prefuse.data.io

Class AbstractTextTableReader

java.lang.Object

prefuse.data.io.AbstractTableReader

prefuse.data.io.AbstractTextTableReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

TableReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

CSVTableReader, DelimitedTextTableReader, FixedWidthTextTableReader

public abstract class AbstractTextTableReader
extends AbstractTableReader

Abstract base class for TableReader instances that read in a table from a textual data file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractTextTableReader() Create a new AbstractTextTableReader using a default ParserFactory.
AbstractTextTableReader(ParserFactory parserFactory) Create a new AbstractTextTableReader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected java.util.ArrayList	getColumnNames() Subclasses can override this to provide column names through a custom mechanism.
static java.lang.String	getDefaultHeader(int idx) Returns default column header names of the type "A", "B", ..., "Z", "AA", "AB", etc.
protected abstract void	read(java.io.InputStream is, TableReadListener trl) Scans the input stream, making call backs for each encountered entry on the provided TextReadListener.
Table	readTable(java.io.InputStream is) Read in a table from the given InputStream.
void	setHasHeader(boolean hasHeaderRow) Set whether or not the table data file includes a header row.

Methods inherited from class prefuse.data.io.AbstractTableReader

readTable, readTable, readTable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractTextTableReader

public AbstractTextTableReader()

Create a new AbstractTextTableReader using a default ParserFactory.

AbstractTextTableReader

public AbstractTextTableReader(ParserFactory parserFactory)

Create a new AbstractTextTableReader.

Parameters:

parserFactory - the ParserFactory to use for parsing text strings into table values.

Method Detail

setHasHeader

public void setHasHeader(boolean hasHeaderRow)

Set whether or not the table data file includes a header row.

Parameters:

hasHeaderRow - true if the the data file includes a header row, false otherwise.

readTable

public Table readTable(java.io.InputStream is)
                throws DataIOException

Description copied from interface: TableReader

Read in a table from the given InputStream.

Parameters:

is - the InputStream to read the table from

Returns:

the loaded Table

Throws:

DataIOException

See Also:

TableReader.readTable(java.io.InputStream)

getColumnNames

protected java.util.ArrayList getColumnNames()

Subclasses can override this to provide column names through a custom mechanism.

Returns:

an ArrayList of String instances indicating the column names

getDefaultHeader

public static java.lang.String getDefaultHeader(int idx)

Returns default column header names of the type "A", "B", ..., "Z", "AA", "AB", etc.

Parameters:

idx - the index of the column header

Returns:

a default column header name for the given index.

read

protected abstract void read(java.io.InputStream is,
                             TableReadListener trl)
                      throws java.io.IOException,
                             DataParseException

Scans the input stream, making call backs for each encountered entry on the provided TextReadListener.

Parameters:

is - the InputStream to read

trl - the TextReadListener that will receive callbacks

Throws:

java.io.IOException

DataParseException