Reads a chunk of data from the stream.
public byte[] read(long length)
read returns a chunk of string data read from the stream, or a null value if the end of the stream has been reached.
Author author = Author.findByPrimaryKey(authorID); BigString text = author.getBiography(); text.openForRead(); int bufferLength = 1024; string something = text.read(bufferLength); //null if EOF while (something != null) { something = text.read(bufferLength); } text.close();