org.apache.commons.collections

Class ExtendedProperties.PropertiesReader

java.lang.Object

java.io.Reader

java.io.BufferedReader

java.io.LineNumberReader

org.apache.commons.collections.ExtendedProperties.PropertiesReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.lang.Readable

Enclosing class:

ExtendedProperties

static class ExtendedProperties.PropertiesReader
extends java.io.LineNumberReader

This class is used to read properties lines. These lines do not terminate with new-line chars but rather when there is no backslash sign a the end of the line. This is used to concatenate multiple lines for readability.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertiesReader(java.io.Reader reader) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	readProperty() Read a property.

Methods inherited from class java.io.LineNumberReader

getLineNumber, mark, read, read, readLine, reset, setLineNumber, skip

Methods inherited from class java.io.BufferedReader

close, lines, markSupported, ready

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

PropertiesReader

public PropertiesReader(java.io.Reader reader)

Constructor.

Parameters:

reader - A Reader.

Method Detail

readProperty

public java.lang.String readProperty()
                              throws java.io.IOException

Read a property.

Returns:

a String property

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is difficulty reading the source.