StringInputStream (Apache Ant API)

org.apache.tools.ant.filters
Class StringInputStream

java.lang.Object

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public class StringInputStream

extends java.io.InputStream

Wraps a String as an InputStream. Note that data will be lost for characters not in ISO Latin 1, as a simple char->byte mapping is assumed.

Author:

Magesh Umasankar

Constructor Summary

StringInputStream(java.lang.String source)
Composes a stream from a String

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the Stringreader.
void	mark(int limit) Marks the read limit of the StringReader.
boolean	markSupported()
int	read() Reads from the Stringreader, returning the same value.
void	reset() Resets the StringReader.

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

available, read, read, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringInputStream

public StringInputStream(java.lang.String source)

Composes a stream from a String

Parameters:

source - The string to read from. Must not be null.

Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws java.io.IOException

Reads from the Stringreader, returning the same value. Note that data will be lost for characters not in ISO Latin 1. Clients assuming a return value in the range -1 to 255 may even fail on such input.

Specified by:

read in class java.io.InputStream

Returns:

the value of the next character in the StringReader

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the original StringReader fails to be read

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes the Stringreader.

Overrides:

close in class java.io.InputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the original StringReader fails to be closed

mark

public void mark(int limit)

Marks the read limit of the StringReader.

Overrides:

mark in class java.io.InputStream

Parameters:

limit - the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid

reset

public void reset()
           throws java.io.IOException

Resets the StringReader.

Overrides:

reset in class java.io.InputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the StringReader fails to be reset

markSupported

public boolean markSupported()

Overrides:

markSupported in class java.io.InputStream

See Also:

InputStream.markSupported()