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StreamTokenizer.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API25965Tue Jun 10 00:25:34 BST 2008java.io

StreamTokenizer

public class StreamTokenizer extends Object
The 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:

  • Whether line terminators are to be returned as tokens or treated as white space that merely separates tokens.
  • Whether C-style comments are to be recognized and skipped.
  • Whether C++-style comments are to be recognized and skipped.
  • Whether the characters of identifiers are converted to lowercase.

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.

author
James Gosling
version
1.47, 11/30/05
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#TT_EOF
since
JDK1.0

Fields Summary
private Reader
reader
private InputStream
input
private char[]
buf
private int
peekc
The next character to be considered by the nextToken method. May also be NEED_CHAR to indicate that a new character should be read, or SKIP_LF to indicate that a new character should be read and, if it is a '\n' character, it should be discarded and a second new character should be read.
private static final int
NEED_CHAR
private static final int
SKIP_LF
private boolean
pushedBack
private boolean
forceLower
private int
LINENO
The line number of the last token read
private boolean
eolIsSignificantP
private boolean
slashSlashCommentsP
private boolean
slashStarCommentsP
private byte[]
ctype
private static final byte
CT_WHITESPACE
private static final byte
CT_DIGIT
private static final byte
CT_ALPHA
private static final byte
CT_QUOTE
private static final byte
CT_COMMENT
public int
ttype
After a call to the 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
A constant indicating that the end of the stream has been read.
public static final int
TT_EOL
A constant indicating that the end of the line has been read.
public static final int
TT_NUMBER
A constant indicating that a number token has been read.
public static final int
TT_WORD
A constant indicating that a word token has been read.
private static final int
TT_NOTHING
public String
sval
If the current token is a word token, this field contains a string giving the characters of the word token. When the current token is a quoted string token, this field contains the body of the string.

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
If the current token is a number, this field contains the value of that number. The current token is a number when the value of the ttype field is TT_NUMBER.

The initial value of this field is 0.0.

Constructors Summary
private StreamTokenizer()
Private constructor that initializes everything except the streams.


             
      
	wordChars('a", 'z");
	wordChars('A", 'Z");
	wordChars(128 + 32, 255);
	whitespaceChars(0, ' ");
	commentChar('/");
	quoteChar('"");
	quoteChar('\'");
	parseNumbers();
    
public StreamTokenizer(InputStream is)
Creates a stream tokenizer that parses the specified input stream. The stream tokenizer is initialized to the following default state:
  • All byte values 'A' through 'Z', 'a' through 'z', and '\u00A0' through '\u00FF' are considered to be alphabetic.
  • All byte values '\u0000' through '\u0020' are considered to be white space.
  • '/' is a comment character.
  • Single quote '\'' and double quote '"' are string quote characters.
  • Numbers are parsed.
  • Ends of lines are treated as white space, not as separate tokens.
  • C-style and C++-style comments are not recognized.

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:
Reader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
StreamTokenizer st = new StreamTokenizer(r);
param
is an input stream.
see
java.io.BufferedReader
see
java.io.InputStreamReader
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#StreamTokenizer(java.io.Reader)

	this();
        if (is == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
	input = is;
    
public StreamTokenizer(Reader r)
Create a tokenizer that parses the given character stream.

param
r a Reader object providing the input stream.
since
JDK1.1

	this();
        if (r == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
	reader = r;
    
Methods Summary
public voidcommentChar(int ch)
Specified that the character argument starts a single-line comment. All characters from the comment character to the end of the line are ignored by this stream tokenizer.

Any other attribute settings for the specified character are cleared.

param
ch the character.

        if (ch >= 0 && ch < ctype.length)
	    ctype[ch] = CT_COMMENT;
    
public voideolIsSignificant(boolean flag)
Determines whether or not ends of line are treated as tokens. If the flag argument is true, this tokenizer treats end of lines as tokens; the 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.

param
flag true indicates that end-of-line characters are separate tokens; false indicates that end-of-line characters are white space.
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#TT_EOL

	eolIsSignificantP = flag;
    
public intlineno()
Return the current line number.

return
the current line number of this stream tokenizer.

	return LINENO;
    
public voidlowerCaseMode(boolean fl)
Determines whether or not word token are automatically lowercased. If the flag argument is 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.

param
fl true indicates that all word tokens should be lowercased.
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#TT_WORD

	forceLower = fl;
    
public intnextToken()
Parses the next token from the input stream of this tokenizer. The type of the next token is returned in the 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.

return
the value of the ttype field.
exception
IOException if an I/O error occurs.
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#sval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype

	if (pushedBack) {
	    pushedBack = false;
	    return ttype;
	}
	byte ct[] = ctype;
	sval = null;

	int c = peekc;
	if (c < 0)
	    c = NEED_CHAR;
	if (c == SKIP_LF) {
	    c = read();
	    if (c < 0)
		return ttype = TT_EOF;
	    if (c == '\n")
		c = NEED_CHAR;
	}
	if (c == NEED_CHAR) {
	    c = read();
	    if (c < 0)
		return ttype = TT_EOF;
	}
	ttype = c;		/* Just to be safe */

