com.google.common.io
Class CharStreams

java.lang.Object
  com.google.common.io.CharStreams

@Beta
public final class CharStreams
extends Object

Provides utility methods for working with character streams.

All method parameters must be non-null unless documented otherwise.

Some of the methods in this class take arguments with a generic type of Readable & Closeable. A Reader implements both of those interfaces. Similarly for Appendable & Closeable and Writer.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Chris Nokleberg, Bin Zhu

Method Summary

static Writer	asWriter(Appendable target) Returns a Writer that sends all output to the given Appendable target.
static <R extends Readable & Closeable> long	copy(InputSupplier<R> from, Appendable to) Opens a Readable object from the supplier, copies all characters to the Appendable object, and closes the input.
static <R extends Readable & Closeable,W extends Appendable & Closeable> long	copy(InputSupplier<R> from, OutputSupplier<W> to) Opens Readable and Appendable objects from the given factories, copies all characters between the two, and closes them.
static long	copy(Readable from, Appendable to) Copies all characters between the Readable and Appendable objects.
static InputSupplier<Reader>	join(InputSupplier<? extends Reader>... suppliers) Varargs form of join(Iterable).
static InputSupplier<Reader>	join(Iterable<? extends InputSupplier<? extends Reader>> suppliers) Joins multiple Reader suppliers into a single supplier.
static InputSupplier<InputStreamReader>	newReaderSupplier(InputSupplier<? extends InputStream> in, Charset charset) Returns a factory that will supply instances of InputStreamReader, using the given InputStream factory and character set.
static InputSupplier<StringReader>	newReaderSupplier(String value) Returns a factory that will supply instances of StringReader that read a string value.
static OutputSupplier<OutputStreamWriter>	newWriterSupplier(OutputSupplier<? extends OutputStream> out, Charset charset) Returns a factory that will supply instances of OutputStreamWriter, using the given OutputStream factory and character set.
static <R extends Readable & Closeable> String	readFirstLine(InputSupplier<R> supplier) Reads the first line from a Readable & Closeable object supplied by a factory.
static <R extends Readable & Closeable> List<String>	readLines(InputSupplier<R> supplier) Reads all of the lines from a Readable & Closeable object supplied by a factory.
static <R extends Readable & Closeable,T> T	readLines(InputSupplier<R> supplier, LineProcessor<T> callback) Streams lines from a Readable and Closeable object supplied by a factory, stopping when our callback returns false, or we have read all of the lines.
static List<String>	readLines(Readable r) Reads all of the lines from a Readable object.
static void	skipFully(Reader reader, long n) Discards n characters of data from the reader.
static <R extends Readable & Closeable> String	toString(InputSupplier<R> supplier) Returns the characters from a Readable & Closeable object supplied by a factory as a String.
static String	toString(Readable r) Reads all characters from a Readable object into a String.
static <W extends Appendable & Closeable> void	write(CharSequence from, OutputSupplier<W> to) Writes a character sequence (such as a string) to an appendable object from the given supplier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newReaderSupplier

public static InputSupplier<StringReader> newReaderSupplier(String value)

Returns a factory that will supply instances of StringReader that read a string value.

Parameters:

value - the string to read

Returns:

the factory

newReaderSupplier

public static InputSupplier<InputStreamReader> newReaderSupplier(InputSupplier<? extends InputStream> in,
                                                                 Charset charset)

Returns a factory that will supply instances of InputStreamReader, using the given InputStream factory and character set.

Parameters:

in - the factory that will be used to open input streams

charset - the charset used to decode the input stream; see Charsets for helpful predefined constants

Returns:

the factory

newWriterSupplier

public static OutputSupplier<OutputStreamWriter> newWriterSupplier(OutputSupplier<? extends OutputStream> out,
                                                                   Charset charset)

Returns a factory that will supply instances of OutputStreamWriter, using the given OutputStream factory and character set.

Parameters:

out - the factory that will be used to open output streams

charset - the charset used to encode the output stream; see Charsets for helpful predefined constants

Returns:

the factory

write

public static <W extends Appendable & Closeable> void write(CharSequence from,
                                                           OutputSupplier<W> to)
                  throws IOException

Writes a character sequence (such as a string) to an appendable object from the given supplier.

