com.quadrique.jbuildingblocks.core.io.file.parser
Class JbbFormattedTextFileHandler

java.lang.Object
  com.quadrique.jbuildingblocks.core.io.file.parser.JbbFormattedTextFileHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

JbbCsvFormattedTextFileHandler, JbbTabFormattedTextFileHandler

public abstract class JbbFormattedTextFileHandler
extends Object

This is a base class that provides a framework to parse and process a formatted text file (e.g. a CSV file) one line at a time. In order to use it, just creates a derived class that implements the processLine() method and call processFile() to process a given formatted text file.

Author:

Hervé Rivere

Constructor Summary

JbbFormattedTextFileHandler()

Method Summary

File	getFile()
boolean	isIgnoreFirstLine()
void	processFile()
abstract void	processLine(JbbFormattedTextFileLine line) This method must be implemented in any derived class: The framework reads one line at a time, parses it and call this method so that you can implement your own logic.
void	setColumnNames(ArrayList<String> names)
void	setFile(File file)
void	setIgnoreFirstLine(boolean ignoreFirstLine)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JbbFormattedTextFileHandler

public JbbFormattedTextFileHandler()

Method Detail

getFile

public File getFile()

Returns:

the file to be processed

setFile

public void setFile(File file)

Parameters:

file - the file to process

isIgnoreFirstLine

public boolean isIgnoreFirstLine()

Returns:

Returns the ignoreFirstLine.

setIgnoreFirstLine

public void setIgnoreFirstLine(boolean ignoreFirstLine)

Parameters:

ignoreFirstLine - true to ignore the first line of the file (e.g. if the first line contains some headers)

setColumnNames

public void setColumnNames(ArrayList<String> names)
                    throws Exception

Parameters:

names -

Throws:

Exception

processFile

public void processFile()
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

processLine

public abstract void processLine(JbbFormattedTextFileLine line)
                          throws Exception

This method must be implemented in any derived class: The framework reads one line at a time, parses it and call this method so that you can implement your own logic.

Parameters:

line -

Throws:

Exception