read

Description:

public virtual ssize_t read (char[] buffer, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error

Attempts to read up to buffer.length bytes from this into buffer.

this	a Stream object.
buffer	output buffer
cancellable	optional Cancellable object, or null
n	max number of bytes to read.

the number of bytes actually read, or -1 on error and set errno.