LineNumberReader getLineNumber() in Java

getLineNumber(): This method is available in the java.io.LineNumberReader class of Java.

Syntax:

int java.io.LineNumberReader.getLineNumber()

This method gets the current line number.

Parameters: NA

Returns: The current line number.

Exceptions: NA

Approach

Java

import java.io.LineNumberReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;

public class LineNumberReadergetLineNumber {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Reader in = new StringReader("Hello");
        LineNumberReader lineNumberReader = 
                                new LineNumberReader(in);

        System.out.println(lineNumberReader.getLineNumber());
    }
}

Output:

0

Some other methods of LineNumberReader

LineNumberReader(Reader): This method creates a new line-numbering reader, using the default input buffer size.

LineNumberReader(Reader, int): This method creates a new line-numbering reader, reading characters into a buffer of the given size.

mark(int): This method marks the present position in the stream.

read(): This method read a single character.

read(char[], int, int): This method read characters into a portion of an array.

readLine(): This method read a line of text.

reset(): This method resets the stream to the most recent mark.

setLineNumber(int): This method sets the current line number.

skip(long): This method skips characters.