iaik.utils
Class LineInputStream

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.InputStream
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        +--java.io.FilterInputStream
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              +--iaik.utils.LineInputStream

public class LineInputStream

extends FilterInputStream

LineInputStream is an InputStream which can be used to read lines (as with BufferedReader) or to read the original stream data. This class may be useful for parsing messages which start with a couple of RFC822 headers followed by an arbitrary content (e.g. image/gif).

Version:

File Revision 19

See Also:

LineOutputStream

Field Summary

protected byte[]

buffer

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream

in

Constructor Summary

LineInputStream(InputStream in)
Creates a new LineInputStream to read data from the specified input stream.

Method Summary

byte[]	getBuffer() Returns the data in the buffer.
byte[]	getLineDelimiter() Returns the line delimiter of the line just read.
String	readLine() Reads a line of text.

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterInputStream

available, close, mark, markSupported, read, read, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

buffer

protected byte[] buffer

Constructor Detail

LineInputStream

public LineInputStream(InputStream in)

Creates a new LineInputStream to read data from the specified input stream.

Parameters:

in - the underlying input stream

Method Detail

readLine

public String readLine()
                throws IOException

Reads a line of text. A line is considered to be terminated by any one of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), or a carriage return followed immediately by a linefeed.

Returns:

a String containing the contents of the line, not including any line-termination characters, or null if the end of the stream has been reached

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

getLineDelimiter

public byte[] getLineDelimiter()

Returns the line delimiter of the line just read.

Returns:

the line delimiter

getBuffer

public byte[] getBuffer()
                 throws IOException

Returns the data in the buffer.

Returns:

the data in the buffer