edu.jhu.tmaj.util.file
Interface FlatFileSyncer

All Known Implementing Classes:

FlatFileSyncerImpl

public interface FlatFileSyncer

Provides a way to read and write a tableArray object to a delimited file.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

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Method Summary

TableArray	readFlatFile(java.io.File file, java.lang.String delimiter) Reads the supplied File and returns a TableArray based upon the file data.
void	writeFlatFile(TableArray tableArray, java.io.File file, java.lang.String delimiter) Writes the supplied tableArray to the supplied file using the supplied delimiter to separate columns.

Field Detail

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static final java.lang.String TAB

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

writeFlatFile

void writeFlatFile(TableArray tableArray,
                   java.io.File file,
                   java.lang.String delimiter)

Writes the supplied tableArray to the supplied file using the supplied delimiter to separate columns. Any null entries are written as empty strings.

readFlatFile

TableArray readFlatFile(java.io.File file,
                        java.lang.String delimiter)

Reads the supplied File and returns a TableArray based upon the file data. Any empty strings are entered into the TableArray as null.