Maximum size of a byte array?

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to read in a file into a byte array as following:
byte[]inputformat = new byte[1280];
FileInputStream in= new FileInputStream(file);
BufferedInputStream buffer= new BufferedInputStream(in);
int len = buffer.read(inputformat);
The problem appears when I try to access the 1024th array-element (inputformat[1024]) afterwards. Is there a limitation in the byte-arrays, or prehaps in the buffer.read-method?
All comments are welcomed!
Cheers,
Slafs

Answer 1

I executed the following code:
import java.io.*;
public class BufferTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            byte[] inputFormat = new byte[1280];
            File inFile = new File(args[0]);
            FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(inFile);
            BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(in);
            int len = bis.read(inputFormat);
            System.out.println("Read " + len + " bytes");
        catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.toString());
}To produce the following output:
$ java BufferTest snapshot1.png
Read 1280 bytesSo, I am not sure where your problem lies, but I don't think it's in the code you posted.
Good luck
Lee