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Interface StopCharTester

All Known Implementing Classes:

EscapingStopCharTester, StopCharTesters

public interface StopCharTester

Author:

peter.lawrey

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isStopChar(int ch) Detect which byte stops the string to be parsed

Method Detail

isStopChar

boolean isStopChar(int ch)
                   throws IllegalStateException

Detect which byte stops the string to be parsed

This should be changed to support char instead.

Note: for safety reasons, you should stop on a 0 byte or throw an IllegalStateException.

Parameters:

ch - to test, 0 should return true or throw an exception.

Returns:

if this byte is a stop character.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if an invalid character like 0 was detected.