Best way to parse serial communications

I've been programming a long time, but am new to object oriented languages and Java in particular.
I have an application where I read in replies from an instrument over an RS232 port.. Each reply is terminated with a CR. I need to parse each reply and perform some task related to the reply. I've done this many times in C, but I think the 'right' approach in Java would be different. I am looking for ideas on what that 'right' way is.
I have a class that reads in from the serial port (using Javax.comm) and puts the data in a classic circular buffer. Does it make sense when I get a CR to pull that reply and send it to a new thread that parses it and performs the task? That way if multiple replies come in, I can start multiple threads to deal with each reply. In general, each reply can probably be dealt with before the next reply comes, but it's not guaranteed, so having threads to do the work seems like a good idea and helps to modularize the code.
Or is something else better? I'm not looking for a solution, just help in getting me to 'think in Java'.
- SteveS

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