src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/Reader.java

@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@
      *             been reached
      *
      * @exception  IOException  If an I/O error occurs
      */
     public int read() throws IOException {
-        char cb[] = new char[1];
+        char[] cb = new char[1];
         if (read(cb, 0, 1) == -1)
             return -1;
         else
             return cb[0];
     }

@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@
      *              if the end of the stream
      *              has been reached
      *
      * @exception   IOException  If an I/O error occurs
      */
-    public int read(char cbuf[]) throws IOException {
+    public int read(char[] cbuf) throws IOException {
         return read(cbuf, 0, cbuf.length);
     }
 
     /**
      * Reads characters into a portion of an array.  This method will block

@@ -244,17 +244,17 @@
      * @exception  IOException  If an I/O error occurs
      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException
      *             If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len} is negative,
      *             or {@code len} is greater than {@code cbuf.length - off}
      */
-    public abstract int read(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException;
+    public abstract int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException;
 
     /** Maximum skip-buffer size */
     private static final int maxSkipBufferSize = 8192;
 
     /** Skip buffer, null until allocated */
-    private char skipBuffer[] = null;
+    private char[] skipBuffer = null;
 
     /**
      * Skips characters.  This method will block until some characters are
      * available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
      *