When will an EOFException occur in JAVA's streams

Question

I am working with a DataInputStream and had a question about EOFExceptions.

According to java docs:

Signals that an end of file or end of st

Answer 1

When you reach the end of a stream (end of file, or peer closes the connection):

• read() returns -1
• readLine() returns null
• readXXX() for any other X throws EOFException.

The stream is still open, but you should stop reading from it and close it.