EventReader (Apama API Documentation 10.15.1.2)

java.lang.Object
- com.apama.event.EventReader

```
public class EventReader
extends java.lang.Object
```
Utility class to read Event objects from a text stream in event file format (individually, or in batches with optional timestamps if the BATCH keyword is used in the input stream).

See the Apama documentation for details of the event file format used by this class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

EventReader(java.io.BufferedReader source, java.lang.String defaultChannel)
Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Vector<Event>`	`getNextEvents(java.lang.Long[] timestampHolder, java.lang.Boolean[] finishedHolder)`	Read the next (batch of) event(s) from the bufferedReader.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - EventReader
```
public EventReader(java.io.BufferedReader source,
                   java.lang.String defaultChannel)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - An initialised instance of BufferedReader
- Method Detail
  - getNextEvents
```
public java.util.Vector<Event> getNextEvents(java.lang.Long[] timestampHolder,
                                             java.lang.Boolean[] finishedHolder)
```
    Read the next (batch of) event(s) from the bufferedReader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    timestampHolder - This must be an array of java.lang.Long of size 1 - used for returning the timestamp.
    
    finishedHolder - This must be an array of java.lang.Boolean of size 1 - used for returning the finished flag.
    
    Returns:
    
    A Vector containing com.apama.event.Event objects.