Read the first string in the line, skipping the whitespace ---Possible???

Question

I am parsing through the following file:
      * AOCSOnLupda.h
      *  Created on: 20.07.2010
      *      Author: perv_na
#ifndef AOCSONLUPDA_H_
#define AOCSONLUPDA_H_
// holds the value of on_lupda
namespace AOCS {
     class AOCSOnLupda{
          private:
                /* public part
          public:
#endif /* AOCSONLUPDA_H_ */My main task is to, go inside this file, check if the namespace and class name provided by the user matches the one's inside this file. And then write a boolean initialization (e.g. boolean checked = 1).
The problems I am facing is that, when I read through each line I want to make sure that there is no Block Comment signs or // sign in the beginning of the line. So that I am sure that I am not writing the initialization inside a comment line or something.
My problem is I am not at all being able to read the first word of a line (without the whitespace).
Can someone please tell me how you can skip the first whitespaces in a newly read line, and retrieve the first chars/String? Like in the line:
               /* public part
          public:there is white space before the start and end of the block comment. And also in front of the word "public:"
How do I get my hands on the start and end of block comment character and also "public:" by skipping the white spaces in front?
Thank you
newbie
Edited by: JFC_newbie on Jul 27, 2010 8:46 AM

Answer 1

Hi,
thank you for the link ... but I am actually trying to do by myself.
BufferedReader in;
          String lineInFile;
          try {
               in = new BufferedReader(
                         new FileReader(
                                   "C:/Users/jui/Eclipse/eclipse-java-helios-win32-x86_64/javaWorkspace/FilePathSearchCreateTest/aocsFiles/AOCSOnLupda.h"));// open
               while ((lineInFile = in.readLine()) != null) {
                    if((lineInFile.trim().length())!=0){   //If not a Blank Line then...
                    *     //Read the first non-whitespace char in the read line                         *                     
                         String [] tempLine = lineInFile.split("\\s");
                         System.out.println(tempLine[0]);
               in.close();// safely close the BufferedReader after use
          } catch (IOException e) {
               System.out.println("There was a problem:" + e);
          }But it's not working. I need my code to read the first char/String in a newly read line, by skipping the first whitespaces.
Would really really appreciate some tips. thank you.