edu.umass.cs.surveyman.utils

Class Slurpie

java.lang.Object

edu.umass.cs.surveyman.utils.Slurpie

public class Slurpie
extends Object

Slurpie.slurp reads an entire file into a string.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Slurpie()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static BufferedReader	getReader(String filename) Get a reader for a file or URL.
static String	slurp(BufferedReader br, int numChars) Slurp from a BufferedReader up to roughly numChars characters of data.
static String	slurp(String filename) Read the contents of a file.
static String	slurp(String filename, boolean ignoreErr)
static String	slurp(String filename, int numChars) Slurp in a filename up to a maximimum number of characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Slurpie

public Slurpie()

Method Detail

slurp

public static String slurp(String filename)
                    throws IOException

Read the contents of a file.

Parameters:

filename - file or URL.

Returns:

contents as a String.

Throws:

IOException

getReader

public static BufferedReader getReader(String filename)
                                throws IOException

Get a reader for a file or URL.

Parameters:

filename - file or URL.

Returns:

a BufferedReader, make sure to close it.

Throws:

IOException

slurp

public static String slurp(String filename,
           int numChars)
                    throws IOException

Slurp in a filename up to a maximimum number of characters.

Parameters:

filename - file name or url.

numChars - maximum size in characters.

Returns:

a string of up to numChars.

Throws:

IOException

slurp

public static String slurp(BufferedReader br,
           int numChars)
                    throws IOException

Slurp from a BufferedReader up to roughly numChars characters of data.

Parameters:

br - the buffered reader.

numChars - the number of characters to read.

Returns:

the data as a string.

Throws:

IOException

slurp

public static String slurp(String filename,
           boolean ignoreErr)
                    throws IOException

Throws:

IOException