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public static int readSafe(BufferedReader buffer, char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
  int read = buffer.read(cbuf, off, len);
  if (read == -1) {
     throw new EOFException();
  } else {
     return read;
  }
}

// ...

BufferedReader buffRdr;

// setSet up buffRdr

try {
   read = readSafe(buffRdr, chBuff, 0, MAX_READ);
   chBuff[read] = TERMINATOR;
} catch (EOFException eof) {
   chBuff[0] = TERMINATOR;
}