org.mmbase.util
Class CVSReader

java.lang.Object
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public class CVSReader

extends java.lang.Object

Class for reading and parsing the contents of a CVS (comma value seperated) file.

Author:

Daniel Ockeloen, Pierre van Rooden (javadocs)

Field Summary

protected java.util.Hashtable	name2pos The CVS file header, which contains the column names.
protected java.util.Vector	rows The content of the CVS file body (the records or rows).

Constructor Summary

CVSReader(java.lang.String filename)
Constructor for the CVS Reader.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getElement(int row, int col) Returns the element at the given row and column.
java.lang.String	getElement(int row, java.lang.String colname) Returns the element at the given row and with the given column name.
java.lang.String	loadFile(java.lang.String filename) Reads the content of a file.
void	readCVS(java.lang.String filename) Reads the contents of a CVS file and extracts the header and body content.
int	size() Returns the number of rows in the CVS body.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name2pos

protected java.util.Hashtable name2pos

The CVS file header, which contains the column names. The header is represented by a Hashtable of name-values where name is a column name and value the index of that column.

rows

protected java.util.Vector rows

The content of the CVS file body (the records or rows). Each entry in rows represents a line or record in the CVS body. Each line is represented by a Vector of values. The position of those values matches with teh columns from the header.

Constructor Detail

CVSReader

public CVSReader(java.lang.String filename)

Constructor for the CVS Reader.

Method Detail

readCVS

public void readCVS(java.lang.String filename)

Reads the contents of a CVS file and extracts the header and body content. The body content of the CVS file is stored in the name2pos field, the body content in the rows field.

loadFile

public java.lang.String loadFile(java.lang.String filename)

Reads the content of a file.

Parameters:

filename - path and name of the file to read

Returns:

the content of the file as a string

getElement

public java.lang.String getElement(int row,
                                   int col)

Returns the element at the given row and column.

Parameters:

row - the element row

col - the element column

Returns:

the element as a String.

getElement

public java.lang.String getElement(int row,
                                   java.lang.String colname)

Returns the element at the given row and with the given column name.

Parameters:

row - the element row

col - the element columnname

Returns:

the element as a String.

size

public int size()

Returns the number of rows in the CVS body.