de.espirit.common.util

Class CsvReader

java.lang.Object

de.espirit.common.util.CsvReader

public class CsvReader
extends Object

Utility class to parse CSV files.

Usage:

  final CsvReader reader = new CsvReader(reader, ';');
  CsvToken token = reader.read();
  while (token.getType() != CsvToken.EOF) {
      if (token.getType() == CsvToken.NEW_LINE) {
          // handle new line
      } else {
          // handle value
          final String value = token.getValue();
      }
  }
 

Since:

5.1.28

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	CsvReader.CsvToken Class representing a single token

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CsvReader(Reader reader) Constructs a new CsvReader with the given reader as source of the csv file with default delimiter ';'.
CsvReader(Reader reader, char delim) Constructs a new CsvReader with the given reader as source of the csv file and the given char as delimiter of the csv file

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<List<String>>	parseCsvToList(Reader reader, char delim) parses the csv source of the given reader to a list of lists of String's
static String[][]	parseCsvToStringArray(Reader reader, char delim) parses the csv source of the given reader to a StringArray of StringArrays
CsvReader.CsvToken	read() Returns a CsvToken of the typeCsvReader.CsvToken.VALUE or CsvReader.CsvToken.NEW_LINEor CsvReader.CsvToken.EOF

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CsvReader

public CsvReader(Reader reader,
         char delim)

Constructs a new CsvReader with the given reader as source of the csv file and the given char as delimiter of the csv file

Parameters:

reader - reader for the csv file

delim - the delimiter char of the csv file

Since:

5.1.28

CsvReader

public CsvReader(Reader reader)

Constructs a new CsvReader with the given reader as source of the csv file with default delimiter ';'.

Parameters:

reader - reader for the csv file

Since:

5.1.28

Method Detail

read

public CsvReader.CsvToken read()
                        throws IOException

Returns a CsvToken of the typeCsvReader.CsvToken.VALUE or CsvReader.CsvToken.NEW_LINEor CsvReader.CsvToken.EOF

Returns:

CsvToken - currentToken

Throws:

IOException - from underlying stream

Since:

5.1.28

See Also:

CsvReader.CsvToken

parseCsvToList

public static List<List<String>> parseCsvToList(Reader reader,
                                char delim)

parses the csv source of the given reader to a list of lists of String's

Parameters:

reader - the reader for the csv file

delim - the delimiter char of the csv file

Returns:

List - a List of Lists

Since:

5.1.28

parseCsvToStringArray

public static String[][] parseCsvToStringArray(Reader reader,
                               char delim)

parses the csv source of the given reader to a StringArray of StringArrays

Parameters:

reader - the reader for the csv file

delim - the delimiter char of the csv file

Returns:

String[][] - a StringArray of StringArrays

Since:

5.1.28