Scanner (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)


java.util

Class Scanner

java.lang.Object extended by java.util.Scanner

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator<String>


public final class Scanner

extends Object

implements Iterator<String>

A simple text scanner which can parse primitive types and strings using regular expressions.

A Scanner breaks its input into tokens using a delimiter pattern, which by default matches whitespace. The resulting tokens may then be converted into values of different types using the various next methods.

For example, this code allows a user to read a number from System.in:

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
int i = sc.nextInt();

As another example, this code allows long types to be assigned from entries in a file myNumbers:

 Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File("myNumbers"));
 while (sc.hasNextLong()) {
     long aLong = sc.nextLong();
 }

The scanner can also use delimiters other than whitespace. This example reads several items in from a string:

String input = "1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish";
Scanner s = new Scanner(input).useDelimiter("\\s*fish\\s*");
System.out.println(s.nextInt());
System.out.println(s.nextInt());
System.out.println(s.next());
System.out.println(s.next());
s.close(); 

prints the following output:

1
2
red
blue 

The same output can be generated with this code, which uses a regular expression to parse all four tokens at once:

String input = "1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish";
Scanner s = new Scanner(input);
s.findInLine("(\\d+) fish (\\d+) fish (\\w+) fish (\\w+)");
MatchResult result = s.match();
for (int i=1; i<=result.groupCount(); i++)
    System.out.println(result.group(i);
s.close(); 

The default whitespace delimiter used by a scanner is as recognized by Character.isWhitespace.

A scanning operation may block waiting for input.

The next() and hasNext() methods and their primitive-type companion methods (such as nextInt() and hasNextInt()) first skip any input that matches the delimiter pattern, and then attempt to return the next token. Both hasNext and next methods may block waiting for further input. Whether ahasNext method blocks has no connection to whether or not its associated next method will block.

The findInLine(java.lang.String), [findWithinHorizon(java.lang.String, int)](../../java/util/Scanner.html#findWithinHorizon%28java.lang.String, int%29), and skip(java.util.regex.Pattern) methods operate independently of the delimiter pattern. These methods will attempt to match the specified pattern with no regard to delimiters in the input and thus can be used in special circumstances where delimiters are not relevant. These methods may block waiting for more input.

When a scanner throws an InputMismatchException, the scanner will not pass the token that caused the exception, so that it may be retrieved or skipped via some other method.

Depending upon the type of delimiting pattern, empty tokens may be returned. For example, the pattern "\\s+" will return no empty tokens since it matches multiple instances of the delimiter. The delimiting pattern "\\s" could return empty tokens since it only passes one space at a time.

A scanner can read text from any object which implements the Readable interface. If an invocation of the underlying readable's Readable.read(java.nio.CharBuffer) method throws an IOException then the scanner assumes that the end of the input has been reached. The most recent IOException thrown by the underlying readable can be retrieved via the ioException() method.

When a Scanner is closed, it will close its input source if the source implements the Closeable interface.

A Scanner is not safe for multithreaded use without external synchronization.

Unless otherwise mentioned, passing a null parameter into any method of a Scanner will cause aNullPointerException to be thrown.

A scanner will default to interpreting numbers as decimal unless a different radix has been set by using the useRadix(int) method.

Localized numbers

An instance of this class is capable of scanning numbers in the standard formats as well as in the formats of the scanner's locale. A scanner's initial locale is the value returned by the Locale.getDefault() method; it may be changed via the useLocale(java.util.Locale) method.

The localized formats are defined in terms of the following parameters, which for a particular locale are taken from that locale's DecimalFormat object, df, and its andDecimalFormatSymbols object,dfs.

LocalGroupSeparator The character used to separate thousands groups,i.e., dfs.getGroupingSeparator()
LocalDecimalSeparator The character used for the decimal point,i.e., dfs.getDecimalSeparator()
LocalPositivePrefix The string that appears before a positive number (may be empty), i.e., df.getPositivePrefix()
LocalPositiveSuffix The string that appears after a positive number (may be empty), i.e., df.getPositiveSuffix()
LocalNegativePrefix The string that appears before a negative number (may be empty), i.e., df.getNegativePrefix()
LocalNegativeSuffix The string that appears after a negative number (may be empty), i.e., df.getNegativeSuffix()
LocalNaN The string that represents not-a-number for floating-point values,i.e., dfs.getInfinity()
LocalInfinity The string that represents infinity for floating-point values, i.e., dfs.getInfinity()

Number syntax

The strings that can be parsed as numbers by an instance of this class are specified in terms of the following regular-expression grammar, where Rmax is the highest digit in the radix being used (for example, Rmax is 9 in base 10).

