LookAheadBuffer Class

Provides access to a stream and allows to peek at the next characters, up to the buffer's capacity.

public class LookAheadBuffer : ILookAheadBuffer

Remarks

This class implements a circular buffer with a fixed capacity.

Implements

Name	Description
LookAheadBuffer(TextReader, int)	Initializes a new instance of the `LookAheadBuffer` class.

Initializes a new instance of the LookAheadBuffer class.

public LookAheadBuffer(TextReader input, int capacity)

Name	Description
EndOfInput	Gets a value indicating whether the end of the input reader has been reached.

Gets a value indicating whether the end of the input reader has been reached.

public bool EndOfInput { get; }

Name	Description
Cache(int)	Reads characters until at least `length` characters are in the buffer.
Peek(int)	Gets the character at thhe specified offset.
Skip(int)	Skips the next `length` characters. Those characters must have been obtained first by calling the `LookAheadBuffer.Peek` or `LookAheadBuffer.Cache` methods.

Reads characters until at least length characters are in the buffer.

public void Cache(int length)

Gets the character at thhe specified offset.

public char Peek(int offset)

Skips the next length characters. Those characters must have been obtained first by calling the LookAheadBuffer.Peek or LookAheadBuffer.Cache methods.

public void Skip(int length)