de.dante.extex.main.queryFile
Class QueryFileHandlerTeXImpl

java.lang.Object
  de.dante.extex.main.queryFile.QueryFileHandlerTeXImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

QueryFileHandler

public class QueryFileHandlerTeXImpl

extends java.lang.Object

implements QueryFileHandler

This class implements the TeX version of a query file handler. It presents a prompt to the user (**) and reads a file name from the console.

If the file name starts with a backslash then it is prepended to the code to be executed. and no file name is returned.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Gerd Neugebauer

QueryFileHandlerTeXImpl

public QueryFileHandlerTeXImpl()

Creates a new object.

promptAndReadLine

protected java.lang.String promptAndReadLine(Localizer localizer,
                                             java.util.logging.Logger logger,
                                             java.lang.String prompt)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             HelpingException

Read a line of characters from the standard input stream after a prompt has been shown. Leading spaces are ignored. At end of file an exception is thrown.

Parameters:

localizer - the localizer

logger - the logger

prompt - the prompt to present before the input is allowed

Returns:

the line read or null to signal EOF

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in case of an error during IO. This is rather unlikely

HelpingException - in case of EOF on terminal

query

public java.lang.String query(java.util.logging.Logger logger,
                              java.util.Properties properties)

Description copied from interface: QueryFileHandler

Query the name of a input file.

Specified by:

query in interface QueryFileHandler

Parameters:

logger - the logger stream for output messages

properties - the properties

Returns:

the file name or null if none has been given

See Also:

QueryFileHandler.query( java.util.logging.Logger, java.util.Properties)