LineReader (Starjava ECSV API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.ac.starlink.ecsv.LineReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable
```
public abstract class LineReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Closeable
```
Reads lines of text from an input stream.

Since:

28 Apr 2020

Author:

Mark Taylor

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected LineReader(java.io.InputStream in)
Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`
`static LineReader`	`createArrayLineReader(java.lang.String[] lines)`	Returns a LineReader instance that reads lines from an array.
`static LineReader`	`createAsciiLineReader(java.io.InputStream in)`	Returns a LineReader instance that just uses the lower 7 bits of each input byte for character values.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`readLine()`	Returns the next non-empty line of text from the input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - LineReader
```
protected LineReader(java.io.InputStream in)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - underlying input stream
- Method Detail
  - readLine
```
public abstract java.lang.String readLine()
                                   throws java.io.IOException
```
    Returns the next non-empty line of text from the input stream. The line will not consist of only whitespace.
    
    Returns:
    
    non-blank line, or null if the input is at an end
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - close
```
public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException
```
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface java.io.Closeable
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - createAsciiLineReader
```
public static LineReader createAsciiLineReader(java.io.InputStream in)
```
    Returns a LineReader instance that just uses the lower 7 bits of each input byte for character values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - input stream
    
    Returns:
    
    line reader
  - createArrayLineReader
```
public static LineReader createArrayLineReader(java.lang.String[] lines)
```
    Returns a LineReader instance that reads lines from an array.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lines - line array
    
    Returns:
    
    line reader