question: private TamsMessage loadChars ( ) throws java . io . IOException { int nchars ; byte [ ] rcvBuffer = new byte [ 32 ] ; nchars = inpipe . read ( rcvBuffer , 0 , 32 ) ; TamsMessage msg = new TamsMessage ( nchars ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < nchars ; i ++ ) { msg . setElement ( i , rcvBuffer [ i ] & 0xFF ) ; } return msg ; }
target:  Get characters from the input source.