[Java] Class JsonLexer

public class JsonLexer

Constructor Detail

public JsonLexer(Reader reader)

Instantiates a lexer with a reader from which to read JSON tokens. Under the hood, the reader is wrapped in a LineColumnReader, for line and column information, unless it's already an instance of that class.

Parameters:

reader - underlying reader

Method Detail

public LineColumnReader getReader()

Underlying reader from which to read the JSON tokens. This reader is an instance of LineColumnReader, to keep track of line and column positions.

public boolean hasNext()

Iterator method to know if another token follows, or if we've reached the end of the stream.

Returns:

true if there are more tokens

public JsonToken next()

Iterator method to get the next token of the stream.

Returns:

the next token

public JsonToken nextToken()

Returns:

the next token from the stream

public void remove()

Method not implemented.

throws:

UnsupportedOperationException

public int skipWhitespace()

Skips all the whitespace characters and moves the cursor to the next non-space character.

public static String unescape(String input)

Replace unicode escape and other control characters with real characters

Parameters:

input - text

Returns:

input text without the escaping