NonASCIIDigit :: = A non-ASCII character c for which

Character.isDigit(c) returns true

Non0Digit ::

= [1-_Rmax_] | NonASCIIDigit

Digit ::

= [0-_Rmax_] | NonASCIIDigit

GroupedNumeral ::

= ( Non0Digit Digit?Digit?
( LocalGroupSeparator Digit Digit Digit )+ )

Numeral ::

= ( ( _Digit_+ ) | GroupedNumeral )

Integer ::

= ( [-+]? ( Numeral ) )

| LocalPositivePrefix Numeral LocalPositiveSuffix

| LocalNegativePrefix Numeral LocalNegativeSuffix

DecimalNumeral ::

= Numeral

| Numeral LocalDecimalSeparator Digit*

| LocalDecimalSeparator Digit+

Exponent ::

= ( [eE] [+-]? _Digit_+ )

Decimal ::

= ( [-+]? DecimalNumeral Exponent? )

| LocalPositivePrefix DecimalNumeral LocalPositiveSuffix Exponent?

| LocalNegativePrefix DecimalNumeral LocalNegativeSuffix Exponent?

HexFloat ::

= [-+]? 0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]*\.[0-9a-fA-F]+ ([pP][-+]?[0-9]+)?

NonNumber ::

= NaN | LocalNan | Infinity | LocalInfinity

SignedNonNumber ::

= ( [-+]? NonNumber )

| LocalPositivePrefix NonNumber LocalPositiveSuffix

| LocalNegativePrefix NonNumber LocalNegativeSuffix

Float ::

= Decimal

| HexFloat

| SignedNonNumber

Whitespace is not significant in the above regular expressions.

Since:

1.5


Constructor Summary
Scanner(File source) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.
[Scanner](../../java/util/Scanner.html#Scanner%28java.io.File, java.lang.String%29)(File source,String charsetName) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file.
Scanner(InputStream source) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream.
[Scanner](../../java/util/Scanner.html#Scanner%28java.io.InputStream, java.lang.String%29)(InputStream source,String charsetName) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream.
Scanner(Readable source) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified source.
Scanner(ReadableByteChannel source) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel.
[Scanner](../../java/util/Scanner.html#Scanner%28java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel, java.lang.String%29)(ReadableByteChannel source,String charsetName) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel.
Scanner(String source) Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified string.
Method Summary
void close() Closes this scanner.
Pattern delimiter() Returns the Pattern this Scanner is currently using to match delimiters.
String findInLine(Pattern pattern) Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern ignoring delimiters.
String findInLine(String pattern) Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.
String [findWithinHorizon](../../java/util/Scanner.html#findWithinHorizon%28java.util.regex.Pattern, int%29)(Pattern pattern, int horizon) Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern.
String [findWithinHorizon](../../java/util/Scanner.html#findWithinHorizon%28java.lang.String, int%29)(String pattern, int horizon) Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.
boolean hasNext() Returns true if this scanner has another token in its input.
boolean hasNext(Pattern pattern) Returns true if the next complete token matches the specified pattern.
boolean hasNext(String pattern) Returns true if the next token matches the pattern constructed from the specified string.
boolean hasNextBigDecimal() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigDecimal using the nextBigDecimal() method.
boolean hasNextBigInteger() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the default radix using the nextBigInteger() method.
boolean hasNextBigInteger(int radix) Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the specified radix using the nextBigInteger() method.
boolean hasNextBoolean() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a boolean value using a case insensitive pattern created from the string "true|false".
boolean hasNextByte() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the default radix using the nextByte() method.
boolean hasNextByte(int radix) Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the specified radix using the nextByte() method.
boolean hasNextDouble() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a double value using the nextDouble() method.
boolean hasNextFloat() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a float value using the nextFloat() method.
boolean hasNextInt() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the default radix using the nextInt() method.
boolean hasNextInt(int radix) Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the specified radix using the nextInt() method.
boolean hasNextLine() Returns true if there is another line in the input of this scanner.
boolean hasNextLong() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the default radix using the nextLong() method.
boolean hasNextLong(int radix) Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the specified radix using the nextLong() method.
boolean hasNextShort() Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the default radix using the nextShort() method.
boolean hasNextShort(int radix) Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the specified radix using the nextShort() method.
IOException ioException() Returns the IOException last thrown by thisScanner's underlying Readable.
Locale locale() Returns this scanner's locale.
MatchResult match() Returns the match result of the last scanning operation performed by this scanner.
String next() Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner.
String next(Pattern pattern) Returns the next token if it matches the specified pattern.
String next(String pattern) Returns the next token if it matches the pattern constructed from the specified string.
BigDecimal nextBigDecimal() Scans the next token of the input as a BigDecimal.
BigInteger nextBigInteger() Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.
BigInteger nextBigInteger(int radix) Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.
boolean nextBoolean() Scans the next token of the input into a boolean value and returns that value.
byte nextByte() Scans the next token of the input as a byte.
byte nextByte(int radix) Scans the next token of the input as a byte.
double nextDouble() Scans the next token of the input as a double.
float nextFloat() Scans the next token of the input as a float.
int nextInt() Scans the next token of the input as an int.
int nextInt(int radix) Scans the next token of the input as an int.
String nextLine() Advances this scanner past the current line and returns the input that was skipped.
long nextLong() Scans the next token of the input as a long.
long nextLong(int radix) Scans the next token of the input as a long.
short nextShort() Scans the next token of the input as a short.
short nextShort(int radix) Scans the next token of the input as a short.
int radix() Returns this scanner's default radix.
void remove() The remove operation is not supported by this implementation ofIterator.
Scanner skip(Pattern pattern) Skips input that matches the specified pattern, ignoring delimiters.
Scanner skip(String pattern) Skips input that matches a pattern constructed from the specified string.
String toString() Returns the string representation of this Scanner.
Scanner useDelimiter(Pattern pattern) Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to the specified pattern.
Scanner useDelimiter(String pattern) Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to a pattern constructed from the specified String.
Scanner useLocale(Locale locale) Sets this scanner's locale to the specified locale.
Scanner useRadix(int radix) Sets this scanner's default radix to the specified radix.
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)
Constructor Detail

