org.hsqldb.util

Class CSVWriter

java.lang.Object

org.hsqldb.util.CSVWriter

public class CSVWriter
extends java.lang.Object

helper class to write table data to a csv-file (comma separated values). the first line in file is a list of fieldnames, all following lines are data lines. a descptiontion of file format can be found on: http://www.wotsit.org/ usage: create a object using the constructor. call writeHeader for writing the filename header then add data with writeData. at the end close() closes the file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CSVWriter(java.io.File file, java.lang.String encoding) constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() closes the csv file.
void	writeData(java.lang.String[] data) writes a data-record to the file.
void	writeHeader(java.lang.String[] header) writes the csv header (fieldnames).

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)
          throws java.io.IOException

constructor. creates a csv file for writing data to it

Parameters:

file - the file to write data to

encoding - encoding to use or null (=defualt)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

writeHeader

public void writeHeader(java.lang.String[] header)
                 throws java.io.IOException

writes the csv header (fieldnames). should be called after construction one time.

Parameters:

header - String[] with fieldnames

Throws:

java.io.IOException

writeData

public void writeData(java.lang.String[] data)
               throws java.io.IOException

writes a data-record to the file. note that data[] must have same number of elements as the header had.

Parameters:

data - data to write to csv-file

Throws:

java.io.IOException

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

closes the csv file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException