cat.lump.aq.basics.io.files

Class CsvFoolReader

java.lang.Object

cat.lump.aq.basics.io.files.CsvFoolReader

public class CsvFoolReader
extends java.lang.Object

A simple reader for CSV files. It can handle files with comments (starting with "#") and split on the basis of different characters (default: ",").

The most natural return format is a 2-dimensions arrays of Strings. Still it is also possible to get a List of 1-dimension arrays of Strings. If the CSV is not "squared"; i.e. the number of fields is different across rows, the method might not work properly.

Author:

albarron

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CsvFoolReader()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String[][]	csv2matrix(java.io.File file) Reads a csv file and return a 2-dimensional array of Strings of it.
static java.lang.String[][]	csv2matrix(java.io.File file, java.lang.String separator) Reads a csv file.
static java.util.List<java.lang.String[]>	csvFileToList(java.io.File file)
static java.util.List<java.lang.String[]>	csvFileToList(java.io.File file, java.lang.String separator)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CsvFoolReader

public CsvFoolReader()

Method Detail

csv2matrix

public static java.lang.String[][] csv2matrix(java.io.File file)

Reads a csv file and return a 2-dimensional array of Strings of it. Comments can be included in the csv file (starting with "#").
Default separator used: ","

Parameters:

file -

Returns:

2-dimensional array of entries in the csv file

csv2matrix

public static java.lang.String[][] csv2matrix(java.io.File file,
                              java.lang.String separator)

Reads a csv file. Comments can be included in the file (starting with "#").

Parameters:

file -

separator - character(s) that separate the fields

Returns:

2-dimensional array of entries in the csv file

csvFileToList

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String[]> csvFileToList(java.io.File file)

csvFileToList

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String[]> csvFileToList(java.io.File file,
                                               java.lang.String separator)