Scanner

public Scanner(Readable source)

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified source.

Parameters:

source - A character source implementing the Readable interface


Scanner

public Scanner(InputStream source)

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream. Bytes from the stream are converted into characters using the underlying platform'sdefault charset.

Parameters:

source - An input stream to be scanned


Scanner

public Scanner(InputStream source, String charsetName)

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified input stream. Bytes from the stream are converted into characters using the specified charset.

Parameters:

source - An input stream to be scanned

charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the stream into characters to be scanned

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified character set does not exist


Scanner

public Scanner(File source) throws FileNotFoundException

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the underlying platform'sdefault charset.

Parameters:

source - A file to be scanned

Throws:

[FileNotFoundException](../../java/io/FileNotFoundException.html "class in java.io") - if source is not found


Scanner

public Scanner(File source, String charsetName) throws FileNotFoundException

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters using the specified charset.

Parameters:

source - A file to be scanned

charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the file into characters to be scanned

Throws:

[FileNotFoundException](../../java/io/FileNotFoundException.html "class in java.io") - if source is not found

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified encoding is not found


Scanner

public Scanner(String source)

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified string.

Parameters:

source - A string to scan


Scanner

public Scanner(ReadableByteChannel source)

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel. Bytes from the source are converted into characters using the underlying platform'sdefault charset.

Parameters:

source - A channel to scan


Scanner

public Scanner(ReadableByteChannel source, String charsetName)

Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the specified channel. Bytes from the source are converted into characters using the specified charset.

Parameters:

source - A channel to scan

charsetName - The encoding type used to convert bytes from the channel into characters to be scanned

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the specified character set does not exist

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Closes this scanner.

If this scanner has not yet been closed then if its underlyingreadable also implements the Closeable interface then the readable's close method will be invoked. If this scanner is already closed then invoking this method will have no effect.

Attempting to perform search operations after a scanner has been closed will result in an IllegalStateException.


ioException

public IOException ioException()

Returns the IOException last thrown by thisScanner's underlying Readable. This method returns null if no such exception exists.

Returns:

the last exception thrown by this scanner's readable


delimiter

public Pattern delimiter()

Returns the Pattern this Scanner is currently using to match delimiters.

Returns:

this scanner's delimiting pattern.


useDelimiter

public Scanner useDelimiter(Pattern pattern)

Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to the specified pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - A delimiting pattern

Returns:

this scanner


useDelimiter

public Scanner useDelimiter(String pattern)

Sets this scanner's delimiting pattern to a pattern constructed from the specified String.

An invocation of this method of the form useDelimiter(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation hasDelimiter(Pattern.compile(pattern)).

