diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Lexer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Lexer.java
index 622599bb..0f7de6a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Lexer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/csv/Lexer.java
@@ -105,13 +105,6 @@ abstract class Lexer {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return true if the given char is a whitespace character
-     */
-    boolean isWhitespace(final int c) {
-        return c != format.getDelimiter() && Character.isWhitespace((char) c);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Greedily accepts \n, \r and \r\n This checker consumes silently the second control-character...
      *
@@ -126,6 +119,15 @@ abstract class Lexer {
         return c == LF || c == CR;
     }
 
+    abstract Token nextToken(Token reusableToken) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if the given char is a whitespace character
+     */
+    boolean isWhitespace(final int c) {
+        return c != format.getDelimiter() && Character.isWhitespace((char) c);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if the current character represents the start of a line: a CR, LF or is at the start of the file.
      *
@@ -143,8 +145,6 @@ abstract class Lexer {
         return c == END_OF_STREAM;
     }
 
-    abstract Token nextToken(Token reusableToken) throws IOException;
-
     boolean isDelimiter(final int c) {
         return c == delimiter;
     }