nmeatokenizer.java

JavaGPS enables access to GPS devices from any Java application. Provides Java API, NMEA0183 parser,

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package org.iu.gps;

/**
 *  Takes a NMEA-0183 message to tokenize.
 *
 *@author    walther
 */
class NMEATokenizer {
	private String msg;


	NMEATokenizer( String _msg )
	{
		msg = _msg;
	}


	boolean hasMoreTokens()
	{
		return getPos() >= 0;
	}


	// return next token (filters delimiter)
	String nextToken()
	{
		String t = msg.substring( 0, getPos() );
		msg = msg.substring( getPos() + 1 );
		return t;
	}


	// return position of next delimiter (, or *), -1 means no more delimiters
	// available
	private int getPos()
	{
		int p1 = msg.indexOf( "," );
		int p2 = msg.indexOf( "*" );

		if ( p1 == -1 && p2 == -1 )
		{
			return -1;
		}

		if ( p1 == -1 )
		{
			p1 = msg.length() - 1;
		}
		if ( p2 == -1 )
		{
			p2 = msg.length() - 1;
		}

		return Math.min( p1, p2 );
	}
}