org.apache.james.util
Class CharTerminatedInputStream

java.lang.Object
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        +--org.apache.james.util.CharTerminatedInputStream

public class CharTerminatedInputStream

extends InputStream

An InputStream class that terminates the stream when it encounters a particular byte sequence.

Version:

1.0.0, 24/04/1999

Author:

Federico Barbieri

Constructor Summary

CharTerminatedInputStream(InputStream in, char[] terminator)
A constructor for this object that takes a stream to be wrapped and a terminating character sequence.

Method Summary

int	read() Read a byte off this 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

CharTerminatedInputStream

public CharTerminatedInputStream(InputStream in,
                                 char[] terminator)

A constructor for this object that takes a stream to be wrapped and a terminating character sequence.

Parameters:

in - the InputStream to be wrapped

terminator - the array of characters that will terminate the stream.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the terminator array is null or empty

Method Detail

read

public int read()
         throws IOException

Read a byte off this stream.

Specified by:

read in class InputStream

Returns:

the byte read off the stream

Throws:

IOException - if an IOException is encountered while reading off the stream