ivory.core.util

Class DelimitedValuesFileReader

java.lang.Object

ivory.core.util.DelimitedValuesFileReader

public class DelimitedValuesFileReader
extends Object

A reader for processing delimited data files. Typical usage pattern:

 DelimitedValuesFileReader iter = new DelimitedValuesFileReader("foo.txt");
     
 String[] arr;
 while ((arr = iter.nextValues()) != null) {
    String val1 = arr[0];
    String val2 = arr[1];
    // do something here
 } 
 

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	DEFAULT_DELIMITER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DelimitedValuesFileReader(String filename) Constructs a TabbedSeparatedValuesFileReader with the contents of a file.
DelimitedValuesFileReader(String filename, String delimiter)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	destruct() Closes file handles.
String[]	nextValues() Reads the next line.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_DELIMITER

public static final String DEFAULT_DELIMITER

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DelimitedValuesFileReader

public DelimitedValuesFileReader(String filename)

Constructs a TabbedSeparatedValuesFileReader with the contents of a file.

Parameters:

filename - name of file to read

DelimitedValuesFileReader

public DelimitedValuesFileReader(String filename,
                         String delimiter)

Method Detail

destruct

public void destruct()

Closes file handles.

nextValues

public String[] nextValues()

Reads the next line.

Returns:

an array with values from the next line, or null if no more lines