The ns parameter may be negative, even though the
* skip method of the {@link Reader} superclass throws
* an exception in this case. Negative values of ns cause the
* stream to skip backwards. Negative return values indicate a skip
* backwards. It is not possible to skip backwards past the beginning of
* the string.
*
*
If the entire string has been read or skipped, then this method has * no effect and always returns 0. * * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs */ public long skip(long ns) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); if (next >= length) return 0; // Bound skip by beginning and end of the source long n = Math.min(length - next, ns); n = Math.max(-next, n); next += n; return n; } } /** * Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. * * @return True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input * * @exception IOException If the stream is closed */ public boolean ready() throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); return true; } } /** * Tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does. */ public boolean markSupported() { return true; } /** * Marks the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset() * will reposition the stream to this point. * * @param readAheadLimit Limit on the number of characters that may be * read while still preserving the mark. Because * the stream's input comes from a string, there * is no actual limit, so this argument must not * be negative, but is otherwise ignored. * * @exception IllegalArgumentException If {@code readAheadLimit < 0} * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs */ public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException { if (readAheadLimit < 0){ throw new IllegalArgumentException("Read-ahead limit < 0"); } synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); mark = next; } } /** * Resets the stream to the most recent mark, or to the beginning of the * string if it has never been marked. * * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs */ public void reset() throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); next = mark; } } /** * Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with * it. Once the stream has been closed, further read(), * ready(), mark(), or reset() invocations will throw an IOException. * Closing a previously closed stream has no effect. */ public void close() { str = null; } }