Parameters:

pattern - A string specifying a delimiting pattern

Returns:

this scanner


locale

public Locale locale()

Returns this scanner's locale.

A scanner's locale affects many elements of its default primitive matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.

Returns:

this scanner's locale


useLocale

public Scanner useLocale(Locale locale)

Sets this scanner's locale to the specified locale.

A scanner's locale affects many elements of its default primitive matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.

Parameters:

locale - A string specifying the locale to use

Returns:

this scanner


radix

public int radix()

Returns this scanner's default radix.

A scanner's radix affects elements of its default number matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.

Returns:

the default radix of this scanner


useRadix

public Scanner useRadix(int radix)

Sets this scanner's default radix to the specified radix.

A scanner's radix affects elements of its default number matching regular expressions; see localized numbers above.

If the radix is less than Character.MIN_RADIX or greater than Character.MAX_RADIX, then anIllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Parameters:

radix - The radix to use when scanning numbers

Returns:

this scanner

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if radix is out of range


match

public MatchResult match()

Returns the match result of the last scanning operation performed by this scanner. This method throws IllegalStateException if no match has been performed, or if the last match was not successful.

The various nextmethods of Scanner make a match result available if they complete without throwing an exception. For instance, after an invocation of the nextInt() method that returned an int, this method returns a MatchResult for the search of theInteger regular expression defined above. Similarly the findInLine(java.lang.String), [findWithinHorizon(java.lang.String, int)](../../java/util/Scanner.html#findWithinHorizon%28java.lang.String, int%29), and skip(java.util.regex.Pattern) methods will make a match available if they succeed.

Returns:

a match result for the last match operation

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - If no match result is available


toString

public String toString()

Returns the string representation of this Scanner. The string representation of a Scanner contains information that may be useful for debugging. The exact format is unspecified.

Overrides:

[toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

The string representation of this scanner


hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Returns true if this scanner has another token in its input. This method may block while waiting for input to scan. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Specified by:

[hasNext](../../java/util/Iterator.html#hasNext%28%29) in interface [Iterator](../../java/util/Iterator.html "interface in java.util")<[String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang")>

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner has another token

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed

See Also:

Iterator


next

public String next()

Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner. A complete token is preceded and followed by input that matches the delimiter pattern. This method may block while waiting for input to scan, even if a previous invocation of hasNext() returned true.

Specified by:

[next](../../java/util/Iterator.html#next%28%29) in interface [Iterator](../../java/util/Iterator.html "interface in java.util")<[String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang")>

Returns:

the next token

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if no more tokens are available

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed

See Also:

Iterator


remove

public void remove()

The remove operation is not supported by this implementation ofIterator.

Specified by:

[remove](../../java/util/Iterator.html#remove%28%29) in interface [Iterator](../../java/util/Iterator.html "interface in java.util")<[String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang")>

Throws:

[UnsupportedOperationException](../../java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html "class in java.lang") - if this method is invoked.

See Also:

Iterator


hasNext

public boolean hasNext(String pattern)

Returns true if the next token matches the pattern constructed from the specified string. The scanner does not advance past any input.

An invocation of this method of the form hasNext(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation hasNext(Pattern.compile(pattern)).

Parameters:

pattern - a string specifying the pattern to scan

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner has another token matching the specified pattern

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


next

public String next(String pattern)

Returns the next token if it matches the pattern constructed from the specified string. If the match is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched the pattern.

An invocation of this method of the form next(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation next(Pattern.compile(pattern)).

Parameters:

pattern - a string specifying the pattern to scan

Returns:

the next token

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if no such tokens are available

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNext

public boolean hasNext(Pattern pattern)

Returns true if the next complete token matches the specified pattern. A complete token is prefixed and postfixed by input that matches the delimiter pattern. This method may block while waiting for input. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to scan for

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner has another token matching the specified pattern

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


next

public String next(Pattern pattern)

Returns the next token if it matches the specified pattern. This method may block while waiting for input to scan, even if a previous invocation of hasNext(Pattern) returned true. If the match is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched the pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to scan for

Returns:

the next token

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if no more tokens are available

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextLine

public boolean hasNextLine()

Returns true if there is another line in the input of this scanner. This method may block while waiting for input. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner has another line of input

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextLine

public String nextLine()

Advances this scanner past the current line and returns the input that was skipped. This method returns the rest of the current line, excluding any line separator at the end. The position is set to the beginning of the next line.

Since this method continues to search through the input looking for a line separator, it may buffer all of the input searching for the line to skip if no line separators are present.

