public class StreamTokenizer extends Object
StreamTokenizer
class takes an input stream and parses it into "tokens", allowing the tokens to be read one at a time. The parsing process is controlled by a table and a number of flags that can be set to various states. The stream tokenizer can recognize identifiers, numbers, quoted strings, and various comment styles. Each byte read from the input stream is regarded as a character in the range '\u0000'
through '\u00FF'
. The character value is used to look up five possible attributes of the character: white space, alphabetic, numeric, string quote, and comment character. Each character can have zero or more of these attributes.
In addition, an instance has four flags. These flags indicate:
A typical application first constructs an instance of this class, sets up the syntax tables, and then repeatedly loops calling the nextToken
method in each iteration of the loop until it returns the value TT_EOF
.
Modifier and Type | Field | Description |
---|---|---|
double |
nval |
If the current token is a number, this field contains the value of that number. |
String |
sval |
If the current token is a word token, this field contains a string giving the characters of the word token. |
static final int |
TT_EOF |
A constant indicating that the end of the stream has been read. |
static final int |
TT_EOL |
A constant indicating that the end of the line has been read. |
static final int |
TT_NUMBER |
A constant indicating that a number token has been read. |
static final int |
TT_WORD |
A constant indicating that a word token has been read. |
int |
ttype |
After a call to the nextToken method, this field contains the type of the token just read. |
Constructor | Description |
---|---|
StreamTokenizer |
Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, the preferred way to tokenize an input stream is to convert it into a character stream, for example: |
StreamTokenizer |
Create a tokenizer that parses the given character stream. |
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
void |
commentChar |
Specified that the character argument starts a single-line comment. |
void |
eolIsSignificant |
Determines whether or not ends of line are treated as tokens. |
int |
lineno() |
Return the current line number. |
void |
lowerCaseMode |
Determines whether or not word token are automatically lowercased. |
int |
nextToken() |
Parses the next token from the input stream of this tokenizer. |
void |
ordinaryChar |
Specifies that the character argument is "ordinary" in this tokenizer. |
void |
ordinaryChars |
Specifies that all characters c in the range low <= c <= high are "ordinary" in this tokenizer. |
void |
parseNumbers() |
Specifies that numbers should be parsed by this tokenizer. |
void |
pushBack() |
Causes the next call to the nextToken method of this tokenizer to return the current value in the ttype field, and not to modify the value in the nval or sval field. |
void |
quoteChar |
Specifies that matching pairs of this character delimit string constants in this tokenizer. |
void |
resetSyntax() |
Resets this tokenizer's syntax table so that all characters are "ordinary." |
void |
slashSlashComments |
Determines whether or not the tokenizer recognizes C++-style comments. |
void |
slashStarComments |
Determines whether or not the tokenizer recognizes C-style comments. |
String |
toString() |
Returns the string representation of the current stream token and the line number it occurs on. |
void |
whitespaceChars |
Specifies that all characters c in the range low <= c <= high are white space characters. |
void |
wordChars |
Specifies that all characters c in the range low <= c <= high are word constituents. |
public int ttype
nextToken
method, this field contains the type of the token just read. For a single character token, its value is the single character, converted to an integer. For a quoted string token, its value is the quote character. Otherwise, its value is one of the following: TT_WORD
indicates that the token is a word. TT_NUMBER
indicates that the token is a number. TT_EOL
indicates that the end of line has been read. The field can only have this value if the eolIsSignificant
method has been called with the argument true
. TT_EOF
indicates that the end of the input stream has been reached. The initial value of this field is -4.
public static final int TT_EOF
public static final int TT_EOL
public static final int TT_NUMBER
public static final int TT_WORD
public String sval
The current token is a word when the value of the ttype
field is TT_WORD
. The current token is a quoted string token when the value of the ttype
field is a quote character.
The initial value of this field is null.
public double nval
ttype
field is TT_NUMBER
. The initial value of this field is 0.0.
