What's the best way to check if a Reader is empty?












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I need to detect if a Reader is empty (will yield no data), before I pass the reader to some external function.



The best I can come up with is to wrap my Reader in a BufferedReader which guarantees to provide mark/reset functionality, and then attempt to read a single character before resetting the stream to its original position.



BufferedReader buffered = new BufferedReader(myReader);
if (!isEmpty(buffered)) {
someOtherFunction(buffered);
}

private boolean isEmpty(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException {
reader.mark(1);
int c = reader.read();
reader.reset();
return c < 0;
}


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    I need to detect if a Reader is empty (will yield no data), before I pass the reader to some external function.



    The best I can come up with is to wrap my Reader in a BufferedReader which guarantees to provide mark/reset functionality, and then attempt to read a single character before resetting the stream to its original position.



    BufferedReader buffered = new BufferedReader(myReader);
    if (!isEmpty(buffered)) {
    someOtherFunction(buffered);
    }

    private boolean isEmpty(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException {
    reader.mark(1);
    int c = reader.read();
    reader.reset();
    return c < 0;
    }


    Is there a better way?










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      I need to detect if a Reader is empty (will yield no data), before I pass the reader to some external function.



      The best I can come up with is to wrap my Reader in a BufferedReader which guarantees to provide mark/reset functionality, and then attempt to read a single character before resetting the stream to its original position.



      BufferedReader buffered = new BufferedReader(myReader);
      if (!isEmpty(buffered)) {
      someOtherFunction(buffered);
      }

      private boolean isEmpty(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException {
      reader.mark(1);
      int c = reader.read();
      reader.reset();
      return c < 0;
      }


      Is there a better way?










      share|improve this question













      I need to detect if a Reader is empty (will yield no data), before I pass the reader to some external function.



      The best I can come up with is to wrap my Reader in a BufferedReader which guarantees to provide mark/reset functionality, and then attempt to read a single character before resetting the stream to its original position.



      BufferedReader buffered = new BufferedReader(myReader);
      if (!isEmpty(buffered)) {
      someOtherFunction(buffered);
      }

      private boolean isEmpty(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException {
      reader.mark(1);
      int c = reader.read();
      reader.reset();
      return c < 0;
      }


      Is there a better way?







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          Use ready() to check stream is available to read or not here docs



          And also recommended null check before checking ready()



          public boolean ready() throws IOException


          Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying character stream is ready.



          Note :




          True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.







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            Use ready() to check stream is available to read or not here docs



            And also recommended null check before checking ready()



            public boolean ready() throws IOException


            Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying character stream is ready.



            Note :




            True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.







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              Use ready() to check stream is available to read or not here docs



              And also recommended null check before checking ready()



              public boolean ready() throws IOException


              Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying character stream is ready.



              Note :




              True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.







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                Use ready() to check stream is available to read or not here docs



                And also recommended null check before checking ready()



                public boolean ready() throws IOException


                Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying character stream is ready.



                Note :




                True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.







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                Use ready() to check stream is available to read or not here docs



                And also recommended null check before checking ready()



                public boolean ready() throws IOException


                Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying character stream is ready.



                Note :




                True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input, false otherwise. Note that returning false does not guarantee that the next read will block.








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