Class CSVReader

java.lang.Object

ca.phon.csv.CSVReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable

public class CSVReader
extends Object
implements AutoCloseable, Closeable

Reads data from a CSV file with specified settings.

We escape fields based on the rules defined in RFC4180.

Author:

Cristopher Yates

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CSVReader(Reader reader)	Constructs a new CSVReader.
CSVReader(Reader reader, boolean trimSpaces)
CSVReader(Reader reader, char[] separators)
CSVReader(Reader reader, char[] separators, boolean trimSpaces)
CSVReader(Reader reader, char[] separators, CSVQuoteType quoteChar)
CSVReader(Reader reader, char[] separators, CSVQuoteType quoteChar, boolean trimSpaces)	Constructs a new CSVReader.
CSVReader(Reader reader, CSVQuoteType quoteChar)
CSVReader(Reader reader, CSVQuoteType quoteChar, boolean trimSpaces)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()
List<String[]>	readAll()	Read all records in csv data
String[]	readNext()	Reads the next record from the reader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader)

Constructs a new CSVReader.

Parameters:

reader - The reader that the data is read from.

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 char[] separators)

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 CSVQuoteType quoteChar)

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 boolean trimSpaces)

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 char[] separators,
 CSVQuoteType quoteChar)

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 char[] separators,
 boolean trimSpaces)

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 CSVQuoteType quoteChar,
 boolean trimSpaces)

CSVReader

public CSVReader(Reader reader,
 char[] separators,
 CSVQuoteType quoteChar,
 boolean trimSpaces)

Constructs a new CSVReader.

Parameters:

reader - The reader that the data is read from.

separators - The characters that signal the end of a field and beginning of another.

quoteChar - The type of quote used to enclose escaped fields (single or double).

trimSpaces - Whether to remove any leading or trailing whitespace.

Method Details

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Throws:

IOException

readNext

public String[] readNext()
                  throws IOException

Reads the next record from the reader.

Returns:

The record as a string array of the fields.

Throws:

IOException

readAll

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

Read all records in csv data

Returns:

list of string arrays

Throws:

IOException