com.upokecenter.text.ICharacterInput

public interface ICharacterInput

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

Methods

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.

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.

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

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

Parameters:

chars - Output buffer.
index - An index starting at 0 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.
IllegalArgumentException - Either "index" or "length" is less than 0 or greater than "chars"'s length, or "chars"'s length minus "index" is less than "length".