htsjdk.tribble.readers

Interface LineReader

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsciiLineReader, SynchronousLineReader, TabixIteratorLineReader

public interface LineReader
extends java.io.Closeable

Interface for line-oriented readers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close()
java.lang.String	readLine()

Method Detail

readLine

java.lang.String readLine()
                   throws java.io.IOException

Returns:

The next "line" from the source. Typically a line is a set of characters terminated by '\n', '\r', or '\r\n'. The line-terminator is not included

Throws:

java.io.IOException

close

void close()

Specified by:

close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable