gov.va.vinci.leo.tools

Interface TextFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsciiFilter, XmlFilter

public interface TextFilter

Defines methods that provide filter functionality for text.

Author:

thomasginter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	filter(InputStream inputStream) Create a new String from the text found in the input stream replacing invalid characters with valid characters.
String	filter(InputStream inputStream, String charsetName) Create a new String from the text found in the input stream replacing invalid characters with valid characters.
String	filter(String text) Creates a new String from the input String with invalid characters replaced with valid characters.

Method Detail

filter

String filter(String text)

Creates a new String from the input String with invalid characters replaced with valid characters.

Parameters:

text - Input text whose characters will be filtered

Returns:

New String with filtered text

filter

String filter(InputStream inputStream)
       throws IOException

Create a new String from the text found in the input stream replacing invalid characters with valid characters.

Parameters:

inputStream - Input Text Stream that will be filtered

Returns:

New String with filtered Text

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the stream

filter

String filter(InputStream inputStream,
              String charsetName)
       throws IOException

Create a new String from the text found in the input stream replacing invalid characters with valid characters. Use the character set provided for reading in the input stream.

Parameters:

inputStream - Input Text Stream that will be filtered

charsetName - Name of the character set to use when reading in the stream

Returns:

New String with filtered Text

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the stream