or -1 if the end of the reader has been reached. @throws IOException if this reader i

()

     *             if this reader is closed or some other I/O error occurs.
     */
    public int read() throws IOException {
        synchronized (lock) {
            char charArray[] = new char[1];
            if (read(charArray, 0, 1) != -1) {
                return charArray[0];
            }
            return -1;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reads characters from this reader and stores them in the character array