Stream class

readBytes()

Stream::readBytes, readBytes, Stream.readBytes

readBytes() read characters from a stream into a buffer. The function terminates if the determined length has been read, or it times out.

// PROTOTYPE
size_t readBytes( char *buffer, size_t length); 

// SYNTAX
stream.readBytes(buffer, length);

Parameters:

• stream : an instance of a class that inherits from Stream
• buffer : pointer to the buffer to store the bytes in (char *)
• length : the number of bytes to read (size_t)

Returns: returns the number of characters placed in the buffer (0 means no valid data found)