Returns:

the line that was skipped

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if no line was found

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


findInLine

public String findInLine(String pattern)

Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.

An invocation of this method of the form findInLine(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation findInLine(Pattern.compile(pattern)).

Parameters:

pattern - a string specifying the pattern to search for

Returns:

the text that matched the specified pattern

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


findInLine

public String findInLine(Pattern pattern)

Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern ignoring delimiters. If the pattern is found before the next line separator, the scanner advances past the input that matched and returns the string that matched the pattern. If no such pattern is detected in the input up to the next line separator, then null is returned and the scanner's position is unchanged. This method may block waiting for input that matches the pattern.

Since this method continues to search through the input looking for the specified pattern, it may buffer all of the input searching for the desired token if no line separators are present.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to scan for

Returns:

the text that matched the specified pattern

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


findWithinHorizon

public String findWithinHorizon(String pattern, int horizon)

Attempts to find the next occurrence of a pattern constructed from the specified string, ignoring delimiters.

An invocation of this method of the form findWithinHorizon(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation findWithinHorizon(Pattern.compile(pattern, horizon)).

Parameters:

pattern - a string specifying the pattern to search for

Returns:

the text that matched the specified pattern

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if horizon is negative


findWithinHorizon

public String findWithinHorizon(Pattern pattern, int horizon)

Attempts to find the next occurrence of the specified pattern.

This method searches through the input up to the specified search horizon, ignoring delimiters. If the pattern is found the scanner advances past the input that matched and returns the string that matched the pattern. If no such pattern is detected then the null is returned and the scanner's position remains unchanged. This method may block waiting for input that matches the pattern.

A scanner will never search more than horizon code points beyond its current position. Note that a match may be clipped by the horizon; that is, an arbitrary match result may have been different if the horizon had been larger. The scanner treats the horizon as a transparent, non-anchoring bound (see Matcher.useTransparentBounds(boolean) and Matcher.useAnchoringBounds(boolean)).

If horizon is 0, then the horizon is ignored and this method continues to search through the input looking for the specified pattern without bound. In this case it may buffer all of the input searching for the pattern.

If horizon is negative, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to scan for

Returns:

the text that matched the specified pattern

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if horizon is negative


skip

public Scanner skip(Pattern pattern)

Skips input that matches the specified pattern, ignoring delimiters. This method will skip input if an anchored match of the specified pattern succeeds.

If a match to the specified pattern is not found at the current position, then no input is skipped and a NoSuchElementException is thrown.

Since this method seeks to match the specified pattern starting at the scanner's current position, patterns that can match a lot of input (".*", for example) may cause the scanner to buffer a large amount of input.

Note that it is possible to skip something without risking aNoSuchElementException by using a pattern that can match nothing, e.g., sc.skip("[ \t]*").

Parameters:

pattern - a string specifying the pattern to skip over

Returns:

this scanner

Throws:

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if the specified pattern is not found

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


skip

public Scanner skip(String pattern)

Skips input that matches a pattern constructed from the specified string.

An invocation of this method of the form skip(pattern) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation skip(Pattern.compile(pattern)).

Parameters:

pattern - a string specifying the pattern to skip over

Returns:

this scanner

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextBoolean

public boolean hasNextBoolean()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a boolean value using a case insensitive pattern created from the string "true|false". The scanner does not advance past the input that matched.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid boolean value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextBoolean

public boolean nextBoolean()

Scans the next token of the input into a boolean value and returns that value. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid boolean value. If the match is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

Returns:

the boolean scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token is not a valid boolean

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextByte

public boolean hasNextByte()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the default radix using the nextByte() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid byte value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextByte

public boolean hasNextByte(int radix)

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a byte value in the specified radix using the nextByte() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a byte value

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid byte value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextByte

public byte nextByte()

Scans the next token of the input as a byte.

An invocation of this method of the form nextByte() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextByte(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.

Returns:

the byte scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextByte

public byte nextByte(int radix)

Scans the next token of the input as a byte. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid byte value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

If the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a byte value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to[Byte.parseByte](../../java/lang/Byte.html#parseByte%28java.lang.String, int%29) with the specified radix.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a byte value

Returns:

the byte scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextShort

public boolean hasNextShort()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the default radix using the nextShort() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid short value in the default radix

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextShort

public boolean hasNextShort(int radix)

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a short value in the specified radix using the nextShort() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a short value

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid short value in the specified radix

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextShort

public short nextShort()

Scans the next token of the input as a short.

