Package org.apache.tools.ant.filters

# Class Native2AsciiFilter

java.lang.Object
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter
org.apache.tools.ant.filters.Native2AsciiFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Cloneable`, `ChainableReader`, `TokenFilter.Filter`

public class Native2AsciiFilter extends TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter
A filter that performs translations from characters to their Unicode-escape sequences and vice-versa.

Since:
  Ant 1.9.8

## Field Summary

### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

`description, location, project`

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`Native2AsciiFilter()`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`String`
`filter(String line)`
filter and/of modify a string
`void`
`setReverse(boolean reverse)`
Flag the conversion to run in the reverse sense, that is Ascii to Native encoding.

### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

`chain, setByLine`

### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

`clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject`

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

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

## Constructor Details

### Native2AsciiFilter

public Native2AsciiFilter()

## Method Details

### setReverse

public void setReverse(boolean reverse)
Flag the conversion to run in the reverse sense, that is Ascii to Native encoding.

Parameters:
  `reverse` - True if the conversion is to be reversed, otherwise false;

### filter

public String filter(String line)
Description copied from interface: `TokenFilter.Filter`
filter and/of modify a string

Parameters:
  `line` - the string to filter
Returns:
  the modified string or null if the string did not pass the filter