org.freehep.util.io
Class RoutedInputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.InputStream
      org.freehep.util.io.RoutedInputStream

Direct Known Subclasses:

PromptInputStream

public class RoutedInputStream

extends InputStream

The RoutedInputStream allows the user to add a listener for a certain delimited portion of the main inputstream. This portion is marked by a start and end marker. The end marker can be null, in which case the portion runs from the start marker to the end of the main inputstream. The listener is informed via a route (partial inputstream) when input is available. The new routed inputstream (route) is supposed to be read to the end or closed, after which the main inputstream should be read again. Closing a route will not close the original stream, but will discard any bytes up to and including the end marker. Returning from a route without reading until the end of the route means that the remaining bytes are still available on the main stream. Multiple routes can be added, as long as they have different start sequences. Start sequences such as "StartA, StartB, StartEmpty" are allowed, but "Start, StartOther" are not since they overlap. Start and End markers can be the same. IMPORTANT: inherits from InputStream rather than FilterInputStream so that the correct read(byte[], int, int) method is used.

Version:

$Id: RoutedInputStream.java,v 1.3 2002/12/06 16:55:13 duns Exp $

Author:

Mark Donszelmann

Source Code:

RoutedInputStream.java

Nested Class Summary

class

RoutedInputStream.Route Route which can be read up to and including the end marker.

Constructor Summary

RoutedInputStream(InputStream input)
Creates a RoutedInputStream from the underlying stream.

Method Summary

void	addRoute(byte[] start, byte[] end, RouteListener listener) Adds a route for given start and end marker.
void	addRoute(String start, String end, RouteListener listener) Adds a route for given start and end string.
int	read() Returns the next byte on this stream, however if a start marker is found, the associated route listener is called, which should take over reading the stream.

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

available, close, mark, markSupported, read, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RoutedInputStream

public RoutedInputStream(InputStream input)

Creates a RoutedInputStream from the underlying stream.

Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws IOException

Returns the next byte on this stream, however if a start marker is found, the associated route listener is called, which should take over reading the stream. In this case this method will, after the route is finished reading and closed, return the first byte after the end marker. This of course unless that byte is part of the next start marker.

Throws:

IOException

addRoute

public void addRoute(String start,
                     String end,
                     RouteListener listener)

Adds a route for given start and end string. The strings are converted according to the default encoding to start and end markers (byte[]).

addRoute

public void addRoute(byte[] start,
                     byte[] end,
                     RouteListener listener)

Adds a route for given start and end marker. If the end marker is null, the route is indefinite, and can be read until the main stream ends. If the start and end marker are equal, the route can be read for exactly their length.