CharBuffer chars() methods in Java with Examples

The chars() method of java.nio.CharBuffer Class is used to return a stream of int zero-extending the char values from this sequence. Any char which maps to a surrogate code point is passed through uninterpreted. The stream binds to this sequence when the terminal stream operation commences (specifically, for mutable sequences the spliterator for the stream is late-binding). If the sequence is modified during that operation then the result is undefined. 

Syntax:

public IntStream chars()

Return Value: This method returns an IntStream of char values from this sequence. Below are the examples to illustrate the chars() method: Example 1:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// chars() method

import java.nio.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // creating object of CharBuffer
        // and allocating size capacity
        CharBuffer charbuffer
            = CharBuffer.allocate(3);

        // append the value in CharBuffer
        // using append() method
        charbuffer.append('a')
            .append('b')
            .append('c')
            .rewind();

        // print the CharBuffer
        System.out.println("Original CharBuffer:  "
                           + Arrays.toString(
                                 charbuffer.array())
                           + "\n");

        // Read char at particular Index
        // using chars() method
        IntStream stream = charbuffer.chars();

        // Display the stream of int zero-extending
        // the char values from this sequence
        stream.forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}

Output:

Original CharBuffer:  [a, b, c]

97
98
99

Example 2:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// chars() method

import java.nio.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // creating object of CharBuffer
        // and allocating size capacity
        CharBuffer charbuffer
            = CharBuffer.allocate(5);

        // append the value in CharBuffer
        // using append() method
        charbuffer.append((char)140)
            .append((char)117)
            .append((char)118)
            .append((char)0)
            .append((char)90)
            .rewind();

        // print the CharBuffer
        System.out.println("Original CharBuffer:  "
                           + Arrays.toString(
                                 charbuffer.array())
                           + "\n");

        // Read char at particular Index
        // using chars() method
        IntStream stream = charbuffer.chars();

        // Display the stream of int zero-extending
        // the char values from this sequence
        stream.forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}

Output:

Original CharBuffer:  [?, u, v, , Z]

140
117
118
0
90

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/nio/CharBuffer.html#chars–