Package com.aquima.interactions.framework.util.textdata

Class AbstractTextDataReader

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.framework.util.textdata.AbstractTextDataReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

CsvReader, FixedWidthTextReader

public abstract class AbstractTextDataReader
extends Object

Abstract base class to parse a text based resource.

Since:

6.3

Author:

Jon van Leuven

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES	The default line to start reading.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractTextDataReader(IResource resource, int skipLines, String charset)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Closes the underlying reader.
protected String	getNextLine()	Reads the next line from the file.
protected abstract String[]	parseLine(String nextLine)	Parses an incoming String and returns an array of elements.
TextDataContent	readAll(boolean hasHeader)	Reads the entire file into a TextDataContent object.
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 Details

DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES

public static final int DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES

The default line to start reading.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

AbstractTextDataReader

protected AbstractTextDataReader(IResource resource,
 int skipLines,
 String charset)

Method Details

readAll

public TextDataContent readAll(boolean hasHeader)
                        throws IOException

Reads the entire file into a TextDataContent object.

Parameters:

hasHeader - Indicator if the first row is treated as header.

Returns:

a TextDataContent.

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

getNextLine

protected String getNextLine()
                      throws IOException

Reads the next line from the file. Empty lines are skipped.

Returns:

the next line from the file without trailing newline

Throws:

IOException - if bad things happen during the read

parseLine

protected abstract String[] parseLine(String nextLine)
                               throws IOException

Parses an incoming String and returns an array of elements.

Parameters:

nextLine - the string to parse

Returns:

the comma-tokenized list of elements, or null if nextLine is null

Throws:

IOException - if bad things happen during the read

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Closes the underlying reader.

Throws:

IOException - if the close fails