R: Reads a Java (UTF-8) formatted string from a connection
Java$readUTF
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Reads a Java (UTF-8) formatted string from a connection
Description
Reads a Java (UTF-8) formatted string from a connection.
Usage
## Static method (use this):
## Java$readUTF(con, as.character=TRUE, ...)
## Don't use the below:
## S3 method for class 'Java'
readUTF(static, con, as.character=TRUE, ...)
Arguments
con
Binary connection to be read from.
as.character
If TRUE, the read string converted,
i.e. translated, into an R character string before
returned, otherwise an integer vector representation of
the Unicode string is returned.
...
Not used.
Details
Currently only 8-bit UTF-8 byte sequences are supported, i.e. plain
ASCII sequences, i.e. characters that take up more than one byte are
read incorrectly without any warnings.