1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-channel/src/main/java/org/sonar/channel/CodeReader.java b/sonar-channel/src/main/java/org/sonar/channel/CodeReader.java
index e597385d387..af4ade884d0 100644
--- a/sonar-channel/src/main/java/org/sonar/channel/CodeReader.java
+++ b/sonar-channel/src/main/java/org/sonar/channel/CodeReader.java
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 
 /**
- * The CodeReader class provides all the basic features to lex a source code. 
- * Those features are :
+ * The CodeReader class provides all the basic features to lex a source code. Those features are :
  * <ul>
  * <li>Read and consume next characters until a regular expression is matched</li>
  * </ul>
@@ -34,6 +33,20 @@ public class CodeReader extends CodeBuffer {
 
   private Cursor previousCursor;
 
+  /*
+   * Constructor needed to be backward compatible (before using CodeReaderFilter)
+   */
+  public CodeReader(Reader code) {
+    super(code, new CodeReaderFilter[] {});
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Constructor needed to be backward compatible (before using CodeReaderFilter)
+   */
+  public CodeReader(String code) {
+    super(code, new CodeReaderFilter[] {});
+  }
+
   public CodeReader(Reader code, CodeReaderFilter... codeReaderFilters) {
     super(code, codeReaderFilters);
   }