Moving modules around so the runtime is under one master pom and can be built without building other modules that are in the repository
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28 import java.io.IOException;
31 * A <tt>Readable</tt> is a source of characters. Characters from
32 * a <tt>Readable</tt> are made available to callers of the read
33 * method via a {@link java.nio.CharBuffer CharBuffer}.
38 public interface Readable {
41 * Attempts to read characters into the specified character buffer.
42 * The buffer is used as a repository of characters as-is: the only
43 * changes made are the results of a put operation. No flipping or
44 * rewinding of the buffer is performed.
46 * @param cb the buffer to read characters into
47 * @return The number of {@code char} values added to the buffer,
48 * or -1 if this source of characters is at its end
49 * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
50 * @throws NullPointerException if cb is null
51 * @throws java.nio.ReadOnlyBufferException if cb is a read only buffer
53 // XXX: public int read(java.nio.CharBuffer cb) throws IOException;