@Deprecated public StreamTokenizer(InputStream is)
Reader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer(r);
'A'
through 'Z'
, 'a'
through 'z'
, and '\u00A0'
through '\u00FF'
are considered to be alphabetic. '\u0000'
through '\u0020'
are considered to be white space. '/'
is a comment character. '\''
and double quote '"'
are string quote characters. is
- an input stream.public StreamTokenizer(Reader r)
r
- a Reader object providing the input stream.public void resetSyntax()
ordinaryChar
method for more information on a character being ordinary.public void wordChars(int low, int hi)
low <= c <= high
are word constituents. A word token consists of a word constituent followed by zero or more word constituents or number constituents.low
- the low end of the range.hi
- the high end of the range.public void whitespaceChars(int low, int hi)
low <= c <= high
are white space characters. White space characters serve only to separate tokens in the input stream. Any other attribute settings for the characters in the specified range are cleared.
low
- the low end of the range.hi
- the high end of the range.public void ordinaryChars(int low, int hi)
low <= c <= high
are "ordinary" in this tokenizer. See the ordinaryChar
method for more information on a character being ordinary.low
- the low end of the range.hi
- the high end of the range.public void ordinaryChar(int ch)
ttype
field to the character value. Making a line terminator character "ordinary" may interfere with the ability of a StreamTokenizer
to count lines. The lineno
method may no longer reflect the presence of such terminator characters in its line count.
ch
- the character.public void commentChar(int ch)
Any other attribute settings for the specified character are cleared.
ch
- the character.public void quoteChar(int ch)
When the nextToken
method encounters a string constant, the ttype
field is set to the string delimiter and the sval
field is set to the body of the string.
If a string quote character is encountered, then a string is recognized, consisting of all characters after (but not including) the string quote character, up to (but not including) the next occurrence of that same string quote character, or a line terminator, or end of file. The usual escape sequences such as "\n"
and "\t"
are recognized and converted to single characters as the string is parsed.
Any other attribute settings for the specified character are cleared.
ch
- the character.public void parseNumbers()
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . -
has the "numeric" attribute.
When the parser encounters a word token that has the format of a double precision floating-point number, it treats the token as a number rather than a word, by setting the ttype
field to the value TT_NUMBER
and putting the numeric value of the token into the nval
field.
public void eolIsSignificant(boolean flag)
nextToken
method returns TT_EOL
and also sets the ttype
field to this value when an end of line is read. A line is a sequence of characters ending with either a carriage-return character ('\r'
) or a newline character ('\n'
). In addition, a carriage-return character followed immediately by a newline character is treated as a single end-of-line token.
If the flag
is false, end-of-line characters are treated as white space and serve only to separate tokens.
flag
- true
indicates that end-of-line characters are separate tokens; false
indicates that end-of-line characters are white space.public void slashStarComments(boolean flag)
true
, this stream tokenizer recognizes C-style comments. All text between successive occurrences of /*
and */
are discarded. If the flag argument is false
, then C-style comments are not treated specially.
flag
- true
indicates to recognize and ignore C-style comments.public void slashSlashComments(boolean flag)
true
, this stream tokenizer recognizes C++-style comments. Any occurrence of two consecutive slash characters ('/'
) is treated as the beginning of a comment that extends to the end of the line. If the flag argument is false
, then C++-style comments are not treated specially.
flag
- true
indicates to recognize and ignore C++-style comments.public void lowerCaseMode(boolean fl)
true
, then the value in the sval
field is lowercased whenever a word token is returned (the ttype
field has the value TT_WORD
by the nextToken
method of this tokenizer. If the flag argument is false
, then the sval
field is not modified.
fl
- true
indicates that all word tokens should be lowercased.public int nextToken() throws IOException
ttype
field. Additional information about the token may be in the nval
field or the sval
field of this tokenizer. Typical clients of this class first set up the syntax tables and then sit in a loop calling nextToken to parse successive tokens until TT_EOF is returned.
ttype
field.IOException
- if an I/O error occurs.public void pushBack()
nextToken
method of this tokenizer to return the current value in the ttype
field, and not to modify the value in the nval
or sval
field.public int lineno()
public String toString()
The precise string returned is unspecified, although the following example can be considered typical:
Token['a'], line 10
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