Package org.apache.tools.ant.filters

# Class Native2AsciiFilter

java.lang.Object
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter
org.apache.tools.ant.filters.Native2AsciiFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `java.lang.Cloneable`, `ChainableReader`, `TokenFilter.Filter`

    public class Native2AsciiFilter
    extends TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

A filter that performs translations from characters to their Unicode-escape sequences and vice-versa.

Since:
  Ant 1.9.8

- ## Field Summary

  ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

  `description, location, project`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor | Description
  --- | ---
  `Native2AsciiFilter()` |

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type | Method | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `java.lang.String` | `filter​(java.lang.String line)` | filter and/of modify a string
  `void` | `setReverse​(boolean reverse)` | Flag the conversion to run in the reverse sense, that is Ascii to Native encoding.

  ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

  `chain, setByLine`

  ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

  `clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject`

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### Native2AsciiFilter

    public Native2AsciiFilter()

- ## Method Details

  - ### setReverse

    public void setReverse​(boolean reverse)
    Flag the conversion to run in the reverse sense, that is Ascii to Native encoding.
    Parameters:
      `reverse` - True if the conversion is to be reversed, otherwise false;

  - ### filter

    public java.lang.String filter​(java.lang.String line)
    Description copied from interface: `TokenFilter.Filter`
    filter and/of modify a string
    Parameters:
      `line` - the string to filter
    Returns:
      the modified string or null if the string did not pass the filter