protected StringBuffer parseString(StringBuffer sbuf) throws IOException {
  int ch;
  while ((ch=readChar()) >= 0)   sbuf.append((char)ch);
  return sbuf;
}

protected StringBuffer parseString ( StringBuffer sbuf ) throws IOException { int ch ; while ( ( ch = readChar ( ) ) >= 0 ) sbuf . append ( ( char ) ch ) ; return sbuf ; }
parses a string value from the stream . the burlap object ' s string buffer is used for the result .
