Package org.apache.tools.ant.filters

# Class HeadFilter

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.HeadFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Closeable`, `AutoCloseable`, `Readable`, `ChainableReader`, `Parameterizable`

public final class HeadFilter extends BaseParamFilterReader implements ChainableReader
Reads the first `n` lines of a stream. (Default is first 10 lines.)

Example:

    <headfilter lines="3"/>

Or:

    <filterreader classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.HeadFilter">
        <param name="lines" value="3"/>
     </filterreader>

## Field Summary

### Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterReader

`in`

### Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader

`lock`

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`HeadFilter()`
Constructor for "dummy" instances.
`HeadFilter(Reader in)`
Creates a new filtered reader.

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Reader`
`chain(Reader rdr)`
Creates a new HeadFilter using the passed in Reader for instantiation.
`int`
`read()`
Returns the next character in the filtered stream.
`void`
`setLines(long lines)`
Sets the number of lines to be returned in the filtered stream.
`void`
`setSkip(long skip)`
Sets the number of lines to be skipped in the filtered stream.

### 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

`nullReader, read, read, transferTo`

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

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### HeadFilter

public HeadFilter()
Constructor for "dummy" instances.

See Also:
  - `BaseFilterReader()`

### HeadFilter

public HeadFilter(Reader in)
Creates a new filtered reader.

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

## Method Details

### read

public int read() throws IOException
Returns the next character in the filtered stream. If the desired number of lines have already been read, the resulting stream is effectively at an end. Otherwise, the next character from the underlying stream is read and returned.

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

### setLines

public void setLines(long lines)
Sets the number of lines to be returned in the filtered stream.

Parameters:
  `lines` - the number of lines to be returned in the filtered stream

### setSkip

public void setSkip(long skip)
Sets the number of lines to be skipped in the filtered stream.

Parameters:
  `skip` - the number of lines to be skipped in the filtered stream

### chain

public Reader chain(Reader rdr)
Creates a new HeadFilter 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