timedRead();    <span class="comment">// private method to read stream with timeout</span></div><div class="line"><a name="l00056"></a><span class="lineno">   56</span>&#160;    <span class="keywordtype">int</span> timedPeek();    <span class="comment">// private method to peek stream with timeout</span></div><div class="line"><a name="l00057"></a><span class="lineno">   57</span>&#160;    <span class="keywordtype">int</span> peekNextDigit(); <span class="comment">// returns the next numeric digit in the st