Java Reference
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/**
* How many bytes have been peeked at.
*/
private int peekLength;
/**
* The constructor accepts an InputStream to setup the
* object.
*
* @param is
* The InputStream to parse.
*/
public PeekableInputStream(InputStream is)
{
this.stream = is;
this.peekBytes = new byte[10];
this.peekLength = 0;
}
/**
* Peek at the next character from the stream.
*
* @return The next character.
* @throws IOException
* If an I/O exception occurs.
*/
public int peek() throws IOException
{
return peek(0);
}
/**
* Peek at a specified depth.
*
* @param depth
* The depth to check.
* @return The character peeked at.
* @throws IOException
* If an I/O exception occurs.
*/
public int peek(int depth) throws IOException
{
// does the size of the peek buffer need to be extended?
if (this.peekBytes.length <= depth)
{
