info.bioinfweb.commons.io

Class TableReader

java.lang.Object

info.bioinfweb.commons.io.TableReader

public class TableReader
extends java.lang.Object

Implements reading a table from a text file two a two dimensional array with String objects.

Author:

Ben Stöver

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TableReader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String[][]	readTable(java.io.File file, char separator)
static java.lang.String[][]	readTable(java.io.InputStream stream, char separator) Reads text data into a two dimensional array with String objects.
static java.lang.String[][]	readTable(java.net.URL url, char separator)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TableReader

public TableReader()

Method Detail

readTable

public static java.lang.String[][] readTable(java.net.URL url,
                                             char separator)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readTable

public static java.lang.String[][] readTable(java.io.File file,
                                             char separator)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readTable

public static java.lang.String[][] readTable(java.io.InputStream stream,
                                             char separator)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Reads text data into a two dimensional array with String objects. If an empty file is read the returned array has one element containing an empty String.

Parameters:

stream - the stream to read the text data from

separator - the column separator

Returns:

String[colCount][rowCount]

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs