Class CSVReader

java.lang.Object

CSVReader

public class CSVReader
extends java.lang.Object

This is a slightly more advanced CSV reader that can handle quoted tokens.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CSVReader(java.lang.String file) Basic constructor that assumes the first line should be skipped.
CSVReader(java.lang.String file, boolean skipHeader) A constructor that requires the name of the file to open

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getNext() Reads a line (nextLine()) and splits it into a String array by the DELIMINATOR, if the line is empty it will also return null.
boolean	hasNext() Checks to see if the fileScanner has more lines and returns the answer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.lang.String file)

Basic constructor that assumes the first line should be skipped.

Parameters:

file - name of file to read

CSVReader

public CSVReader(java.lang.String file,
                 boolean skipHeader)

A constructor that requires the name of the file to open

Parameters:

file - filename to read

skipHeader - true to skip header, false if it is to be read

Method Detail

getNext

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getNext()

Reads a line (nextLine()) and splits it into a String array by the DELIMINATOR, if the line is empty it will also return null. This is the proper way to check for CSV files as compared to string.split - as it allows for "quoted" strings ,",",.

Returns:

a String List if a line exits or null if not

hasNext

public boolean hasNext()

Checks to see if the fileScanner has more lines and returns the answer.

Returns:

true if the file scanner has more lines (hasNext())