Class AsciiReadSupport

java.lang.Object

cnuphys.lund.AsciiReadSupport

public class AsciiReadSupport
extends Object

Support for simpe ASCII reads

Author:

heddle

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static final String	commentChar

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AsciiReadSupport()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	asciiFileToString(File file)	Read an entire ascii file into a single string.
static int	countLines(File file)	Count the lines in an ASCII file, without skipping comment
static int	countNonCommentLines(File file)	Counts the number of non-comment lines in a file
static String	nextNonComment(BufferedReader bufferedReader)	Get the next non comment line
static String[]	nextTokens(BufferedReader bufferedReader)	Get the next tokens from a buffered reader
static void	skipLines(int n, BufferedReader bufferedReader)	Skip lines in an ascii file
static String[]	tokens(String str)	This method breaks a string into an array of tokens.
static String[]	tokens(String str, String delimiter)	This method breaks a string into an array of tokens.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

commentChar

protected static final String commentChar

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

AsciiReadSupport

public AsciiReadSupport()

Method Details

nextNonComment

public static String nextNonComment(BufferedReader bufferedReader)

Get the next non comment line

Parameters:

bufferedReader - a buffered reader which should be linked to an ascii file

Returns:

the next non comment line (or null)

countNonCommentLines

public static int countNonCommentLines(File file)

Counts the number of non-comment lines in a file

Parameters:

file - the file in question

Returns:

the number of non-comment lines in the file

asciiFileToString

public static String asciiFileToString(File file)

Read an entire ascii file into a single string.

Parameters:

file - the file to read

Returns:

the string with the entire content of the file

countLines

public static int countLines(File file)

Count the lines in an ASCII file, without skipping comment

Parameters:

file - the file in question

Returns:

the number of lines in the file

nextTokens

public static String[] nextTokens(BufferedReader bufferedReader)

Get the next tokens from a buffered reader

Parameters:

bufferedReader - a buffered reader which should be linked to an ascii file

Returns:

the next set of white-space separated tokens.

tokens

public static String[] tokens(String str,
 String delimiter)

This method breaks a string into an array of tokens.

Parameters:

str - the string to decompose.

delimiter - the delimiter

Returns:

an array of tokens

tokens

public static String[] tokens(String str)

This method breaks a string into an array of tokens.

Parameters:

str - the string to decompose.

Returns:

an array of tokens

skipLines

public static void skipLines(int n,
 BufferedReader bufferedReader)

Skip lines in an ascii file

Parameters:

n - the number of lines to skip

bufferedReader - a buffered reader which should be linked to an ascii file