An invocation of this method of the form nextShort() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextShort(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.

Returns:

the short scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextShort

public short nextShort(int radix)

Scans the next token of the input as a short. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid short value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

If the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a short value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to[Short.parseShort](../../java/lang/Short.html#parseShort%28java.lang.String, int%29) with the specified radix.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a short value

Returns:

the short scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextInt

public boolean hasNextInt()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the default radix using the nextInt() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid int value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextInt

public boolean hasNextInt(int radix)

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the specified radix using the nextInt() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid int value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextInt

public int nextInt()

Scans the next token of the input as an int.

An invocation of this method of the form nextInt() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextInt(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.

Returns:

the int scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextInt

public int nextInt(int radix)

Scans the next token of the input as an int. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid int value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

If the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into an int value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to[Integer.parseInt](../../java/lang/Integer.html#parseInt%28java.lang.String, int%29) with the specified radix.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value

Returns:

the int scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextLong

public boolean hasNextLong()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the default radix using the nextLong() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid long value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextLong

public boolean hasNextLong(int radix)

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a long value in the specified radix using the nextLong() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as a long value

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid long value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextLong

public long nextLong()

Scans the next token of the input as a long.

An invocation of this method of the form nextLong() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextLong(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.

Returns:

the long scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextLong

public long nextLong(int radix)

Scans the next token of the input as a long. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid long value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

If the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into an long value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string to[Long.parseLong](../../java/lang/Long.html#parseLong%28java.lang.String, int%29) with the specified radix.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value

Returns:

the long scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextFloat

public boolean hasNextFloat()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a float value using the nextFloat() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid float value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextFloat

public float nextFloat()

Scans the next token of the input as a float. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid float value as described below. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

If the next token matches the Float regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a float value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string toFloat.parseFloat. If the token matches the localized NaN or infinity strings, then either "Nan" or "Infinity" is passed to Float.parseFloat as appropriate.

Returns:

the float scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Float regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextDouble

public boolean hasNextDouble()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a double value using the nextDouble() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a valid double value

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextDouble

public double nextDouble()

Scans the next token of the input as a double. This method will throw InputMismatchException if the next token cannot be translated into a valid double value. If the translation is successful, the scanner advances past the input that matched.

If the next token matches the Float regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a double value as if by removing all locale specific prefixes, group separators, and locale specific suffixes, then mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), prepending a negative sign (-) if the locale specific negative prefixes and suffixes were present, and passing the resulting string toDouble.parseDouble. If the token matches the localized NaN or infinity strings, then either "Nan" or "Infinity" is passed to Double.parseDouble as appropriate.

Returns:

the double scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Float regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if the input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextBigInteger

public boolean hasNextBigInteger()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the default radix using the nextBigInteger() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a validBigInteger

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextBigInteger

public boolean hasNextBigInteger(int radix)

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigInteger in the specified radix using the nextBigInteger() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an integer

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a validBigInteger

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextBigInteger

public BigInteger nextBigInteger()

Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.

An invocation of this method of the form nextBigInteger() behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation nextBigInteger(radix), where radix is the default radix of this scanner.

Returns:

the BigInteger scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if the input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextBigInteger

public BigInteger nextBigInteger(int radix)

Scans the next token of the input as a BigInteger.

If the next token matches the Integer regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a BigInteger value as if by removing all group separators, mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via the [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), and passing the resulting string to the BigInteger(String, int) constructor with the specified radix.

Parameters:

radix - the radix used to interpret the token

Returns:

the BigInteger scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if the input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


hasNextBigDecimal

public boolean hasNextBigDecimal()

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as a BigDecimal using the nextBigDecimal() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Returns:

true if and only if this scanner's next token is a validBigDecimal

Throws:

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed


nextBigDecimal

public BigDecimal nextBigDecimal()

Scans the next token of the input as a BigDecimal.

If the next token matches the Decimal regular expression defined above then the token is converted into a BigDecimal value as if by removing all group separators, mapping non-ASCII digits into ASCII digits via the [Character.digit](../../java/lang/Character.html#digit%28char, int%29), and passing the resulting string to the BigDecimal(String) constructor.

Returns:

the BigDecimal scanned from the input

Throws:

[InputMismatchException](../../java/util/InputMismatchException.html "class in java.util") - if the next token does not match the Decimal regular expression, or is out of range

[NoSuchElementException](../../java/util/NoSuchElementException.html "class in java.util") - if the input is exhausted

[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang") - if this scanner is closed



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