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    Default BufferReader and BufferWritter

    I got an home assignment, that is composed by writting a class where i must have 3 methods:

    >static void removeLetters( BufferedReader orders, BufferedReader in, BufferedWriter out ) throws IOException;
    >static void capitalize( BufferedReader orders, BufferedReader in, BufferedWriter out ) throws IOException;
    >static void histogram( BufferedReader in, BufferedWriter out ) throws IOException;

    I started by searching the API to learn the methods i could use, ok... then i realized how can i do this?

    I thought on puting the buffers into strings and then do what i need to them.

    ok, i will use "(char)in.read()" for example, but i dont know the length of the buffer, cause i need this to do a "for" or a "do{...}while" to know how many char's i must put in the string.


    I would like to know how can i know the length, or if u know a easier way to do this, that a "Java begginer" can do.

    Thanks for your time
    Last edited by Nhedro; February 14th, 2012 at 09:21 AM.


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    Default Re: BufferReader and BufferWritter

    I would like to know how can i know the length
    The length of what? What is the source of the bytes you are reading?

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    the source is a .txt that was given to me, but it mut read any Buffer given; i must build those methods, anid would like to know if there is a way to know the length of the BufferReader, for example:
    	public static void removeLetters( BufferedReader orders, BufferedReader in, BufferedWriter out ) throws IOException{
     
    		for(int i = 0; i<=*;i++){
    			StringBuilder ord1 = sb.append((char)orders.read());
    		}
    		for(int j = 0; j<=*;j++){
    			StringBuilder in1 = sb.append((char)in.read());
    		}
    //              *     the length of the BufferReader orders, something like orders.length
    //              **   the length of the BufferReader in, something like in.length
          }
    this is my idea, but if anyone have other idea, i would like to discuss which one is better, and learn some more.

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    Default Re: BufferReader and BufferWritter

    If you are reading from a file, you can use the File class to get the size of the file. If you create a File object for the file you can use one of its methods to get the file's size.

    If you use a class like StringBuilder to read the bytes into, you don't need to worry about the number of bytes. The class wil take care of that for you. Don't use a for loop for reading, use a while loop and test the value returned by the read method. It will return a special code when the bytes have all been read. When you get that code, exit the while loop.

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    Thanks Norm, i think i understood, i will try it .

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    Default Re: BufferReader and BufferWritter

    I've done it if someone is curious i post the code
    static void removeLetters( BufferedReader orders, BufferedReader in, BufferedWriter out ) throws IOException;{
     
     
                 String s;
                 while((s=orders.readLine())!=null)[
     
                 //use the String s to whatever u nead, which contains the current line of bufferreader orders;         
     
                 ]
    }

    Once again, thanks Norm
    Last edited by Nhedro; February 14th, 2012 at 09:32 AM.

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