LineNumberInputStream.getLineNumber() has the following syntax.
public int getLineNumber()
In the following code shows how to use LineNumberInputStream.getLineNumber() method.
//from ww w.j a va2s . c o m import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.LineNumberInputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { int i; FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("C:/test.txt"); LineNumberInputStream lnis = new LineNumberInputStream(fis); while ((i = lnis.read()) != -1) { char c = (char) i; if (i != 10) { System.out.println("Character read: " + c); int j = lnis.getLineNumber(); System.out.println(" at line: " + j); } } } }