readLine method
for reading data one line at a time. With some protocols, such
as HTTP POST and PUT, a ServletInputStream
object can be used to read data sent from the client.
A ServletInputStream object is normally retrieved via
the method.
ServletRequest.getInputStream()
This is an abstract class that a servlet container implements.
Subclasses of this class
must implement the java.io.InputStream.read() method.
ServletRequestThis method returns -1 if it reaches the end of the input stream before reading the maximum number of bytes.
b an array of bytes into which data is readoff an integer specifying the character at which
this method begins readinglen an integer specifying the maximum number of
bytes to readjava.io.IOException if an input or output exception has occurred