Class LineReader

java.lang.Object

LineReader

public class LineReader
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LineReader(java.lang.String file, java.lang.String delimiter) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes this LineReader.
java.lang.String[]	getNextLine() Returns next line of input file as an array of strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LineReader

public LineReader(java.lang.String file,
          java.lang.String delimiter)

Constructor.

Parameters:

file - path to file to read. For example, "C:/project7/input.txt". Use forward slashes to separate directories (folders) and don't forget the quotes.

delimiter - When reading lines, delimiter is used to parse the tokens. For example, "," should be used for a comma-delimited file (like in a thesaurus). " " should be used where spaces separate words (like in an input file to be grammar-checked).

Method Detail

getNextLine

public java.lang.String[] getNextLine()

Returns next line of input file as an array of strings. For a thesaurus input file, index 0 in the array will hold the keyword and the remaining positions will be synonyms of the keyword. Returns null if end-of-file (EOF) is reached.

Returns:

line of input as array of strings (delimiter is consumed)

close

public void close()

Closes this LineReader.