org.apache.commons.configuration
Class PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader

java.lang.Object
  java.io.Reader
      java.io.BufferedReader
          java.io.LineNumberReader
              org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader

Enclosing class:

PropertiesConfiguration

public static class PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader

extends LineNumberReader

This class is used to read properties lines. These lines do not terminate with new-line chars but rather when there is no backslash sign a the end of the line. This is used to concatenate multiple lines for readability.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

lock

Constructor Summary

PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader(Reader reader)
Constructor.

PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader(Reader reader, char listDelimiter)
Creates a new instance of PropertiesReader and sets the underlaying reader and the list delimiter.

Method Summary

List	getCommentLines() Returns the comment lines that have been read for the last property.
String	getPropertyName() Returns the name of the last read property.
String	getPropertyValue() Returns the value of the last read property.
boolean	nextProperty() Parses the next property from the input stream and stores the found name and value in internal fields.
String	readProperty() Reads a property line.

Methods inherited from class java.io.LineNumberReader

getLineNumber, mark, read, read, readLine, reset, setLineNumber, skip

Methods inherited from class java.io.BufferedReader

close, markSupported, ready

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader

read

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader

public PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader(Reader reader)

Constructor.

Parameters:

reader - A Reader.

PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader

public PropertiesConfiguration.PropertiesReader(Reader reader,
                                                char listDelimiter)

Creates a new instance of PropertiesReader and sets the underlaying reader and the list delimiter.

Parameters:

reader - the reader

listDelimiter - the list delimiter character

Since:

1.3

Method Detail

readProperty

public String readProperty()
                    throws IOException

Reads a property line. Returns null if Stream is at EOF. Concatenates lines ending with "\". Skips lines beginning with "#" or "!" and empty lines. The return value is a property definition (<name> = <value>)

Returns:

A string containing a property value or null

Throws:

IOException - in case of an I/O error

nextProperty

public boolean nextProperty()
                     throws IOException

Parses the next property from the input stream and stores the found name and value in internal fields. These fields can be obtained using the provided getter methods. The return value indicates whether EOF was reached (false) or whether further properties are available (true).

Returns:

a flag if further properties are available

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

Since:

1.3

getCommentLines

public List getCommentLines()

Returns the comment lines that have been read for the last property.

Returns:

the comment lines for the last property returned by readProperty()

Since:

1.3

getPropertyName

public String getPropertyName()

Returns the name of the last read property. This method can be called after nextProperty() was invoked and its return value was true.

Returns:

the name of the last read property

Since:

1.3

getPropertyValue

public String getPropertyValue()

Returns the value of the last read property. This method can be called after nextProperty() was invoked and its return value was true.

Returns:

the value of the last read property

Since:

1.3