de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.datasource.parser

Class CSVReaderFormat

java.lang.Object

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.datasource.parser.CSVReaderFormat

public class CSVReaderFormat
extends Object

Basic format factory for parsing CSV-like formats. To read CSV files into ELKI, see NumberVectorLabelParser. This class encapsulates csv format settings, that need to be parsed in multiple places from ELKI, not only on input vector files.

Author:

Arthur Zimek, Erich Schubert

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	CSVReaderFormat.Parameterizer Parameterization class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	ATTRIBUTE_CONCATENATION A sign to separate attributes.
protected Pattern	colSep Stores the column separator pattern
protected Pattern	comment Comment pattern.
static String	COMMENT_PATTERN Default pattern for comments.
static CSVReaderFormat	DEFAULT_FORMAT Default CSV input format.
static String	DEFAULT_SEPARATOR A pattern defining whitespace.
static String	NUMBER_PATTERN A pattern catching most numbers that can be parsed using Double.parseDouble: Some examples: 1 1.
static String	QUOTE_CHARS A quote pattern
protected String	quoteChars Stores the quotation character

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CSVReaderFormat(Pattern colSep, String quoteChars, Pattern comment) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TokenizedReader	makeReader() Make a reader for the configured format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_SEPARATOR

public static final String DEFAULT_SEPARATOR

A pattern defining whitespace.

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Constant Field Values

QUOTE_CHARS

public static final String QUOTE_CHARS

A quote pattern

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Constant Field Values

NUMBER_PATTERN

public static final String NUMBER_PATTERN

A pattern catching most numbers that can be parsed using Double.parseDouble: Some examples: 1 1. 1.2 .2 -.2e-03

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Constant Field Values

COMMENT_PATTERN

public static final String COMMENT_PATTERN

Default pattern for comments.

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Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE_CONCATENATION

public static final String ATTRIBUTE_CONCATENATION

A sign to separate attributes.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_FORMAT

public static final CSVReaderFormat DEFAULT_FORMAT

Default CSV input format.

colSep

protected Pattern colSep

Stores the column separator pattern

quoteChars

protected String quoteChars

Stores the quotation character

comment

protected Pattern comment

Comment pattern.

Constructor Detail

CSVReaderFormat

public CSVReaderFormat(Pattern colSep,
                       String quoteChars,
                       Pattern comment)

Constructor.

Parameters:

colSep - Column separator

quoteChars - Quote character

comment - Comment pattern

Method Detail

makeReader

public TokenizedReader makeReader()

Make a reader for the configured format.

Returns:

A tokenized reader for this format.