com.univocity.parsers.common
Class Format

java.lang.Object
  com.univocity.parsers.common.Format

Direct Known Subclasses:

CsvFormat, FixedWidthFormat, TsvFormat

public abstract class Format
extends Object

This is the parent class for all configuration classes that define a text format.

By default, all parsers and writers have to handle, at least, the following format definitions:

• lineSeparator: the 1-2 character sequence that indicates the end of a line. Newline sequences are different across operating systems. Typically:
  • Windows uses carriage return and line feed: \r\n
  • Linux/Unix uses line feed only: \n
  • MacOS uses carriage return only: \r
  lineSeparator defaults to the system line separator
• normalizedNewline: a single character used to represent the end of a line uniformly in any parsed content. It has the following implications:
  • When reading a text-based input, the sequence of characters defined in lineSeparator will be replaced by this character.
  • When writing to a text-based output, this character will be replaced by the sequence of characters defined in lineSeparator.

  normalizedNewline defaults to '\n'.

• comment:a character that, if found in the beginning of a line of text, represents comment in any text-based input supported by uniVocity-parsers.

  comment defaults to '#'.

Author:

uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - [email protected]

See Also:

CsvFormat, FixedWidthFormat

Constructor Summary

protected

Format()

Method Summary

char	getComment() Returns the character that represents a line comment.
char[]	getLineSeparator() Returns the current line separator character sequence, which can contain 1 to 2 characters.
String	getLineSeparatorString() Returns the current line separator sequence as a String of 1 to 2 characters.
char	getNormalizedNewline() Returns the normalized newline character, which is automatically replaced by lineSeparator when reading/writing.
boolean	isComment(char ch) Identifies whether or not a given character represents a comment
boolean	isNewLine(char ch) Compares the given character against the normalizedNewline character.
void	setComment(char comment) Defines the character that represents a line comment when found in the beginning of a line of text.
void	setLineSeparator(char[] lineSeparator) Defines the line separator sequence that should be used for parsing and writing.
void	setLineSeparator(String lineSeparator) Defines the line separator sequence that should be used for parsing and writing.
void	setNormalizedNewline(char normalizedNewline) Sets the normalized newline character, which is automatically replaced by lineSeparator when reading/writing

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Format

protected Format()

Method Detail

getLineSeparator

public char[] getLineSeparator()

Returns the current line separator character sequence, which can contain 1 to 2 characters. Defaults to the system's line separator sequence (usually '\r\n' in Windows, '\r' in MacOS, and '\n' in Linux/Unix).

Returns:

the sequence of 1 to 2 characters that identifies the end of a line

getLineSeparatorString

public String getLineSeparatorString()

Returns the current line separator sequence as a String of 1 to 2 characters. Defaults to the system's line separator sequence (usually "\r\n" in Windows, "\r" in MacOS, and "\n" in Linux/Unix).

Returns:

the sequence of 1 to 2 characters that identifies the end of a line

setLineSeparator

public void setLineSeparator(String lineSeparator)

Defines the line separator sequence that should be used for parsing and writing.

Parameters:

lineSeparator - a sequence of 1 to 2 characters that identifies the end of a line

setLineSeparator

public void setLineSeparator(char[] lineSeparator)

Defines the line separator sequence that should be used for parsing and writing.

Parameters:

lineSeparator - a sequence of 1 to 2 characters that identifies the end of a line

getNormalizedNewline

public char getNormalizedNewline()

Returns the normalized newline character, which is automatically replaced by lineSeparator when reading/writing. Defaults to '\n'.

Returns:

the normalized newline character

setNormalizedNewline

public void setNormalizedNewline(char normalizedNewline)

Sets the normalized newline character, which is automatically replaced by lineSeparator when reading/writing

Parameters:

normalizedNewline - a single character used to represent a line separator.

isNewLine

public boolean isNewLine(char ch)

Compares the given character against the normalizedNewline character.

Parameters:

ch - the character to be verified

Returns:

true if the given character is the normalized newline character, false otherwise

getComment

public char getComment()

Returns the character that represents a line comment. Defaults to '#'

Set it to '\0' to disable comment skipping.

Returns:

the comment character

setComment

public void setComment(char comment)

Defines the character that represents a line comment when found in the beginning of a line of text. Defaults to '#'

Use '\0' to disable comment skipping.

Parameters:

comment - the comment character

isComment

public boolean isComment(char ch)

Identifies whether or not a given character represents a comment

Parameters:

ch - the character to be verified

Returns:

true if the given character is the comment character, false otherwise