The API: int read4(char *buf) reads 4 characters at a time from a file.
The return value is the actual number of characters read. For example, it returns 3 if there is only 3 characters left in the file.
By using the read4 API, implement the function int read(char *buf, int n) that reads n characters from the file.
Note:
The read function may be called multiple times.
[分析]
read方法会被调用多次的难点在于如何处理read4读取出来的内容有剩余的情况?假设文件中有4个字符,我们调用4次read(1),通过一次read4把4个字符全部读取,如何让每次read只读1个字符? 方案就是读完后做标记,read4读出来的相当于文件到输出的缓冲区,标记缓冲区当前位置以及字符总数,每次read从缓冲区当前位置开始读取所需字符数。
参考:
https://leetcode.com/discuss/21219/a-simple-java-code
http://www.danielbit.com/blog/puzzle/leetcode/leetcode-read-n-characters-given-read4-ii
/* The read4 API is defined in the parent class Reader4.
int read4(char[] buf); */
public class Solution extends Reader4 {
/**
* @param buf Destination buffer
* @param n Maximum number of characters to read
* @return The number of characters read
*/
private int bufferOffset = 0;
private int bufferSize = 0;
private char[] buffer = new char[4];
public int read(char[] buf, int n) {
int readBytes = 0;
while (readBytes < n) {
if (bufferOffset == 0)
bufferSize = read4(buffer);
if (bufferSize == 0) break; // reach end of file
while (readBytes < n && bufferOffset < bufferSize) {
buf[readBytes++] = buffer[bufferOffset++];
}
if (bufferOffset == bufferSize)
bufferOffset = 0;
}
return readBytes;
}
}