	/* Set peekc so that the next invocation of nextToken will read
	 * another character unless peekc is reset in this invocation
	 */
	peekc = NEED_CHAR;

	int ctype = c < 256 ? ct[c] : CT_ALPHA;
	while ((ctype & CT_WHITESPACE) != 0) {
	    if (c == '\r") {
		LINENO++;
		if (eolIsSignificantP) {
		    peekc = SKIP_LF;
		    return ttype = TT_EOL;
		}
		c = read();
		if (c == '\n")
		    c = read();
	    } else {
		if (c == '\n") {
		    LINENO++;
		    if (eolIsSignificantP) {
			return ttype = TT_EOL;
		    }
		}
		c = read();
	    }
	    if (c < 0)
		return ttype = TT_EOF;
	    ctype = c < 256 ? ct[c] : CT_ALPHA;
	}

	if ((ctype & CT_DIGIT) != 0) {
	    boolean neg = false;
	    if (c == '-") {
		c = read();
		if (c != '." && (c < '0" || c > '9")) {
		    peekc = c;
		    return ttype = '-";
		}
		neg = true;
	    }
	    double v = 0;
	    int decexp = 0;
	    int seendot = 0;
	    while (true) {
		if (c == '." && seendot == 0)
		    seendot = 1;
		else if ('0" <= c && c <= '9") {
		    v = v * 10 + (c - '0");
		    decexp += seendot;
		} else
		    break;
		c = read();
	    }
	    peekc = c;
	    if (decexp != 0) {
		double denom = 10;
		decexp--;
		while (decexp > 0) {
		    denom *= 10;
		    decexp--;
		}
		/* Do one division of a likely-to-be-more-accurate number */
		v = v / denom;
	    }
	    nval = neg ? -v : v;
	    return ttype = TT_NUMBER;
	}

	if ((ctype & CT_ALPHA) != 0) {
	    int i = 0;
	    do {
		if (i >= buf.length) {
                    buf = Arrays.copyOf(buf, buf.length * 2);
		}
		buf[i++] = (char) c;
		c = read();
		ctype = c < 0 ? CT_WHITESPACE : c < 256 ? ct[c] : CT_ALPHA;
	    } while ((ctype & (CT_ALPHA | CT_DIGIT)) != 0);
	    peekc = c;
	    sval = String.copyValueOf(buf, 0, i);
	    if (forceLower)
		sval = sval.toLowerCase();
	    return ttype = TT_WORD;
	}

	if ((ctype & CT_QUOTE) != 0) {
	    ttype = c;
	    int i = 0;
	    /* Invariants (because \Octal needs a lookahead):
	     *   (i)  c contains char value
	     *   (ii) d contains the lookahead
	     */
	    int d = read();
	    while (d >= 0 && d != ttype && d != '\n" && d != '\r") {
	        if (d == '\\") {
   		    c = read();
		    int first = c;   /* To allow \377, but not \477 */
		    if (c >= '0" && c <= '7") {
			c = c - '0";
			int c2 = read();
			if ('0" <= c2 && c2 <= '7") {
			    c = (c << 3) + (c2 - '0");
			    c2 = read();
			    if ('0" <= c2 && c2 <= '7" && first <= '3") {
				c = (c << 3) + (c2 - '0");
				d = read();
			    } else
				d = c2;
			} else
			  d = c2;
		    } else {
  		        switch (c) {
			case 'a":
			    c = 0x7;
			    break;
			case 'b":
			    c = '\b";
			    break;
			case 'f":
			    c = 0xC;
			    break;
			case 'n":
			    c = '\n";
			    break;
		        case 'r":
			    c = '\r";
			    break;
			case 't":
			    c = '\t";
			    break;
			case 'v":
			    c = 0xB;
			    break;
			}
			d = read();
		    }
		} else {
		    c = d;
		    d = read();
		}
		if (i >= buf.length) {
                    buf = Arrays.copyOf(buf, buf.length * 2);
		}
		buf[i++] = (char)c;
	    }

	    /* If we broke out of the loop because we found a matching quote
	     * character then arrange to read a new character next time
	     * around; otherwise, save the character.
	     */
	    peekc = (d == ttype) ? NEED_CHAR : d;

	    sval = String.copyValueOf(buf, 0, i);
	    return ttype;
	}

	if (c == '/" && (slashSlashCommentsP || slashStarCommentsP)) {
	    c = read();
	    if (c == '*" && slashStarCommentsP) {
		int prevc = 0;
		while ((c = read()) != '/" || prevc != '*") {
		    if (c == '\r") {
			LINENO++;
			c = read();
			if (c == '\n") {
			    c = read();
			}
		    } else {
		        if (c == '\n") {
			    LINENO++;
			    c = read();
			}
		    }
		    if (c < 0)
		        return ttype = TT_EOF;
		    prevc = c;
		}
		return nextToken();
	    } else if (c == '/" && slashSlashCommentsP) {
	        while ((c = read()) != '\n" && c != '\r" && c >= 0);
	        peekc = c;
		return nextToken();
	    } else {
                /* Now see if it is still a single line comment */
                if ((ct['/"] & CT_COMMENT) != 0) {
                    while ((c = read()) != '\n" && c != '\r" && c >= 0);
                    peekc = c;
                    return nextToken();
                } else {
                    peekc = c;
                    return ttype = '/";
                }
	    }
        }

