scriptella.driver.csv.opencsv

Class CSVReader

java.lang.Object

scriptella.driver.csv.opencsv.CSVReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable

public class CSVReader
extends Object
implements Closeable

A very simple CSV reader released under a commercial-friendly license.

Author:

Glen Smith, Fyodor Kupolov (Performance optimizations)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char	DEFAULT_QUOTE_CHARACTER The default quote character to use if none is supplied to the constructor.
static char	DEFAULT_SEPARATOR The default separator to use if none is supplied to the constructor.
static int	DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES The default line to start reading.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CSVReader(Reader reader) Constructs CSVReader using a comma for the separator.
CSVReader(Reader reader, char separator) Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator.
CSVReader(Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar) Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.
CSVReader(Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, int line) Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the underlying reader.
List<String[]>	readAll() Reads the entire file into a List with each element being a String[] of tokens.
String[]	readNext() Reads the next line from the buffer and converts to a string array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_SEPARATOR

public static final char DEFAULT_SEPARATOR

The default separator to use if none is supplied to the constructor.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_QUOTE_CHARACTER

public static final char DEFAULT_QUOTE_CHARACTER

The default quote character to use if none is supplied to the constructor.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES

public static final int DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES

The default line to start reading.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader)

Constructs CSVReader using a comma for the separator.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to an underlying CSV source.

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
                 char separator)

Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to an underlying CSV source.

separator - the delimiter to use for separating entries.

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar)

Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to an underlying CSV source.

separator - the delimiter to use for separating entries

quotechar - the character to use for quoted elements

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar,
                 int line)

Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to an underlying CSV source.

separator - the delimiter to use for separating entries

quotechar - the character to use for quoted elements

line - the line number to skip for start reading

Method Detail

readAll

public List<String[]> readAll()
                       throws IOException

Reads the entire file into a List with each element being a String[] of tokens.

Returns:

a List of String[], with each String[] representing a line of the file.

Throws:

IOException - if bad things happen during the read

readNext

public String[] readNext()
                  throws IOException

Reads the next line from the buffer and converts to a string array.

Returns:

a string array with each comma-separated element as a separate entry.

Throws:

IOException - if bad things happen during the read

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Closes the underlying reader.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Throws:

IOException - if the close fails