Class URLTextReader

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.Reader
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        +--URLTextReader

public class URLTextReader

extends java.io.Reader

Read text from the Internet, given a URL. Reading is performed by a java.io.BufferedReader so as to provide efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines.

Field Summary

private java.io.BufferedReader

reader

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

lock

Constructor Summary

URLTextReader(java.net.URL u)
Create a buffering URL text reader, given a URL.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the stream.
int	read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) Read characters into a portion of an array.
java.lang.String	readLine() Read a line of text.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader

mark, markSupported, read, read, ready, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

reader

private java.io.BufferedReader reader

Constructor Detail

URLTextReader

public URLTextReader(java.net.URL u)

Create a buffering URL text reader, given a URL.

Parameters:

u - The URL to read.

Method Detail

read

public int read(char[] cbuf,
                int off,
                int len)
         throws java.io.IOException

Read characters into a portion of an array.

Specified by:

read in class java.io.Reader

Parameters:

cbuf - The array in which to put the read characters.

off - The starting offset into the array.

len - The number of characters to read.

Returns:

The number of characters actually read.

java.io.IOException

readLine

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

Read a line of text.

Returns:

The line of text that was read.

java.io.IOException

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Close the stream.

Specified by:

close in class java.io.Reader

java.io.IOException