How to detect EOF in Java?

Question

I\'ve tried some ways to detect EOF in my code, but it still not working. I\'ve tried using BufferedReader, Scanner, and using char u001a to flag the EOF, but still not make

Answer 1

It keeps running because it hasn't encountered EOF. At end of stream:

1. read() returns -1.
2. read(byte[]) returns -1.
3. read(byte[], int, int) returns -1.
4. readLine() returns null.
5. readXXX() for any other X throws EOFException.
6. Scanner.hasNextXXX() returns false for any X.
7. Scanner.nextXXX() throws NoSuchElementException for any X.

Unless you've encountered one of these, your program hasn't encountered end of stream. NB \u001a is a Ctrl/z. Not EOF. EOF is not a character value.