ariba.util.io
Class CSVWriter

java.lang.Object
  ariba.util.io.CSVWriter

public class CSVWriter
extends java.lang.Object

CSVWriter will stream data to an outputStream or file.

Constructor Summary

CSVWriter(java.io.File file, java.lang.String encoding, boolean header)
Creates a CSVWriter which writes to a specified Writer after prepending a encoding header

CSVWriter(java.io.Writer writer)
Creates a CSVWriter which writes to a specified Writer.

CSVWriter(java.io.Writer writer, java.lang.String encoding)
Creates a CSVWriter which writes to a specified Writer after prepending a encoding header

Method Summary

void	close() closes the stream.
static void	quoteStringForCSVFile(java.io.PrintWriter out, java.lang.String string) Generally useful string quoting routine for producing CSV output.
void	writeLine(java.util.List vector) Writes a vector of Strings as a CSV row.
void	writeLine(java.util.List vector, java.lang.String patternToIgnore) Writes a vector of Strings as a CSV row.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CSVWriter

public CSVWriter(java.io.File file,
                 java.lang.String encoding,
                 boolean header)
          throws java.io.IOException

Creates a CSVWriter which writes to a specified Writer after prepending a encoding header

Parameters:

file - The file where data will be written.

encoding - The encoding used to write to the file

header - true if an encoding header is desired

Throws:

java.io.IOException

CSVWriter

public CSVWriter(java.io.Writer writer)

Creates a CSVWriter which writes to a specified Writer.

Parameters:

writer - The writer where data will be written.

CSVWriter

public CSVWriter(java.io.Writer writer,
                 java.lang.String encoding)

Creates a CSVWriter which writes to a specified Writer after prepending a encoding header

Parameters:

writer - The Writer where data will be written.

encoding - The encoding header to write.

Method Detail

writeLine

public void writeLine(java.util.List vector)

Writes a vector of Strings as a CSV row. Each value will be separated by a comma, and double quoted correctly in CSV format.

Parameters:

vector - Strings to write to CSV file

writeLine

public void writeLine(java.util.List vector,
                      java.lang.String patternToIgnore)

Writes a vector of Strings as a CSV row. Each value will be separated by a comma, and double quoted correctly in CSV format.

Parameters:

vector - Strings to write to CSV file

patternToIgnore - is not written in the csv file ie you will see ,, in the file as opposed to ,"",

close

public void close()

closes the stream.

quoteStringForCSVFile

public static void quoteStringForCSVFile(java.io.PrintWriter out,
                                         java.lang.String string)

Generally useful string quoting routine for producing CSV output.

Parameters:

out - output writer to which string will be written

string - string to write