Package: java.io

## Class Reader

- - ### Methods Summary

    Methods
    Return type | Name and parameters
    --- | ---
    `Object` | `eachLine(Closure closure)` Iterates through the given reader line by line.
    `Object` | `eachLine(int firstLine, Closure closure)` Iterates through the given reader line by line.
    `Writable` | `filterLine(Closure closure)` Filter the lines from this Reader, and return a Writable which can be used to stream the filtered lines to a destination.
    `void` | `filterLine(Writer writer, Closure closure)` Filter the lines from a reader and write them on the writer, according to a closure which returns true if the line should be included.
    `String` | `getText()` Read the content of the Reader and return it as a String.
    `Iterator` | `iterator()` Creates an iterator which will traverse through the reader a line at a time.
    `String` | `readLine()` Read a single, whole line from the given Reader.
    `List` | `readLines()` Reads the reader into a list of Strings, with one entry for each line.
    `Object` | `splitEachLine(String regex, Closure closure)` Iterates through the given reader line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
    `Object` | `splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, Closure closure)` Iterates through the given reader line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.
    `void` | `transformChar(Writer writer, Closure closure)` Transforms each character from this reader by passing it to the given closure.
    `void` | `transformLine(Writer writer, Closure closure)` Transforms the lines from a reader with a Closure and write them to a writer.
    `Object` | `withReader(Closure closure)` Allows this reader to be used within the closure, ensuring that it is closed before this method returns.

  - #### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    `addShutdownHook`, `any`, `any`, `asBoolean`, `asType`, `collect`, `collect`, `collect`, `dump`, `each`, `eachMatch`, `eachMatch`, `eachWithIndex`, `every`, `every`, `find`, `find`, `findAll`, `findAll`, `findIndexOf`, `findIndexOf`, `findIndexValues`, `findIndexValues`, `findLastIndexOf`, `findLastIndexOf`, `findResult`, `findResult`, `getAt`, `getMetaClass`, `getMetaPropertyValues`, `getProperties`, `grep`, `grep`, `hasProperty`, `identity`, `inject`, `inject`, `inspect`, `invokeMethod`, `is`, `isCase`, `iterator`, `metaClass`, `print`, `print`, `printf`, `printf`, `println`, `println`, `println`, `putAt`, `respondsTo`, `respondsTo`, `setMetaClass`, `split`, `sprintf`, `sprintf`, `stream`, `tap`, `toString`, `use`, `use`, `use`, `with`, `with`, `withCloseable`, `withStream`, `withTraits`

- - ### Methods Detail

    - #### public Object eachLine(Closure closure)

      Iterates through the given reader line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If the closure has two arguments, the line count is passed as the second argument. The Reader is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        1.5.6
      See Also:
        Reader#eachLine(int, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object eachLine(int firstLine, Closure closure)

      Iterates through the given reader line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. If the closure has two arguments, the line count is passed as the second argument. The Reader is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `firstLine` - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
        `closure` - a closure which will be passed each line (or for 2 arg closures the line and line count)
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        1.5.7

    - #### public Writable filterLine(Closure closure)

      Filter the lines from this Reader, and return a Writable which can be used to stream the filtered lines to a destination. The closure should return `true` if the line should be passed to the writer.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure used for filtering
      Returns:
        a Writable which will use the closure to filter each line from the reader when the Writable#writeTo(Writer) is called.
      Since:
        1.0

    - #### public void filterLine(Writer writer, Closure closure)

      Filter the lines from a reader and write them on the writer, according to a closure which returns true if the line should be included. Both Reader and Writer are closed after the operation.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - a writer, closed after the call
        `closure` - the closure which returns booleans
      Since:
        1.0

    - #### public String getText()

      Read the content of the Reader and return it as a String. The reader is closed before this method returns.

      Returns:
        a String containing the content of the buffered reader
      Since:
        1.0
      See Also:
        BufferedReader#getText()

    - #### public Iterator iterator()

      Creates an iterator which will traverse through the reader a line at a time.

      Returns:
        an Iterator for the Reader
      Since:
        1.5.0
      See Also:
        BufferedReader#readLine()

    - #### public String readLine()

      Read a single, whole line from the given Reader. This method is designed for use with Readers that support the `mark()` operation like BufferReader. It has a fallback behavior for Readers that don't support mark() but the behavior doesn't correctly detect multi-character line termination (e.g. carriage return followed by linefeed). We recommend for Readers that don't support mark() you consider using one of the following methods instead: eachLine, readLines, or iterator.

      Returns:
        a line
      Since:
        1.0
      See Also:
        Reader#readLines()
        Reader#iterator()
        Reader#eachLine(groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public List readLines()

      Reads the reader into a list of Strings, with one entry for each line. The reader is closed before this method returns.

      Returns:
        a List of lines
      Since:
        1.0

    - #### public Object splitEachLine(String regex, Closure closure)

      Iterates through the given reader line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. The Reader is closed afterwards.

      Here is an example:

          def s = 'The 3 quick\nbrown 4 fox'
          def result = ''
          new StringReader(s).splitEachLine(/\d/){ parts ->
              result += "${parts[0]}_${parts[1]}|"
          }
          assert result == 'The _ quick|brown _ fox|'

      Parameters:
        `regex` - the delimiting regular expression
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        1.5.5
      See Also:
        String#split(java.lang.String)

    - #### public Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

      Iterates through the given reader line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. The Reader is closed afterwards.

      Here is an example:

          def s = 'The 3 quick\nbrown 4 fox'
          def result = ''
          new StringReader(s).splitEachLine(~/\d/){ parts ->
              result += "${parts[0]}_${parts[1]}|"
          }
          assert result == 'The _ quick|brown _ fox|'

      Parameters:
        `pattern` - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        1.6.8
      See Also:
        String#split(java.lang.String)

    - #### public void transformChar(Writer writer, Closure closure)

      Transforms each character from this reader by passing it to the given closure. The Closure should return each transformed character, which will be passed to the Writer. The reader and writer will both be closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - a Writer to receive the transformed characters
        `closure` - a closure that performs the required transformation
      Since:
        1.5.0

    - #### public void transformLine(Writer writer, Closure closure)

      Transforms the lines from a reader with a Closure and write them to a writer. Both Reader and Writer are closed after the operation.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - Where transformed lines are written. Writer is closed afterwards.
        `closure` - Single parameter closure that is called to transform each line of text from the reader, before writing it to the writer.
      Since:
        1.0

    - #### public Object withReader(Closure closure)

      Allows this reader to be used within the closure, ensuring that it is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - the closure that the writer is passed into
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        1.5.2