src/org/apache/commons/io/input/ProxyReader.java

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package org.apache.commons.io.input;

import java.io.FilterReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;

/**
 * A Proxy stream which acts as expected, that is it passes the method 
 * calls on to the proxied stream and doesn't change which methods are 
 * being called. 
 * <p>
 * It is an alternative base class to FilterReader
 * to increase reusability, because FilterReader changes the 
 * methods being called, such as read(char[]) to read(char[], int, int).
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @version $Id: ProxyReader.java 610010 2008-01-08 14:50:59Z niallp $
 */
public abstract class ProxyReader extends FilterReader {

    /**
     * Constructs a new ProxyReader.
     * 
     * @param proxy  the Reader to delegate to
     */
    public ProxyReader(Reader proxy) {
        super(proxy);
        // the proxy is stored in a protected superclass variable named 'in'
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>read()</code> method.
     * @return the character read or -1 if the end of stream
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public int read() throws IOException {
        return in.read();
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>read(char[])</code> method.
     * @param chr the buffer to read the characters into
     * @return the number of characters read or -1 if the end of stream
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public int read(char[] chr) throws IOException {
        return in.read(chr);
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>read(char[], int, int)</code> method.
     * @param chr the buffer to read the characters into
     * @param st The start offset
     * @param end The number of bytes to read
     * @return the number of characters read or -1 if the end of stream
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public int read(char[] chr, int st, int end) throws IOException {
        return in.read(chr, st, end);
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>skip(long)</code> method.
     * @param ln the number of bytes to skip
     * @return the number of bytes to skipped or -1 if the end of stream
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public long skip(long ln) throws IOException {
        return in.skip(ln);
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>ready()</code> method.
     * @return true if the stream is ready to be read
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public boolean ready() throws IOException {
        return in.ready();
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>close()</code> method.
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public void close() throws IOException {
        in.close();
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>mark(int)</code> method.
     * @param idx read ahead limit
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public synchronized void mark(int idx) throws IOException {
        in.mark(idx);
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>reset()</code> method.
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public synchronized void reset() throws IOException {
        in.reset();
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the delegate's <code>markSupported()</code> method.
     * @return true if mark is supported, otherwise false
     */
    public boolean markSupported() {
        return in.markSupported();
    }

}