Getting the character returned by read() in BufferedReader

Question

How can I convert an integer returned by the read() in a BufferedReader to the actual character value and then append it to a String? The rea

Answer 1

you could also read it into a char buffer

char[] buff = new char[1024];
int read;
StringBuilder response= new StringBuilder();
while((read = bufferedReader.read(buff)) != -1) {

    response.append( buff,0,read ) ;  
}

this will be more efficient than reading char per char