org.apache.tools.ant.filters
Class StripJavaComments

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.io.Reader
      extended by java.io.FilterReader
          extended by org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
              extended by org.apache.tools.ant.filters.StripJavaComments
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Closeable, java.lang.Readable, ChainableReader

public final class StripJavaComments
extends BaseFilterReader
implements ChainableReader

This is a Java comment and string stripper reader that filters those lexical tokens out for purposes of simple Java parsing. (if you have more complex Java parsing needs, use a real lexer). Since this class heavily relies on the single char read function, you are recommended to make it work on top of a buffered reader.


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
in
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader
lock
 
Constructor Summary
StripJavaComments()
          Constructor for "dummy" instances.
StripJavaComments(java.io.Reader in)
          Creates a new filtered reader.
 
Method Summary
 java.io.Reader chain(java.io.Reader rdr)
          Creates a new StripJavaComments using the passed in Reader for instantiation.
 int read()
          Returns the next character in the filtered stream, not including Java comments.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
getInitialized, getProject, read, readFully, readLine, setInitialized, setProject, skip
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
close, mark, markSupported, ready, reset
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader
read, read
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

StripJavaComments

public StripJavaComments()
Constructor for "dummy" instances.

See Also:
BaseFilterReader.BaseFilterReader()

StripJavaComments

public StripJavaComments(java.io.Reader in)
Creates a new filtered reader.

Parameters:
in - A Reader object providing the underlying stream. Must not be null.
Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws java.io.IOException
Returns the next character in the filtered stream, not including Java comments.

Overrides:
read in class java.io.FilterReader
Returns:
the next character in the resulting stream, or -1 if the end of the resulting stream has been reached
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if the underlying stream throws an IOException during reading

chain

public java.io.Reader chain(java.io.Reader rdr)
Creates a new StripJavaComments using the passed in Reader for instantiation.

Specified by:
chain in interface ChainableReader
Parameters:
rdr - A Reader object providing the underlying stream. Must not be null.
Returns:
a new filter based on this configuration, but filtering the specified reader