doxia-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/util/ByLineSource.java

package org.apache.maven.doxia.util;

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import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.ParseException;

/**
 * The token are the new lines :)
 *
 * @author Juan F. Codagnone
 * @since Nov 4, 2005
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ByLineSource
{
    /**
     * <p>getNextLine.</p>
     *
     * @return the next line. <code>null</code> if we reached the end.
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.ParseException on I/O error
     */
    String getNextLine() throws ParseException;

    /**
     * <p>getName.</p>
     *
     * @return the name of the input. could be the filename for example.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * <p>getLineNumber.</p>
     *
     * @return the current line number.
     */
    int getLineNumber();

    /**
     * <p>ungetLine.</p>
     *
     * This should throw a java.lang.IllegalStateException if called more than
     *                               one time without calling getNextLine().
     */
    void ungetLine();


    /**
     * <p>unget.</p>
     *
     * @param s some text to push back to the parser.
     * This should throw a java.lang.IllegalStateException if called more than
     *                               one time without calling getNextLine().
     */
    void unget( String s );


    /**
     * close the source.
     */
    void close();
}