org.jargp
Class CharTracker

java.lang.Object
  org.jargp.CharTracker

public class CharTracker
extends java.lang.Object

Character tracker for processing text. This is effectively a specialized iterator for processing characters in a string one at a time.

Constructor Summary

CharTracker(java.lang.String source, int offset)
Constructor

Method Summary

boolean	hasNext() Check if another character is available.
char	next() Get next character from string, advancing past that character.
char	peek() Peek next character from string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharTracker

public CharTracker(java.lang.String source,
                   int offset)

Constructor

Parameters:

source - string supplying character data

offset - initial character position within source string

Method Detail

next

public char next()

Get next character from string, advancing past that character.

Returns:

next character from string

Throws:

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if past end of text

peek

public char peek()

Peek next character from string. Gets the next character without advancing the current character position.

Returns:

next character from string

Throws:

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if past end of text

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Check if another character is available.

Returns:

true if a character is available, false if at end