uk.ac.starlink.hapi

Class CsvReader

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.hapi.CsvReader

public class CsvReader
extends Object

CSV file reader. This is intended for use with HAPI CSV responses, and hence is supposed to conform to RFC 4180-flavoured CSV files containing UTF-8 characters.

Since:

11 Jan 2024

Author:

Mark Taylor

See Also:

RFC 4180

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CsvReader() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String[]	readCsvRow(InputStream in) Returns the next row from a given input stream.
void	setPrefixByte(byte byte0) Provides a single byte to be read before the start of the input stream on the next invocation of readCsvRow(java.io.InputStream).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CsvReader

public CsvReader()

Constructor.

Method Detail

setPrefixByte

public void setPrefixByte(byte byte0)

Provides a single byte to be read before the start of the input stream on the next invocation of readCsvRow(java.io.InputStream). Once read, it will not be read again.

Parameters:

byte0 - prefix byte

readCsvRow

public String[] readCsvRow(InputStream in)
                    throws IOException

Returns the next row from a given input stream. A prefix byte, if it has been supplied, will be read first. If the end of the stream is encountered, null is returned, but the file is not closed.

Parameters:

in - input stream

Returns:

array of fields in the next row, or null if the end of the stream is reached

Throws:

IOException