Module java.base
Package java.io

Class InputStreamReader

java.lang.Object
java.io.Reader
java.io.InputStreamReader
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, AutoCloseable, Readable
Direct Known Subclasses:
FileReader

public class InputStreamReader extends Reader
An InputStreamReader is a bridge from byte streams to character streams: It reads bytes and decodes them into characters using a specified charset. The charset that it uses may be specified by name or may be given explicitly, or the default charset may be used.

Each invocation of one of an InputStreamReader's read() methods may cause one or more bytes to be read from the underlying byte-input stream. To enable the efficient conversion of bytes to characters, more bytes may be read ahead from the underlying stream than are necessary to satisfy the current read operation.

For top efficiency, consider wrapping an InputStreamReader within a BufferedReader. For example:

    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(anInputStream));
Since:
1.1
See Also: