Java.io.BufferedInputStream.reset() Method

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Description

The java.io.BufferedInputStream.reset() method repositions the stream to the position where the mark() method was last called on the input stream.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.BufferedInputStream.reset() method.

public void reset()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method does not return any value.

Exception

IOException − If this stream is not marked, if the mark is invalid, or the stream is closed by close() method, or an IO error occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.BufferedInputStream.reset() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

public class BufferedInputStreamDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      InputStream iStream = null;
      BufferedInputStream bis = null;
      
      try {
         // read from file c:/test.txt to input stream        
         iStream = new FileInputStream("c:/test.txt");
         
         // input stream converted to buffered input stream
         bis = new BufferedInputStream(iStream);
         
         // read and print characters one by one
         System.out.println("Char : "+(char)bis.read());
         System.out.println("Char : "+(char)bis.read());
         System.out.println("Char : "+(char)bis.read());
         
         // mark is set on the input stream
         bis.mark(0);
         System.out.println("Char : "+(char)bis.read());
         System.out.println("reset() invoked");
         
         // reset is called
         bis.reset();
         
         // read and print characters
         System.out.println("char : "+(char)bis.read());
         System.out.println("char : "+(char)bis.read());

      } catch(Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      } finally {
         // releases any system resources associated with the stream
         if(iStream!=null)
            iStream.close();
         if(bis!=null)
            bis.close();   
      }
   }
}

Assuming we have a text file c:/test.txt, which has the following content. This file will be used as an input for our example program −

ABCDE  

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Char : A
Char : B
Char : C
Char : D
reset() invoked
char : D
char : E