StringReader

public class StringReader
extends Reader

java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.io.Reader
     ↳ java.io.StringReader


A character stream whose source is a string.

Summary

Inherited fields

Public constructors

StringReader(String s)

Creates a new string reader.

Public methods

void close()

Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it.

void mark(int readAheadLimit)

Marks the present position in the stream.

boolean markSupported()

Tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does.

int read()

Reads a single character.

int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)

Reads characters into a portion of an array.

boolean ready()

Tells whether this stream is ready to be read.

void reset()

Resets the stream to the most recent mark, or to the beginning of the string if it has never been marked.

long skip(long ns)

Skips the specified number of characters in the stream.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

StringReader

Added in API level 1
public StringReader (String s)

Creates a new string reader.

Parameters
s String: String providing the character stream.

Public methods

close

Added in API level 1
public void close ()

Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it. Once the stream has been closed, further read(), ready(), mark(), or reset() invocations will throw an IOException. Closing a previously closed stream has no effect. This method will block while there is another thread blocking on the reader.

mark

Added in API level 1
public void mark (int readAheadLimit)

Marks the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset() will reposition the stream to this point.

Parameters
readAheadLimit int: Limit on the number of characters that may be read while still preserving the mark. Because the stream's input comes from a string, there is no actual limit, so this argument must not be negative, but is otherwise ignored.

Throws
IllegalArgumentException If readAheadLimit < 0
IOException If an I/O error occurs

markSupported

Added in API level 1
public boolean markSupported ()

Tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does.

Returns
boolean true if and only if this stream supports the mark operation.

read

Added in API level 1
public int read ()

Reads a single character.

Returns
int The character read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached

Throws
IOException If an I/O error occurs

read

Added in API level 1
public int read (char[] cbuf, 
                int off, 
                int len)

Reads characters into a portion of an array.

Parameters
cbuf char: Destination buffer

off int: Offset at which to start writing characters

len int: Maximum number of characters to read

Returns
int The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached

Throws
IOException If an I/O error occurs
IndexOutOfBoundsException

ready

Added in API level 1
public boolean ready ()

Tells whether this stream is ready to be read.

Returns
boolean True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input

Throws
IOException If the stream is closed

reset

Added in API level 1
public void reset ()

Resets the stream to the most recent mark, or to the beginning of the string if it has never been marked.

Throws
IOException If an I/O error occurs

skip

Added in API level 1
public long skip (long ns)

Skips the specified number of characters in the stream. Returns the number of characters that were skipped.

The ns parameter may be negative, even though the skip method of the Reader superclass throws an exception in this case. Negative values of ns cause the stream to skip backwards. Negative return values indicate a skip backwards. It is not possible to skip backwards past the beginning of the string.

If the entire string has been read or skipped, then this method has no effect and always returns 0.

Parameters
ns long: The number of characters to skip

Returns
long The number of characters actually skipped

Throws
IOException If an I/O error occurs