com.webcab.chat.gui
Class WebFile

java.lang.Object
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public class WebFile

extends java.lang.Object

This class encapsulates a URL text file reader. It takes the file name at construction and reads line by line from the stream with readLine.

Author:

WebCab Components

Constructor Summary

WebFile(java.lang.String fileName)
Creates a new text file which reads its data from the given URL.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the stream.
java.lang.String	readLine() Gets the next line from the text stream or a null pointer in case of an error or when the EOF has been reached.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WebFile

public WebFile(java.lang.String fileName)
        throws java.net.MalformedURLException,
               java.io.IOException

Creates a new text file which reads its data from the given URL. The URL is read as a String.

Parameters:

fileName - the string representing the URL.

See Also:

readLine()

Method Detail

readLine

public java.lang.String readLine()

Gets the next line from the text stream or a null pointer in case of an error or when the EOF has been reached. This method catches all IOExceptions internally.

Returns:

The next line from the stream.

See Also:

close()

close

public void close()

Closes the stream. Any new calls to the readLine method will return null.