Low-level Streams	Arguments	Returns	read Methods
FileInputStream	File FileDescriptor String	int	read() read(byte[]) read(byte[],int,int)
ByteArrayInputStream	byte[] byte[], int, int	int	read() read(byte[],int,int)

High-level Streams	Arguments	Returns	read Methods
FilterInputStream	InputStream	int	read() read(byte[]) read(byte[],int,int)
DataInputStream	InputStream	int boolean byte char double float int long short String	read() read(byte[],int,int) readBoolean() readByte() readChar() readDouble() readFloat() readInt() readLong() readShort() readLine() [Deprecated]
BufferedInputStream	InputStream InputStream,int size	int	read() read(byte[],int,int)

Low-level Readers	Arguments	Returns	read Methods
FileReader	File FileDescriptor String	int	inherits read() from Reader and InputStreamReader read() read(char[]) read(char[],int,int) see below for InputStreamReader methods
CharArrayReader	char[] char[], int, int	int	read() read(char[],int,int)
StringReader	String	int	read() read(char[],int,int)

High-level Readers	Arguments	Returns	read Methods
BufferedReader	Reader	int	read() read(char[],int,int) readLine()
InputStreamReader	InputStream	int	read() read(char[],int,int)
StringReader	String	int	read() read(char[],int,int)