Regular Reads will block until data is available, but not wait for a full buffer. 
Writes will block until there is space available and writes bigger than the buffer will wait for reads to make space.

`TryRead` and `TryWrite` are still available for non-blocking reads and writes.

	_, err = io.ReadFull(f, dst)
	return dst, st, err
}

// ReadFile reads the named file and returns the contents.
// A successful call returns err == nil, not err == EOF.
// Because ReadFile reads the whole file, it does not treat an EOF from Read
// as an error to be reported.
//
// passes NOATIME flag for reads on Unix systems to avoid atime updates.
func ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error) {

    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@link CharSource} that reads from the given URL using the given character set.
   *
   * @since 14.0
   */
  public static CharSource asCharSource(URL url, Charset charset) {
    return asByteSource(url).asCharSource(charset);
  }

  /**
   * Reads all bytes from a URL into a byte array.
   *
   * @param url the URL to read from
   * @return a byte array containing all the bytes from the URL

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TFE_MonitoringCounterReader*
TFE_MonitoringNewCounterReader(const char* name);

// Reads the value of a counter that was created with 0 labels.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern int64_t TFE_MonitoringReadCounter0(
    TFE_MonitoringCounterReader*);

// Reads the value of specific cell of a counter that was created with 1 label.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern int64_t TFE_MonitoringReadCounter1(

    return (int) in.skip(n);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip a byte
  @Override
  public int readUnsignedByte() throws IOException {
    int b1 = in.read();
    if (0 > b1) {
      throw new EOFException();
    }

    return b1;
  }

  /**
   * Reads an unsigned {@code short} as specified by {@link DataInputStream#readUnsignedShort()},
   * except using little-endian byte order.
   *

     * @throws ModelParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #read(Path, Map)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    Model read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, ModelParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the model from the specified file.
     *
     * @param input The file to deserialize the model from, must not be {@code null}.

	}

	readTriggerCh := make(chan bool, len(p.readers))
	defer xioutil.SafeClose(readTriggerCh) // close the channel upon return

	for i := 0; i < p.dataBlocks; i++ {
		// Setup read triggers for p.dataBlocks number of reads so that it reads in parallel.
		readTriggerCh <- true
	}

	disksNotFound := int32(0)
	bitrotHeal := int32(0)       // Atomic bool flag.
	missingPartsHeal := int32(0) // Atomic bool flag.

     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *

     * @throws IOException If the settings could not be deserialized.
     * @throws SettingsParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Settings read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, SettingsParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the settings from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *

     * @throws ToolchainsParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    PersistedToolchains read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, ToolchainsParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the toolchains from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the
     * method returns.
     *