Parameters:

from - the character sequence to write

to - the output supplier

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

copy

public static <R extends Readable & Closeable,W extends Appendable & Closeable> long copy(InputSupplier<R> from,
                                                                                        OutputSupplier<W> to)
                 throws IOException

Opens Readable and Appendable objects from the given factories, copies all characters between the two, and closes them.

Parameters:

from - the input factory

to - the output factory

Returns:

the number of characters copied

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

copy

public static <R extends Readable & Closeable> long copy(InputSupplier<R> from,
                                                        Appendable to)
                 throws IOException

Opens a Readable object from the supplier, copies all characters to the Appendable object, and closes the input. Does not close or flush the output.

Parameters:

from - the input factory

to - the object to write to

Returns:

the number of characters copied

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

copy

public static long copy(Readable from,
                        Appendable to)
                 throws IOException

Copies all characters between the Readable and Appendable objects. Does not close or flush either object.

Parameters:

from - the object to read from

to - the object to write to

Returns:

the number of characters copied

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

toString

public static String toString(Readable r)
                       throws IOException

Reads all characters from a Readable object into a String. Does not close the Readable.

Parameters:

r - the object to read from

Returns:

a string containing all the characters

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

toString

public static <R extends Readable & Closeable> String toString(InputSupplier<R> supplier)
                       throws IOException

Returns the characters from a Readable & Closeable object supplied by a factory as a String.

Parameters:

supplier - the factory to read from

Returns:

a string containing all the characters

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readFirstLine

public static <R extends Readable & Closeable> String readFirstLine(InputSupplier<R> supplier)
                            throws IOException

Reads the first line from a Readable & Closeable object supplied by a factory. The line does not include line-termination characters, but does include other leading and trailing whitespace.

Parameters:

supplier - the factory to read from

Returns:

the first line, or null if the reader is empty

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readLines

public static <R extends Readable & Closeable> List<String> readLines(InputSupplier<R> supplier)
                              throws IOException

Reads all of the lines from a Readable & Closeable object supplied by a factory. The lines do not include line-termination characters, but do include other leading and trailing whitespace.

Parameters:

supplier - the factory to read from

Returns:

a mutable List containing all the lines

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readLines

public static List<String> readLines(Readable r)
                              throws IOException

Reads all of the lines from a Readable object. The lines do not include line-termination characters, but do include other leading and trailing whitespace.

Does not close the Readable. If reading files or resources you should use the Files.readLines(java.io.File, java.nio.charset.Charset) and Resources.readLines(java.net.URL, java.nio.charset.Charset, com.google.common.io.LineProcessor) methods.

Parameters:

r - the object to read from

Returns:

a mutable List containing all the lines

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readLines

public static <R extends Readable & Closeable,T> T readLines(InputSupplier<R> supplier,
                                                            LineProcessor<T> callback)
                   throws IOException

Streams lines from a Readable and Closeable object supplied by a factory, stopping when our callback returns false, or we have read all of the lines.

Parameters:

supplier - the factory to read from

callback - the LineProcessor to use to handle the lines

Returns:

the output of processing the lines

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

join

public static InputSupplier<Reader> join(Iterable<? extends InputSupplier<? extends Reader>> suppliers)

Joins multiple Reader suppliers into a single supplier. Reader returned from the supplier will contain the concatenated data from the readers of the underlying suppliers.

Reading from the joined reader will throw a NullPointerException if any of the suppliers are null or return null.

Only one underlying reader will be open at a time. Closing the joined reader will close the open underlying reader.

Parameters:

suppliers - the suppliers to concatenate

Returns:

a supplier that will return a reader containing the concatenated data

join

public static InputSupplier<Reader> join(InputSupplier<? extends Reader>... suppliers)

Varargs form of join(Iterable).

skipFully

public static void skipFully(Reader reader,
                             long n)
                      throws IOException

Discards n characters of data from the reader. This method will block until the full amount has been skipped. Does not close the reader.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to read from

n - the number of characters to skip

Throws:

EOFException - if this stream reaches the end before skipping all the bytes

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

asWriter

public static Writer asWriter(Appendable target)

Returns a Writer that sends all output to the given Appendable target. Closing the writer will close the target if it is Closeable, and flushing the writer will flush the target if it is Flushable.

Parameters:

target - the object to which output will be sent

Returns:

a new Writer object, unless target is a Writer, in which case the target is returned