org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.scanner

Interface Scanner

All Superinterfaces:

Iterator<org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ScannerImpl

public interface Scanner
extends Iterator<org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token>

This interface represents an input stream of Tokens.

The scanner and the parser form together the 'Parse' step in the loading process.

See Also:

3.1. Processes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkToken(org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token.ID... choices) Check if the next token is one of the given types.
org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token	next() Returns the next token.
org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token	peekToken() Return the next token, but do not delete it from the stream.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator

forEachRemaining, hasNext, remove

Method Detail

checkToken

boolean checkToken(org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token.ID... choices)

Check if the next token is one of the given types.

Parameters:

choices - token IDs to match with

Returns:

true if the next token is one of the given types. Returns false if no more tokens are available.

Throws:

ScannerException - Thrown in case of malformed input.

peekToken

org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token peekToken()

Return the next token, but do not delete it from the stream.

Returns:

The token that will be returned on the next call to next()

Throws:

ScannerException - Thrown in case of malformed input.

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if no more token left

next

org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token next()

Returns the next token.

The token will be removed from the stream. (Every invocation of this method must happen after calling either checkToken(org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token.ID...) or peekToken()

Specified by:

next in interface Iterator<org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.tokens.Token>

Returns:

the coming token

Throws:

ScannerException - Thrown in case of malformed input.

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if no more token left