com.tomasteubner.common.core.csv

Class CsvParser

java.lang.Object

com.tomasteubner.common.core.csv.CsvParser

public class CsvParser
extends Object

Parser for strings containing comma separated values.

Author:

Tomas Teubner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CsvParser(String str) Construct parser from a String.
CsvParser(String str, char separator, char quote) Construct parser from a String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	next() Get the next field from the string.
List<String>	parse() Parse all fields from the string into a list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CsvParser

public CsvParser(String str,
                 char separator,
                 char quote)

Construct parser from a String.

Parameters:

str - the string

separator - the separator used

quote - used to quote fields containing separators

CsvParser

public CsvParser(String str)

Construct parser from a String.

Separator is a comma and double quotes are used to quote fields

Parameters:

str - the string

Method Detail

parse

public List<String> parse()
                   throws IOException

Parse all fields from the string into a list.

Returns:

the list

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

next

public String next()
            throws IOException

Get the next field from the string.

Returns:

the next field

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs