java.util
Class StringTokenizer

java.lang.Object
  java.util.StringTokenizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Enumeration<Object>

public class StringTokenizer
extends Object
implements Enumeration<Object>

This class has been developed to parse strings with delimiters

Author:

Juan Antonio Brenha Moral

Constructor Summary

StringTokenizer(String s)
Assigns the delimiter as ',' by default.

StringTokenizer(String s, String delimiter)
The constructor

Method Summary

int	countTokens() Calculates the number of times that this tokenizer's nextToken method can be called before it generates an exception.
boolean	hasMoreElements() Method implemented by interface requirement
boolean	hasMoreTokens() Method used to know if exists new tokens
Object	nextElement() Method implemented by interface requirement
String	nextToken()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(String s)

Assigns the delimiter as ',' by default.

Parameters:

s - String to be StringTokenizer

StringTokenizer

public StringTokenizer(String s,
                       String delimiter)

The constructor

Parameters:

s -

delimiter -

Method Detail

countTokens

public int countTokens()

Calculates the number of times that this tokenizer's nextToken method can be called before it generates an exception. The current position is not advanced.

Returns:

the number of tokens remaining in the string using the current delimiter set.

hasMoreTokens

public boolean hasMoreTokens()

Method used to know if exists new tokens

Returns:

true iff there are more tokens

hasMoreElements

public boolean hasMoreElements()

Method implemented by interface requirement

Specified by:

hasMoreElements in interface Enumeration<Object>

nextToken

public String nextToken()
                 throws NoSuchElementException

Returns:

Next token

Throws:

NoSuchElementException - If there is no token left

nextElement

public Object nextElement()

Method implemented by interface requirement

Specified by:

nextElement in interface Enumeration<Object>

Returns:

Returns Object which must be cast appropriately. Returns null if no more objects are available.