Constructor Detail

• StringParser

  public StringParser()

  Deprecated. 
  Construct a string parser with no preset string to be parsed.

• StringParser

  public StringParser(java.lang.String string)

  Deprecated. 
  Construct a string parser that is initialized to parse the specified string.

  Parameters:

  string - The string to be parsed

Method Detail

• getIndex

  public int getIndex()

  Deprecated. 
  Return the zero-relative index of our current parsing position within the string being parsed.

• getLength

  public int getLength()

  Deprecated. 
  Return the length of the string we are parsing.

• setString

  public void setString(java.lang.String string)

  Deprecated. 
  Set the String we are currently parsing. The parser state is also reset to begin at the start of this string.

  Parameters:

  string - The string to be parsed.

• advance

  public void advance()

  Deprecated. 
  Advance the current parsing position by one, if we are not already past the end of the string.

• extract

  public java.lang.String extract(int start,
                         int end)

  Deprecated. 
  Extract and return a substring that starts at the specified position, and ends at the character before the specified position. If this is not possible, a zero-length string is returned.

  Parameters:

  start - Starting index, zero relative, inclusive

  end - Ending index, zero relative, exclusive

• findChar

  public int findChar(char ch)

  Deprecated. 
  Return the index of the next occurrence of the specified character, or the index of the character after the last position of the string if no more occurrences of this character are found. The current parsing position is updated to the returned value.

  Parameters:

  ch - Character to be found

• reset

  public void reset()

  Deprecated. 
  Reset the current state of the parser to the beginning of the current string being parsed.