au.com.bytecode.opencsv
Class CSVReader

java.lang.Object
  au.com.bytecode.opencsv.CSVReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable

public class CSVReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Closeable

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

Author:

Glen Smith

Field Summary

static int

DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES The default line to start reading.

Constructor Summary

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader)
Constructs CSVReader using a comma for the separator.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, boolean strictQuotes)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator, quote char and quote handling behavior.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, char escape)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, char escape, int line)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, char escape, int line, boolean strictQuotes)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, char escape, int line, boolean strictQuotes, boolean ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader, char separator, char quotechar, int line)
Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator and quote char.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the underlying reader.
java.util.List<java.lang.String[]>	readAll() Reads the entire file into a List with each element being a String[] of tokens.
java.lang.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_SKIP_LINES

public static final int DEFAULT_SKIP_LINES

The default line to start reading.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader)

Constructs CSVReader using a comma for the separator.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to an underlying CSV source.

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.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(java.io.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(java.io.Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar,
                 boolean strictQuotes)

Constructs CSVReader with supplied separator, quote char and quote handling behavior.

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

strictQuotes - sets if characters outside the quotes are ignored

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar,
                 char escape)

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

escape - the character to use for escaping a separator or quote

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.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

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar,
                 char escape,
                 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

escape - the character to use for escaping a separator or quote

line - the line number to skip for start reading

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar,
                 char escape,
                 int line,
                 boolean strictQuotes)

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

escape - the character to use for escaping a separator or quote

line - the line number to skip for start reading

strictQuotes - sets if characters outside the quotes are ignored

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.io.Reader reader,
                 char separator,
                 char quotechar,
                 char escape,
                 int line,
                 boolean strictQuotes,
                 boolean ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace)

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

escape - the character to use for escaping a separator or quote

line - the line number to skip for start reading

strictQuotes - sets if characters outside the quotes are ignored

ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace - it true, parser should ignore white space before a quote in a field

Method Detail

readAll

public java.util.List<java.lang.String[]> readAll()
                                           throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException - if bad things happen during the read

readNext

public java.lang.String[] readNext()
                            throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException - if bad things happen during the read

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes the underlying reader.

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the close fails