com.unboundid.util
Class FilterFileReader

java.lang.Object
  com.unboundid.util.FilterFileReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable

@ThreadSafety(level=COMPLETELY_THREADSAFE)
public final class FilterFileReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Closeable

This class provides a mechanism for reading LDAP search filters from a file. The file is expected to have one filter per line. Blank lines and lines beginning with the octothorpe (#) character will be ignored.

Constructor Summary

FilterFileReader(java.io.File filterFile)
Creates a new filter file reader that will read from the specified file.

FilterFileReader(java.lang.String path)
Creates a new filter file reader that will read from the file with the specified path.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this filter file reader.
Filter	readFilter() Reads the next filter from the file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FilterFileReader

public FilterFileReader(java.lang.String path)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new filter file reader that will read from the file with the specified path.

Parameters:

path - The path to the file to be read. It must not be null and the file must exist.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If a problem is encountered while opening the file for reading.

FilterFileReader

public FilterFileReader(java.io.File filterFile)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new filter file reader that will read from the specified file.

Parameters:

filterFile - The file to be read. It must not be null and the file must exist.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If a problem is encountered while opening the file for reading.

Method Detail

readFilter

public Filter readFilter()
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         LDAPException

Reads the next filter from the file.

Returns:

The filter read from the file, or null if there are no more filters to be read.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If a problem is encountered while trying to read from the file.

LDAPException - If data read from the file can't be parsed as an LDAP search filter.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes this filter file reader.

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If a problem is encountered while closing the reader.