StreamTokenizer class. The
StringTokenizer methods do not distinguish among
identifiers, numbers, and quoted strings, nor do they recognize
and skip comments.
The set of delimiters (the characters that separate tokens) may be specified either at creation time or on a per-token basis.
An instance of StringTokenizer behaves in one of two
ways, depending on whether it was created with the
returnDelims flag having the value true
or false:
false, delimiter characters serve to
separate tokens. A token is a maximal sequence of consecutive
characters that are not delimiters.
true, delimiter characters are themselves
considered to be tokens. A token is thus either one delimiter
character, or a maximal sequence of consecutive characters that are
not delimiters.
A StringTokenizer object internally maintains a current position within the string to be tokenized. Some operations advance this current position past the characters processed.
A token is returned by taking a substring of the string that was used to create the StringTokenizer object.
The following is one example of the use of the tokenizer. The code:
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("this is a test");
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
System.out.println(st.nextToken());
}
prints the following output:
this
is
a
test
StringTokenizer is a legacy class that is retained for compatibility reasons although its use is discouraged in new code. It is recommended that anyone seeking this functionality use the split method of String or the java.util.regex package instead.
The following example illustrates how the String.split method can be used to break up a string into its basic tokens:
String[] result = "this is a test".split("\\s");
for (int x=0; x<result.length; x++)
System.out.println(result[x]);
prints the following output:
this
is
a
test
java.io.StreamTokenizerdelim argument are the delimiters
for separating tokens.
If the returnDelims flag is true, then
the delimiter characters are also returned as tokens. Each
delimiter is returned as a string of length one. If the flag is
false, the delimiter characters are skipped and only
serve as separators between tokens.
Note that if delim is null, this constructor does not throw an exception. However, trying to invoke other methods on the resulting StringTokenizer may result in a NullPointerException.
str a string to be parsed.delim the delimiters.returnDelims flag indicating whether to return the delimiters
as tokens.java.lang.NullPointerException if str is nulldelim argument are the delimiters
for separating tokens. Delimiter characters themselves will not
be treated as tokens.
Note that if delim is null, this constructor does not throw an exception. However, trying to invoke other methods on the resulting StringTokenizer may result in a NullPointerException.
str a string to be parsed.delim the delimiters.java.lang.NullPointerException if str is null"Â \t\n\r\f": the space character,
the tab character, the newline character, the carriage-return character,
and the form-feed character. Delimiter characters themselves will
not be treated as tokens.
str a string to be parsed.java.lang.NullPointerException if str is nulltrue if and only if there is at least one token
in the string after the current position; false
otherwise.NoSuchElementException if there are no more tokens in this
tokenizer's string.delim the new delimiters.NoSuchElementException if there are no more tokens in this
tokenizer's string.java.lang.NullPointerException if delim is nullhasMoreTokens
method. It exists so that this class can implement the
Enumeration interface.
true if there are more tokens;
false otherwise.EnumerationhasMoreTokens()nextToken method,
except that its declared return value is Object rather than
String. It exists so that this class can implement the
Enumeration interface.
NoSuchElementException if there are no more tokens in this
tokenizer's string.EnumerationnextToken()nextToken method can be called before it generates an
exception. The current position is not advanced.
nextToken()