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Interface ICharacterInput

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharacterReader

public interface ICharacterInput

An interface for reading Unicode code points from a data source.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	Read(int[] chars, int index, int length) Reads a sequence of Unicode code points from a data source.
int	ReadChar() Reads a Unicode code point from a data source.

Method Detail

ReadChar

int ReadChar()

Reads a Unicode code point from a data source.

Returns:

Either a Unicode code point (from 0-0xd7ff or from 0xe000 to 0x10ffff), or the value -1 indicating the end of the source.

Read

int Read(int[] chars,
         int index,
         int length)

Reads a sequence of Unicode code points from a data source.

Parameters:

chars - Output buffer.

index - A zero-based index showing where the desired portion of chars begins.

length - The number of elements in the desired portion of chars (but not more than chars 's length).

Returns:

Either a Unicode code point (from 0-0xd7ff or from 0xe000 to 0x10ffff), or the value -1 indicating the end of the source.

Throws:

NullPointerException - Should be thrown if "chars" is null.