org.apache.commons.io.input
Class CharSequenceReader

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.io.Reader
      extended by org.apache.commons.io.input.CharSequenceReader
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, Serializable, Readable

public class CharSequenceReader
extends Reader
implements Serializable

Reader implementation that can read from String, StringBuffer, StringBuilder or CharBuffer.

Note: Supports mark(int) and reset().

Since:
Commons IO 1.4
Version:
$Revision: 610516 $ $Date: 2008-01-09 19:05:05 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jan 2008) $
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader
lock
 
Constructor Summary
CharSequenceReader(CharSequence charSequence)
          Construct a new instance with the specified character sequence.
 
Method Summary
 void close()
          Close resets the file back to the start and removes any marked position.
 void mark(int readAheadLimit)
          Mark the current position.
 boolean markSupported()
          Mark is supported (returns true).
 int read()
          Read a single character.
 int read(char[] array, int offset, int length)
          Read the sepcified number of characters into the array.
 void reset()
          Reset the reader to the last marked position (or the beginning if mark has not been called).
 long skip(long n)
          Skip the specified number of characters.
 String toString()
          Return a String representation of the underlying character sequence.
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader
read, read, ready
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CharSequenceReader

public CharSequenceReader(CharSequence charSequence)
Construct a new instance with the specified character sequence.

Parameters:
charSequence - The character sequence, may be null
Method Detail

close

public void close()
Close resets the file back to the start and removes any marked position.

Specified by:
close in interface Closeable
Specified by:
close in class Reader

mark

public void mark(int readAheadLimit)
Mark the current position.

Overrides:
mark in class Reader
Parameters:
readAheadLimit - ignored

markSupported

public boolean markSupported()
Mark is supported (returns true).

Overrides:
markSupported in class Reader
Returns:
true

read

public int read()
Read a single character.

Overrides:
read in class Reader
Returns:
the next character from the character sequence or -1 if the end has been reached.

read

public int read(char[] array,
                int offset,
                int length)
Read the sepcified number of characters into the array.

Specified by:
read in class Reader
Parameters:
array - The array to store the characters in
offset - The starting position in the array to store
length - The maximum number of characters to read
Returns:
The number of characters read or -1 if there are no more

reset

public void reset()
Reset the reader to the last marked position (or the beginning if mark has not been called).

Overrides:
reset in class Reader

skip

public long skip(long n)
Skip the specified number of characters.

Overrides:
skip in class Reader
Parameters:
n - The number of characters to skip
Returns:
The actual number of characters skipped

toString

public String toString()
Return a String representation of the underlying character sequence.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
The contents of the character sequence


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