Re: Detecting eof

From:
"hiwa" <HGA03630@nifty.ne.jp>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
10 Sep 2006 19:31:58 -0700
Message-ID:
<1157941918.332733.191350@q16g2000cwq.googlegroups.com>
Arne Vajh=C3=B8j =E3=81=AE=E3=83=A1=E3=83=83=E3=82=BB=E3=83=BC=E3=82=B8:

hiwa wrote:

Lionel =E3=81=AE=E3=83=A1=E3=83=83=E3=82=BB=E3=83=BC=E3=82=B8:

rr news wrote:

boolean eof;
eof = false;
try {
    while (! eof) {
        String str = in.readLine();
        if (str == null) {
            eof = true;
        } else {
            System.out.println(str);
        }
    }
} catch (Exception e) {
    System.err.println ("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}


String str;

while((str = in.readLine()) != null) {
     System.out.println(str);
}


Yes, yours is the standard idiom for readLine() usage.
Beware, however, if the original resource has one or more non-canonical
line(s) which do not have a '\n' at the end, readLine() could block
forever or weird Exception could be thrown.


And your solution is different regarding readLine block
or exception how ??

Arne

Oh no. Data canonicalization is often much more important than your
code issue.
I call them 'data bug' issue.

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