Difference between BufferedReader and BufferedInputStream

Question

What are the differences between BufferedReader , BufferedInputStream and Scanner in java? BufferedReader reads the text and BufferedInputStream reads byte. Is there any difference other than this?

Answer 1

I guess, the difference is the same as between reader and inputstream: one is character-based, another is byte-based. For example, reader normally supports encoding...

Edit: Check this question: The difference between InputStream and InputStreamReader when reading multi-byte characters