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# File webrick/httprequest.rb, line 272
def read_body(socket, block)
  return unless socket
  if tc = self['transfer-encoding']
    case tc
    when /chunked/io then read_chunked(socket, block)
    else raise HTTPStatus::NotImplemented, "Transfer-Encoding: #{tc}."
    end
  elsif self['content-length'] || @remaining_size
    @remaining_size ||= self['content-length'].to_i
    while @remaining_size > 0 
      sz = BUFSIZE < @remaining_size ? BUFSIZE : @remaining_size
      break unless buf = read_data(socket, sz)
      @remaining_size -= buf.size
      block.call(buf)
    end
    if @remaining_size > 0 && @socket.eof?
      raise HTTPStatus::BadRequest, "invalid body size."
    end
  elsif BODY_CONTAINABLE_METHODS.member?(@request_method)
    raise HTTPStatus::LengthRequired
  end
  return @body
end