Properties.LineReader

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• Properties.LineReader is a utility for reading "logical lines" from an input stream or reader, ignoring comments and blank lines.

• It removes leading whitespace characters (space, tab, and form feed) from each line.

• LineReader provides constructors for both InputStream and Reader input sources.

• It stores the read line in a buffer and returns the line's character length.

public static class Properties.LineReader extends Object

Read in a "logical line" from an InputStream/Reader, skip all comment and blank lines and filter out those leading whitespace characters ( , and ) from the beginning of a "natural line". Method returns the char length of the "logical line" and stores the line in "lineBuf".

Public Constructor Summary

	LineReader(InputStream inStream)
	LineReader(Reader reader)

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Constructors

public LineReader (InputStream inStream)

Parameters

inStream

public LineReader (Reader reader)

Parameters

reader