org.codehaus.plexus.util

Class StringInputStream

public class StringInputStream extends InputStream

Wraps a String as an InputStream. Note that data will be lost for characters not in ISO Latin 1, as a simple char->byte mapping is assumed.

Author: Magesh Umasankar

Field Summary
StringReader	in Source string, stored as a StringReader

Constructor Summary
	StringInputStream(String source) Composes a stream from a String

Method Summary
void	close() Closes the Stringreader.
void	mark(int limit) Marks the read limit of the StringReader.
boolean	markSupported()
int	read() Reads from the Stringreader, returning the same value.
void	reset() Resets the StringReader.

Field Detail

in

private StringReader in

Source string, stored as a StringReader

Constructor Detail

StringInputStream

public StringInputStream(String source)

Composes a stream from a String

Parameters: source The string to read from. Must not be null.

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Closes the Stringreader.

Throws: IOException if the original StringReader fails to be closed

mark

public void mark(int limit)

Marks the read limit of the StringReader.

Parameters: limit the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before the mark position becomes invalid

Reads from the Stringreader, returning the same value. Note that data will be lost for characters not in ISO Latin 1. Clients assuming a return value in the range -1 to 255 may even fail on such input.

Returns: the value of the next character in the StringReader

Throws: IOException if the original StringReader fails to be read

reset

public void reset()

Resets the StringReader.

Throws: IOException if the StringReader fails to be reset