[3269] in java-interest
Determining the end of a stream -- What is used?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Afergan)
Sun Nov 5 18:25:15 1995
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 95 16:51:05 EST
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
From: Mike Afergan <mikea@abba.ai.mit.edu>
What exactly is used to determine the end of a stream? In the API,
several functions do diffrent things at the end of a stream (i.e., read to
the end). How is this end determined? Is it a null character, or does it
actually keep track of how long the stream is?
Thanks,
-- Mike
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