Class Buffer

java.lang.Object
  Buffer

public class Buffer

extends java.lang.Object

This class implements operations on k-tuples needed for the computation of the entropy of a text.

Field Summary

int	head The last character of word.
java.lang.String	word

Constructor Summary

Buffer(java.io.Reader in, int k)
Initializes a buffer composed of the k first characters of a text.

Method Summary

void	next(java.io.Reader in, int k) Shifts one character to the right the sliding window.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

word

public java.lang.String word

head

public int head

The last character of word.

Constructor Detail

Buffer

public Buffer(java.io.Reader in,
              int k)
       throws java.io.IOException

Initializes a buffer composed of the k first characters of a text.

Method Detail

next

public void next(java.io.Reader in,
                 int k)
          throws java.io.IOException

Shifts one character to the right the sliding window.

Throws:

java.io.IOException