        if ((ctype & CT_COMMENT) != 0) {
            while ((c = read()) != '\n" && c != '\r" && c >= 0);
            peekc = c;
            return nextToken();
        }

	return ttype = c;
    
public voidordinaryChar(int ch)
Specifies that the character argument is "ordinary" in this tokenizer. It removes any special significance the character has as a comment character, word component, string delimiter, white space, or number character. When such a character is encountered by the parser, the parser treats it as a single-character token and sets 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.

param
ch the character.
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype

        if (ch >= 0 && ch < ctype.length)
  	    ctype[ch] = 0;
    
public voidordinaryChars(int low, int hi)
Specifies that all characters c in the range low <= c <= high are "ordinary" in this tokenizer. See the ordinaryChar method for more information on a character being ordinary.

param
low the low end of the range.
param
hi the high end of the range.
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ordinaryChar(int)

	if (low < 0)
	    low = 0;
	if (hi >= ctype.length)
	    hi = ctype.length - 1;
	while (low <= hi)
	    ctype[low++] = 0;
    
public voidparseNumbers()
Specifies that numbers should be parsed by this tokenizer. The syntax table of this tokenizer is modified so that each of the twelve characters:
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.

see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#TT_NUMBER
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype

	for (int i = '0"; i <= '9"; i++)
	    ctype[i] |= CT_DIGIT;
	ctype['."] |= CT_DIGIT;
	ctype['-"] |= CT_DIGIT;
    
public voidpushBack()
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.

see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#sval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype

        if (ttype != TT_NOTHING)   /* No-op if nextToken() not called */
	    pushedBack = true;
    
public voidquoteChar(int ch)
Specifies that matching pairs of this character delimit string constants in this tokenizer.

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.

param
ch the character.
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#sval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype

        if (ch >= 0 && ch < ctype.length)
 	    ctype[ch] = CT_QUOTE;
    
private intread()
Read the next character

	if (reader != null)
	    return reader.read();
	else if (input != null)
	    return input.read();
	else
	    throw new IllegalStateException();
    
public voidresetSyntax()
Resets this tokenizer's syntax table so that all characters are "ordinary." See the ordinaryChar method for more information on a character being ordinary.

see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ordinaryChar(int)

	for (int i = ctype.length; --i >= 0;)
	    ctype[i] = 0;
    
public voidslashSlashComments(boolean flag)
Determines whether or not the tokenizer recognizes C++-style comments. If the flag argument is 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.

param
flag true indicates to recognize and ignore C++-style comments.

	slashSlashCommentsP = flag;
    
public voidslashStarComments(boolean flag)
Determines whether or not the tokenizer recognizes C-style comments. If the flag argument is 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.

param
flag true indicates to recognize and ignore C-style comments.

	slashStarCommentsP = flag;
    
public java.lang.StringtoString()
Returns the string representation of the current stream token and the line number it occurs on.

The precise string returned is unspecified, although the following example can be considered typical:

Token['a'], line 10

return
a string representation of the token
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#sval
see
java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype

	String ret;
	switch (ttype) {
	  case TT_EOF:
	    ret = "EOF";
	    break;
	  case TT_EOL:
	    ret = "EOL";
	    break;
	  case TT_WORD:
	    ret = sval;
	    break;
	  case TT_NUMBER:
	    ret = "n=" + nval;
	    break;
   	  case TT_NOTHING:
	    ret = "NOTHING";
	    break;
	  default: {
		/* 
		 * ttype is the first character of either a quoted string or
		 * is an ordinary character. ttype can definitely not be less
		 * than 0, since those are reserved values used in the previous
		 * case statements
		 */
		if (ttype < 256 && 
		    ((ctype[ttype] & CT_QUOTE) != 0)) {
		    ret = sval;
		    break;
		}

		char s[] = new char[3];
		s[0] = s[2] = '\'";
		s[1] = (char) ttype;
		ret = new String(s);
		break;
	    }
	}
	return "Token[" + ret + "], line " + LINENO;
    
public voidwhitespaceChars(int low, int hi)
Specifies that all characters c in the range 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.

param
low the low end of the range.
param
hi the high end of the range.

	if (low < 0)
	    low = 0;
	if (hi >= ctype.length)
	    hi = ctype.length - 1;
	while (low <= hi)
	    ctype[low++] = CT_WHITESPACE;
    
public voidwordChars(int low, int hi)
Specifies that all characters c in the range low <= c <= high are word constituents. A word token consists of a word constituent followed by zero or more word constituents or number constituents.

param
low the low end of the range.
param
hi the high end of the range.

	if (low < 0)
	    low = 0;
	if (hi >= ctype.length)
	    hi = ctype.length - 1;
	while (low <= hi)
	    ctype[low++] |= CT_ALPHA;