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## org.apache.tools.ant.filters
Class TabsToSpaces

    java.lang.Object
      java.io.Reader
          java.io.FilterReader
              org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
                  org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseParamFilterReader
                      org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TabsToSpaces

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Closeable, java.lang.Readable, ChainableReader, Parameterizable

    public final class TabsToSpaces

extends BaseParamFilterReader
implements ChainableReader

Converts tabs to spaces. Example:

    <tabtospaces tablength="8"/>

Or:

    <filterreader classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TabsToSpaces">
       <param name="tablength" value="8"/>
     </filterreader>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
`in`

Fields inherited from class java.io.Reader
`lock`

Constructor Summary
`TabsToSpaces()` Constructor for "dummy" instances.
`TabsToSpaces(java.io.Reader in)` Creates a new filtered reader.

Method Summary
`java.io.Reader` | `chain(java.io.Reader rdr)` Creates a new TabsToSpaces using the passed in Reader for instantiation.
`int` | `read()` Returns the next character in the filtered stream, converting tabs to the specified number of spaces.
`void` | `setTablength(int tabLength)` Sets the tab length.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseParamFilterReader
`getParameters, setParameters`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.BaseFilterReader
`getInitialized, getProject, read, readFully, readLine, setInitialized, setProject, skip`

Methods inherited from class java.io.FilterReader
`close, mark, markSupported, ready, reset`

Methods inherited from class java.io.Reader
`read, read`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### TabsToSpaces

    public TabsToSpaces()

  Constructor for "dummy" instances.

  See Also:
    `BaseFilterReader.BaseFilterReader()`

### TabsToSpaces

    public TabsToSpaces(java.io.Reader in)

  Creates a new filtered reader.

  Parameters:
    `in` - A Reader object providing the underlying stream. Must not be `null`.

Method Detail

### read

    public int read()
             throws java.io.IOException

  Returns the next character in the filtered stream, converting tabs to the specified number of spaces.

  Overrides:
    `read` in class `java.io.FilterReader`
  Returns:
    the next character in the resulting stream, or -1 if the end of the resulting stream has been reached
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if the underlying stream throws an IOException during reading

### setTablength

    public void setTablength(int tabLength)

  Sets the tab length.

  Parameters:
    `tabLength` - the number of spaces to be used when converting a tab.

### chain

    public java.io.Reader chain(java.io.Reader rdr)

  Creates a new TabsToSpaces using the passed in Reader for instantiation.

  Specified by:
    `chain` in interface `ChainableReader`
  Parameters:
    `rdr` - A Reader object providing the underlying stream. Must not be `null`.
  Returns:
    a new filter based on this configuration, but filtering the specified reader

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