org.jscience.architecture.lift.util
Class Converter

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.architecture.lift.util.Converter

public class Converter
extends java.lang.Object

Description of the Class

Field Summary

static boolean

CompatibilityMode Set this to true if you need bug-compatibility with the old version.

Constructor Summary

Converter()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	CSV_pack(java.lang.String[] In, char Delim, char Esc) Packs a records (0,1, or more fields) into a CSV line.
static java.lang.String[]	CSV_unpack(java.lang.String In, char Delim, char Esc) Unpacks a records (0,1, or more fields) from a CSV line.
static java.lang.String[][]	CSV_unpack(java.lang.String Filename, char Delim, char Esc, boolean SkipHeader) Description of the Method
static java.lang.String	HTMLTableLine(java.lang.String Name, java.lang.String[] Line, java.lang.String Link) Description of the Method
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) The main program for the Converter class
static java.lang.String[]	toCSV(java.lang.String[][] Data, java.lang.String[] Header, java.lang.String NullString, char Delimeter, char Escape) Converts some strings into a CSV-like array.
static void	toCSV(java.lang.String FileName, java.lang.String[][] Data, java.lang.String[] Header, java.lang.String NullString, char Delimeter, char Escape) Description of the Method
static java.lang.String[]	toHTML(java.lang.String[][] Data, java.lang.String[] Header, java.lang.String NullString, java.lang.String Caption, java.lang.String TableParams) Converts some strings into a HTML-like table.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CompatibilityMode

public static final boolean CompatibilityMode

Set this to true if you need bug-compatibility with the old version. There was a bug in the previous release that did handled malformed csv files differently. Whenever a line contained whitespaces after the last escape char or before the first one, the Converter converted it in a wrong way, to a field that contained this escape char. It should have prodocued an error as the escape char was not properly escaped. Now, it trims the line and still beheaves incorrectly, yet effectively.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter()

Method Detail

CSV_pack

public static java.lang.String CSV_pack(java.lang.String[] In,
                                        char Delim,
                                        char Esc)

Packs a records (0,1, or more fields) into a CSV line. NOTE: Slow and dumb.

Parameters:

In - The fields of the record.

Delim - The delimeter character, '\t', ';' and ',' are the most frequent ones.

Esc - The escape character, '"' and '\'' are the most frequent ones.

Returns:

The CSV-packed record.

CSV_unpack

public static java.lang.String[][] CSV_unpack(java.lang.String Filename,
                                              char Delim,
                                              char Esc,
                                              boolean SkipHeader)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

Filename - Description of the Parameter

Delim - Description of the Parameter

Esc - Description of the Parameter

SkipHeader - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

CSV_unpack

public static java.lang.String[] CSV_unpack(java.lang.String In,
                                            char Delim,
                                            char Esc)

Unpacks a records (0,1, or more fields) from a CSV line. NOTE: Slow and dumb.

Parameters:

In - The CSV-packed line.

Delim - The delimeter character, '\t', ';' and ',' are the most frequent ones.

Esc - The escape character, '"' and '\'' are the most frequent ones.

Returns:

The fields of the record.

HTMLTableLine

public static java.lang.String HTMLTableLine(java.lang.String Name,
                                             java.lang.String[] Line,
                                             java.lang.String Link)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

Name - Description of the Parameter

Line - Description of the Parameter

Link - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

The main program for the Converter class

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments

toCSV

public static void toCSV(java.lang.String FileName,
                         java.lang.String[][] Data,
                         java.lang.String[] Header,
                         java.lang.String NullString,
                         char Delimeter,
                         char Escape)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Description of the Method

Parameters:

FileName - Description of the Parameter

Data - Description of the Parameter

Header - Description of the Parameter

NullString - Description of the Parameter

Delimeter - Description of the Parameter

Escape - Description of the Parameter

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Description of the Exception

toCSV

public static java.lang.String[] toCSV(java.lang.String[][] Data,
                                       java.lang.String[] Header,
                                       java.lang.String NullString,
                                       char Delimeter,
                                       char Escape)

Converts some strings into a CSV-like array.

Parameters:

Data - The input data, first index is row index, second is column index

Header - The header strings for the data

NullString - All nulls are replaced by this in the Data. "N/A", " " and "" are very common.

Delimeter - Description of the Parameter

Escape - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

The HTML-like encoded lines of the table.

toHTML

public static java.lang.String[] toHTML(java.lang.String[][] Data,
                                        java.lang.String[] Header,
                                        java.lang.String NullString,
                                        java.lang.String Caption,
                                        java.lang.String TableParams)

Converts some strings into a HTML-like table.

Parameters:

Data - The input data, first index is row index, second is column index

Header - The header strings for the data

NullString - All nulls are replaced by this in the Data. "N/A", " " and "" are very common.

Caption - The caption of the table

TableParams - The params of the table tag.

Returns:

The HTML-like encoded lines of the table.