Java.io.PipedReader.connect() Method

Description

The java.io.PipedReader.connect(PipedWriter src) method causes this piped reader to be connected to the piped writer src. If this object is already connected to some other piped writer, an IOException is thrown.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.PipedReader.connect() method

public void connect(PipedWriter src)

Parameters

• src -- The piped writer to connect to.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

• IOException -- if an I/O error occurs.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.PipedReader.connect() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.*;

public class PipedReaderDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new Piped writer and reader
      PipedWriter writer = new PipedWriter();
      PipedReader reader = new PipedReader();

      try {
         // connect the reader and the writer
         reader.connect(writer);

         // write something
         writer.write(70);
         writer.write(71);

         // read what we wrote
         for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
            System.out.println("" + (char) reader.read());
         }


      } catch (IOException ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }


   }
}

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

F
G