org.netbeans.api.extexecution.input
Interface InputProcessor

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable

public interface InputProcessor
extends Closeable

Processes chars read by InputReader.

When the implementation is used just by single InputReader it does not have to be thread safe.

See Also:

InputReader

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the processor releasing the resources held by it.
void	processInput(char[] chars) Processes the characters.
void	reset() Notifies the processor that it should reset its state.

Method Detail

processInput

void processInput(@NonNull
                  char[] chars)
                  throws IOException

Processes the characters.

Parameters:

chars - characters to process

Throws:

IOException - if any processing error occurs

reset

void reset()
           throws IOException

Notifies the processor that it should reset its state.

The circumstances when this method is called must be defined by the particular InputReader.

For example reset is called by reader returned from InputReaders.forFileInputProvider(org.netbeans.api.extexecution.input.InputReaders.FileInput.Provider) when the provided file is changed.

Throws:

IOException - if error occurs while reseting

close

void close()
           throws IOException

Closes the processor releasing the resources held by it.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Throws:

IOException