org.apache.commons.io.input

## Class ReaderInputStream

- java.lang.Object
- - java.io.InputStream
  - - org.apache.commons.io.input.ReaderInputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable, AutoCloseable

    public class ReaderInputStream
    extends InputStream

`InputStream` implementation that reads a character stream from a `Reader` and transforms it to a byte stream using a specified charset encoding. The stream is transformed using a `CharsetEncoder` object, guaranteeing that all charset encodings supported by the JRE are handled correctly. In particular for charsets such as UTF-16, the implementation ensures that one and only one byte order marker is produced.

Since in general it is not possible to predict the number of characters to be read from the `Reader` to satisfy a read request on the `ReaderInputStream`, all reads from the `Reader` are buffered. There is therefore no well defined correlation between the current position of the `Reader` and that of the `ReaderInputStream`. This also implies that in general there is no need to wrap the underlying `Reader` in a `BufferedReader`.

`ReaderInputStream` implements the inverse transformation of `InputStreamReader`; in the following example, reading from `in2` would return the same byte sequence as reading from `in` (provided that the initial byte sequence is legal with respect to the charset encoding):

     InputStream in = ...
     Charset cs = ...
     InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(in, cs);
     ReaderInputStream in2 = new ReaderInputStream(reader, cs);

`ReaderInputStream` implements the same transformation as `OutputStreamWriter`, except that the control flow is reversed: both classes transform a character stream into a byte stream, but `OutputStreamWriter` pushes data to the underlying stream, while `ReaderInputStream` pulls it from the underlying stream.

Note that while there are use cases where there is no alternative to using this class, very often the need to use this class is an indication of a flaw in the design of the code. This class is typically used in situations where an existing API only accepts an `InputStream`, but where the most natural way to produce the data is as a character stream, i.e. by providing a `Reader` instance. An example of a situation where this problem may appear is when implementing the `javax.activation.DataSource` interface from the Java Activation Framework.

Given the fact that the `Reader` class doesn't provide any way to predict whether the next read operation will block or not, it is not possible to provide a meaningful implementation of the `InputStream.available()` method. A call to this method will always return 0. Also, this class doesn't support `InputStream.mark(int)`.

Instances of `ReaderInputStream` are not thread safe.

Since:
  2.0
See Also:
  `WriterOutputStream`

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader)` Deprecated. 2.5 use `ReaderInputStream(Reader, Charset)` instead
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader, Charset charset)` Construct a new `ReaderInputStream` with a default input buffer size of 1024 characters.
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader, CharsetEncoder encoder)` Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader, CharsetEncoder encoder, int bufferSize)` Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader, Charset charset, int bufferSize)` Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader, String charsetName)` Construct a new `ReaderInputStream` with a default input buffer size of 1024 characters.
`ReaderInputStream(Reader reader, String charsetName, int bufferSize)` Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.

### Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
`void` `close()` Close the stream.
`int` `read()` Read a single byte.
`int` `read(byte[] b)` Read the specified number of bytes into an array.
`int` `read(byte[] b, int off, int len)` Read the specified number of bytes into an array.

### Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

`available, mark, markSupported, reset, skip`

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

### Constructor Detail

#### ReaderInputStream

    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader,
                             CharsetEncoder encoder)

Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`
  `encoder` - the charset encoder
Since:
  2.1

#### ReaderInputStream

    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader,
                             CharsetEncoder encoder,
                             int bufferSize)

Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`
  `encoder` - the charset encoder
  `bufferSize` - the size of the input buffer in number of characters
Since:
  2.1

#### ReaderInputStream

    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader,
                             Charset charset,
                             int bufferSize)

Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`
  `charset` - the charset encoding
  `bufferSize` - the size of the input buffer in number of characters

#### ReaderInputStream

    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader,
                             Charset charset)

Construct a new `ReaderInputStream` with a default input buffer size of 1024 characters.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`
  `charset` - the charset encoding

#### ReaderInputStream

    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader,
                             String charsetName,
                             int bufferSize)

Construct a new `ReaderInputStream`.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`
  `charsetName` - the name of the charset encoding
  `bufferSize` - the size of the input buffer in number of characters

#### ReaderInputStream

    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader,
                             String charsetName)

Construct a new `ReaderInputStream` with a default input buffer size of 1024 characters.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`
  `charsetName` - the name of the charset encoding

#### ReaderInputStream

    @Deprecated
    public ReaderInputStream(Reader reader)

Deprecated. 2.5 use `ReaderInputStream(Reader, Charset)` instead
Construct a new `ReaderInputStream` that uses the default character encoding with a default input buffer size of 1024 characters.

Parameters:
  `reader` - the target `Reader`

### Method Detail

#### read

    public int read(byte[] b,
                    int off,
                    int len)
             throws IOException

Read the specified number of bytes into an array.

Overrides:
  `read` in class `InputStream`
Parameters:
  `b` - the byte array to read into
  `off` - the offset to start reading bytes into
  `len` - the number of bytes to read
Returns:
  the number of bytes read or `-1` if the end of the stream has been reached
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### read

    public int read(byte[] b)
             throws IOException

Read the specified number of bytes into an array.

Overrides:
  `read` in class `InputStream`
Parameters:
  `b` - the byte array to read into
Returns:
  the number of bytes read or `-1` if the end of the stream has been reached
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### read

    public int read()
             throws IOException

Read a single byte.

Specified by:
  `read` in class `InputStream`
Returns:
  either the byte read or `-1` if the end of the stream has been reached
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs

#### close

    public void close()
               throws IOException

Close the stream. This method will cause the underlying `Reader` to be closed.

Specified by:
  `close` in interface `Closeable`
Specified by:
  `close` in interface `AutoCloseable`
Overrides:
  `close` in class `InputStream`
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs