juglr
Class BoxReader

java.lang.Object
  java.io.Reader
      juglr.BoxReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.Readable

Direct Known Subclasses:

JSonBoxReader

public abstract class BoxReader
extends java.io.Reader

A Reader class that outputs a box message as a character stream. You can save system resources by invoking reset(Box) instead of creating new BoxReaders.

See Also:

JSonBoxReader, BoxParser

Field Summary

protected Box

msg The message being serialized.

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

lock

Constructor Summary

BoxReader(Box msg)

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	asString() Read the entire message an return it as a string
abstract void	reset(Box msg) Prepare the reader for serializing another message.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader

close, mark, markSupported, read, read, read, read, ready, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

msg

protected Box msg

The message being serialized.

Constructor Detail

BoxReader

public BoxReader(Box msg)

Method Detail

reset

public abstract void reset(Box msg)

Prepare the reader for serializing another message.

Parameters:

msg - the message to serialize

asString

public abstract java.lang.String asString()

Read the entire message an return it as a string

Returns:

string representation of the message