org.apache.tools.ant.filters
Class StripLineComments

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.io.Reader
        |
        +--java.io.FilterReader
              |
              +--org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
                    |
                    +--org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseParamFilterReader
                          |
                          +--org.apache.tools.ant.filters.StripLineComments
All Implemented Interfaces:
ChainableReader, Parameterizable

public final class StripLineComments
extends BaseParamFilterReader
implements ChainableReader

This filter strips line comments. Example:

<striplinecomments>
   <comment value="#"/>
   <comment value="--"/>
   <comment value="REM "/>
   <comment value="rem "/>
   <comment value="//"/>
 </striplinecomments>
Or:
<filterreader
      classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.StripLineComments">
   <param type="comment" value="#"/>
   <param type="comment" value="--"/>
   <param type="comment" value="REM "/>
   <param type="comment" value="rem "/>
   <param type="comment" value="//"/>
 </filterreader>


Nested Class Summary
static class StripLineComments.Comment
          The class that holds a comment representation.
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
in
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader
lock
 
Constructor Summary
StripLineComments()
          Constructor for "dummy" instances.
StripLineComments(java.io.Reader in)
          Creates a new filtered reader.
 
Method Summary
 void addConfiguredComment(StripLineComments.Comment comment)
          Adds a comment element to the list of prefixes.
 java.io.Reader chain(java.io.Reader rdr)
          Creates a new StripLineComments using the passed in Reader for instantiation.
 int read()
          Returns the next character in the filtered stream, only including lines from the original stream which don't start with any of the specified comment prefixes.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseParamFilterReader
getParameters, setParameters
 
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
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

StripLineComments

public StripLineComments()
Constructor for "dummy" instances.

See Also:
BaseFilterReader.BaseFilterReader()

StripLineComments

public StripLineComments(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 final int read()
               throws java.io.IOException
Returns the next character in the filtered stream, only including lines from the original stream which don't start with any of the specified comment prefixes.

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

addConfiguredComment

public final void addConfiguredComment(StripLineComments.Comment comment)
Adds a comment element to the list of prefixes.

Parameters:
comment - The comment element to add to the list of comment prefixes to strip. Must not be null.

chain

public final java.io.Reader chain(java.io.Reader rdr)
Creates a new StripLineComments 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


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