Package org.codehaus.plexus.util

Class ReaderFactory

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory

public class ReaderFactory
extends Object

Utility to create Readers from streams, with explicit encoding choice: platform default, XML, or specified.

Since:

1.4.3

Author:

Herve Boutemy

See Also:

Charset, Supported encodings

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	FILE_ENCODING	The file.encoding System Property.
static String	ISO_8859_1	ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
static String	US_ASCII	Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.
static String	UTF_16	Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).
static String	UTF_16BE	Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
static String	UTF_16LE	Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
static String	UTF_8	Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReaderFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Reader	newPlatformReader(File file)	Create a new Reader with default platform encoding.
static Reader	newPlatformReader(InputStream in)	Create a new Reader with default platform encoding.
static Reader	newPlatformReader(URL url)	Create a new Reader with default platform encoding.
static Reader	newReader(File file, String encoding)	Create a new Reader with specified encoding.
static Reader	newReader(InputStream in, String encoding)	Create a new Reader with specified encoding.
static Reader	newReader(URL url, String encoding)	Create a new Reader with specified encoding.
static XmlStreamReader	newXmlReader(File file)	Create a new Reader with XML encoding detection rules.
static XmlStreamReader	newXmlReader(InputStream in)	Create a new Reader with XML encoding detection rules.
static XmlStreamReader	newXmlReader(URL url)	Create a new Reader with XML encoding detection rules.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ISO_8859_1

public static final String ISO_8859_1

ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1. Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

Charset, Constant Field Values

US_ASCII

public static final String US_ASCII

Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set. Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

Charset, Constant Field Values

UTF_16

public static final String UTF_16

Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output). Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

Charset, Constant Field Values

UTF_16BE

public static final String UTF_16BE

Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order. Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

Charset, Constant Field Values

UTF_16LE

public static final String UTF_16LE

Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order. Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

Charset, Constant Field Values

UTF_8

public static final String UTF_8

Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format. Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

Charset, Constant Field Values

FILE_ENCODING

public static final String FILE_ENCODING

The file.encoding System Property.

Constructor Detail

ReaderFactory

public ReaderFactory()

Method Detail

newXmlReader

public static XmlStreamReader newXmlReader(InputStream in)
                                    throws IOException

Create a new Reader with XML encoding detection rules.

Parameters:

in - not null input stream.

Returns:

an XML reader instance for the input stream.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

XmlStreamReader

newXmlReader

public static XmlStreamReader newXmlReader(File file)
                                    throws IOException

Create a new Reader with XML encoding detection rules.

Parameters:

file - not null file.

Returns:

an XML reader instance for the input file.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

XmlStreamReader

newXmlReader

public static XmlStreamReader newXmlReader(URL url)
                                    throws IOException

Create a new Reader with XML encoding detection rules.

Parameters:

url - not null url.

Returns:

an XML reader instance for the input url.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

XmlStreamReader

newPlatformReader

public static Reader newPlatformReader(InputStream in)

Create a new Reader with default platform encoding.

Parameters:

in - not null input stream.

Returns:

a reader instance for the input stream using the default platform charset.

See Also:

Charset.defaultCharset()

newPlatformReader

public static Reader newPlatformReader(File file)
                                throws IOException

Create a new Reader with default platform encoding.

Parameters:

file - not null file.

Returns:

a reader instance for the input file using the default platform charset.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

Charset.defaultCharset()

newPlatformReader

public static Reader newPlatformReader(URL url)
                                throws IOException

Create a new Reader with default platform encoding.

Parameters:

url - not null url.

Returns:

a reader instance for the input url using the default platform charset.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

Charset.defaultCharset()

newReader

public static Reader newReader(InputStream in,
                               String encoding)
                        throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Create a new Reader with specified encoding.

Parameters:

in - not null input stream.

encoding - not null supported encoding.

Returns:

a reader instance for the input stream using the given encoding.

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - if any.

See Also:

Supported encodings

newReader

public static Reader newReader(File file,
                               String encoding)
                        throws IOException

Create a new Reader with specified encoding. Note that there is no buffering on this reader, which favours clients that read into large buffers (8K+).

Parameters:

file - not null file.

encoding - not null supported encoding.

Returns:

a reader instance for the input file using the given encoding.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

Supported encodings

newReader

public static Reader newReader(URL url,
                               String encoding)
                        throws IOException

Create a new Reader with specified encoding.

Parameters:

url - not null url.

encoding - not null supported encoding.

Returns:

a reader instance for the input url using the given encoding.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

See Also:

Supported encodings