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Class JavaAgent.resource.cdl.ExpressionReader 

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.io.Reader
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           +----java.io.InputStreamReader
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                   +----JavaAgent.resource.cdl.ExpressionReader
public class ExpressionReader
extends InputStreamReader
This class is a special reader that takes an InputStream and gets complete expressions from that stream. As there is no syntax for expressions all the reader does is count the number of brackets to determine where an expressions begins and ends.

Constructor Index

o ExpressionReader(InputStream)
The constructor for an ExpressionReader takes an InputStream and calls the according constructor for an InputStreamReader.

Method Index

o readExpression()
This function gets the next expression from the InputStream of this ExpressionReader.

Constructors

o ExpressionReader 
 public ExpressionReader(InputStream in)
The constructor for an ExpressionReader takes an InputStream and calls the according constructor for an InputStreamReader.

Parameters:
in - the InputStream expressions are to be read from

Methods

o readExpression 
 public String readExpression() throws IOException
This function gets the next expression from the InputStream of this ExpressionReader. It ignores all characters until it finds an open bracket (round, square, or curly). This is where the expression starts. It will keep reading until the matching brcket is found and the expression ends there. However, this function only counts brackets and the type of bracket (round, square, or curly) is ignored. If no more expression can be read the result will be null.

Returns:
the String representing the next expression or null
Throws: IOException
An exception can occur if reading from the given InputStream fails or the stream finishes before a matching closing bracket in an expression has been found. 
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