Groovy 1.7.10

## org.codehaus.groovy.control.io
[Java] Interface ReaderSource

    org.codehaus.groovy.control.io.ReaderSource
      org.codehaus.groovy.control.HasCleanup

All Superinterfaces:
  HasCleanup

    public interface ReaderSource
    extends HasCleanup

An interface for things that can supply (and potentially resupply) a Reader on a source stream.

Authors:
  Chris Poirier

Version:
  \$Id: ReaderSource.java 6778 2007-07-02 10:40:33Z glaforge \$

Method Summary
`boolean` | `canReopenSource()` Returns true if the source can be restarted (ie. if getReader() will return non-null on subsequent calls.
`void` | `cleanup()` Cleans up any cached resources used by getLine().
`String` | `getLine(int lineNumber, Janitor janitor)` Returns a line from the source, or null, if unavailable.
`Reader` | `getReader()` Returns a new Reader on the underlying source object.

Methods inherited from interface HasCleanup
cleanup

Method Detail

### canReopenSource

    public boolean canReopenSource()

  Returns true if the source can be restarted (ie. if getReader() will return non-null on subsequent calls.
  Returns:
    true if the resource can be reopened for reading

### cleanup

    public void cleanup()

  Cleans up any cached resources used by getLine().

### getLine

    public String getLine(int lineNumber, Janitor janitor)

  Returns a line from the source, or null, if unavailable. If you supply a Janitor, resources will be cached.
  Parameters:
    `lineNumber` - the number of the line of interest
    `janitor` - helper to clean up afterwards
  Returns:
    the line of interest

### getReader

    public Reader getReader()

  Returns a new Reader on the underlying source object. Returns null if the source can't be reopened.
  throws:
    java.io.IOException if there was an error opening for stream
  Returns:
    the reader to the resource

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