edu.ucla.sspace.util

Class LineReader

java.lang.Object

edu.ucla.sspace.util.LineReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<String>

public class LineReader
extends Object
implements Iterable<String>

A utility class for reading the lines of a file. This class is specifically designed to support replacing the code

try {
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
    for (String line = null; (line = br.readLine()) != null; ) {
        // work
    }
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    // handling code
} finally {
    br.close();
}

with the code

for (String line : new LineReader(file) {
    // work
}

This class with automatically close the stream up on finishing or upon error. All IOException instances are rethrown as IOError.

Author:

David Jurgens

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LineReader(File f) Creates a line reader for the provided file.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Iterator<String>	iterator() Returns an iterator over the lines in the file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LineReader

public LineReader(File f)

Creates a line reader for the provided file.

Method Detail

iterator

public Iterator<String> iterator()

Returns an iterator over the lines in the file.

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<String>