gov.nih.nlm.util
Class MultiplePathReader

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.util.MultiplePathReader

public class MultiplePathReader
extends Object

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Constructor Summary

MultiplePathReader(BufferedReader[] readers)
Instantiates a MultiplePathReader from the component BufferedReaders.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the MultiplePathReader.
void	mark(int read_ahead_limit) Mark the present position in the stream.
String	readLine() Read a line of text from the current BufferedReader.
void	reset() Reset the stream to the most recent mark.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MultiplePathReader

public MultiplePathReader(BufferedReader[] readers)

Instantiates a MultiplePathReader from the component BufferedReaders.

Parameters:

readers - array of BufferedReaders

Method Detail

readLine

public String readLine()
                throws IOException

Read a line of text from the current BufferedReader. Increment to return lines from the next BufferedReader when the current one returns null.

Returns:

line of text String

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the MultiplePathReader.

Throws:

IOException

mark

public void mark(int read_ahead_limit)
          throws IOException

Mark the present position in the stream.

Parameters:

read_ahead_limit - limit on the number of characters that may be read while still preserving the mark

Throws:

IOException

reset

public void reset()
           throws IOException

Reset the stream to the most recent mark.

Throws:

IOException