Gio.DataInputStream.prototype.read_int16

function read_int16(cancellable: Gio.Cancellable): Number(gint16) {
    // Gjs wrapper for g_data_input_stream_read_int16()
}
  

Reads a 16-bit/2-byte value from stream.

In order to get the correct byte order for this read operation, see Gio.DataInputStream.prototype.get_byte_order and Gio.DataInputStream.prototype.set_byte_order.

cancellable

optional Gio.Cancellable object, null to ignore.

Returns

a signed 16-bit/2-byte value read from stream or %0 if an error occurred.