## org.apache.tools.ant.filters
Class PrefixLines

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--java.io.Reader
            |
            +--java.io.FilterReader
                  |
                  +--org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
                        |
                        +--org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseParamFilterReader
                              |
                              +--org.apache.tools.ant.filters.PrefixLines

All Implemented Interfaces:
  ChainableReader, Parameterizable

public final class PrefixLines
extends BaseParamFilterReader
implements ChainableReader

Attaches a prefix to every line. Example:

    <prefixlines prefix="Foo"/>

Or:

    <filterreader classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.PrefixLines">
      <param name="prefix" value="Foo"/>
     </filterreader>

Author:
  Magesh Umasankar

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
`in`

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader
`lock`

Constructor Summary
`PrefixLines()` Constructor for "dummy" instances.
`PrefixLines(java.io.Reader in)` Creates a new filtered reader.

Method Summary
`java.io.Reader` `chain(java.io.Reader rdr)` Creates a new PrefixLines filter using the passed in Reader for instantiation.
`int` `read()` Returns the next character in the filtered stream.
`void` `setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)` Sets the prefix to add at the start of each input line.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseParamFilterReader
`getParameters, setParameters`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
`getInitialized, getProject, read, readFully, readLine, setInitialized, setProject, skip`

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
`close, mark, markSupported, ready, reset`

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader
`read`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### PrefixLines

    public PrefixLines()

  Constructor for "dummy" instances.

See Also:
  `BaseFilterReader.BaseFilterReader()`

### PrefixLines

    public PrefixLines(java.io.Reader in)

  Creates a new filtered reader.

Parameters:
  `in` - A Reader object providing the underlying stream. Must not be `null`.

Method Detail

### read

    public final int read()
                   throws java.io.IOException

  Returns the next character in the filtered stream. One line is read from the original input, and the prefix added. The resulting line is then used until it ends, at which point the next original line is read, etc.

  Overrides:
    `read` in class `java.io.FilterReader`
  Returns:
    the next character in the resulting stream, or -1 if the end of the resulting stream has been reached
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if the underlying stream throws an IOException during reading

### setPrefix

    public final void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)

  Sets the prefix to add at the start of each input line.

  Parameters:
    `prefix` - The prefix to add at the start of each input line. May be `null`, in which case no prefix is added.

### chain

    public final java.io.Reader chain(java.io.Reader rdr)

  Creates a new PrefixLines filter using the passed in Reader for instantiation.

  Specified by:
    `chain` in interface `ChainableReader`
  Parameters:
    `rdr` - A Reader object providing the underlying stream. Must not be `null`.
  Returns:
    a new filter based on this configuration, but filtering the specified reader

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