com.opencsv.bean

Class BeanToCsv<T>

java.lang.Object

com.opencsv.bean.BeanToCsv<T>

Type Parameters:

T - - Type of object that is being processed.

public class BeanToCsv<T>
extends Object

Allows to export Java beans content to a new CSV spreadsheet file.

Author:

Kali <[email protected]>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanToCsv() default constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected String[]	processHeader(MappingStrategy<T> mapper) Processes the header for the bean.
protected String[]	processObject(List<Method> getters, Object bean) Retrieve all the information out of an object.
boolean	write(MappingStrategy<T> mapper, CSVWriter csv, List<?> objects) Writes all the objects, one at a time, to the csvWriter using the passed in Strategy.
boolean	write(MappingStrategy<T> mapper, Writer writer, List<?> objects) Writes all the objects, one at a time, to a created csvWriter using the passed in Strategy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanToCsv

public BeanToCsv()

default constructor.

Method Detail

write

public boolean write(MappingStrategy<T> mapper,
            Writer writer,
            List<?> objects)

Writes all the objects, one at a time, to a created csvWriter using the passed in Strategy.

Parameters:

mapper - - Mapping strategy for the bean.

writer - - Writer object used to construct the CSVWriter.

objects - - list of objects to write.

Returns:

- false if there are no objects to process, true otherwise.

write

public boolean write(MappingStrategy<T> mapper,
            CSVWriter csv,
            List<?> objects)

Writes all the objects, one at a time, to the csvWriter using the passed in Strategy.

Parameters:

mapper - - Mapping strategy for the bean.

csv - - CSVWriter

objects - - list of objects to write.

Returns:

- false if there are no objects to process, true otherwise.

processHeader

protected String[] processHeader(MappingStrategy<T> mapper)
                          throws IntrospectionException

Processes the header for the bean.

Parameters:

mapper - MappingStrategy for Bean

Returns:

String array with header values.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - - thrown if there is an failure in Introspection.

processObject

protected String[] processObject(List<Method> getters,
                     Object bean)
                          throws IntrospectionException,
                                 IllegalAccessException,
                                 InvocationTargetException

Retrieve all the information out of an object.

Parameters:

getters - - List of methods to retrieve information.

bean - - object to get the information from.

Returns:

String array containing the information from the object

Throws:

IntrospectionException - - thrown by error in introspection.

IllegalAccessException - - thrown by error in introspection.

InvocationTargetException - - thrown by error in introspection.