de.grogra.pf.io

Interface ReaderSource

All Superinterfaces:

FilterSource, RegistryContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileSource, LazyFilter, NullSource, ReaderSourceImpl, StreamAdapter

public interface ReaderSource
extends FilterSource

This subinterface of FilterSource has to be implemented by filter sources whose flavor supports Readers (IOFlavor.READER). It represents the data by an instance of Reader, i.e., as a stream of characters.

Author:

Ole Kniemeyer

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.io.FilterSource

FilterSource.MetaDataKey<V>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.io.FilterSource

AUTO_PROGRESS, DESTINATION_FILE, DESTINATION_URL

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.io.Reader	getReader() Returns a reader to obtain the data as a stream of characters.

Methods inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.io.FilterSource

getFilter, getFlavor, getMetaData, getSystemId, initProgressMonitor, setMetaData, setProgress

Methods inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.registry.RegistryContext

getRegistry

Method Detail

getReader

java.io.Reader getReader()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Returns a reader to obtain the data as a stream of characters.

Returns:

a reader for the data

Throws:

java.io.IOException