Class RFC4180Parser

java.lang.Object

com.opencsv.AbstractCSVParser

com.opencsv.RFC4180Parser

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICSVParser

public class RFC4180Parser
extends AbstractCSVParser

This Parser is meant to parse according to the RFC4180 specification.

Since it shares the same interface with the CSVParser there are methods here that will do nothing. For example the RFC4180 specification does not have an concept of an escape character so the getEscape method will return char 0. The methods that are not supported are noted in the Javadocs.

Another departure from the CSVParser is that there is only two constructors and only one is available publicly. The intent is that if you want to create anything other than a default RFC4180Parser you should use the CSVParserBuilder. This way the code will not become cluttered with constructors as the CSVParser did.

You can view the RFC4180 specification at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) website.

Examples:

ICSVParser parser = new RFC4180Parser();

or

CSVParserBuilder builder = new CSVParserBuilder() ICSVParser parser = builder.withParserType(ParserType.RFC4180Parser).build()

Since:

3.9

Author:

Scott Conway

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class AbstractCSVParser

EMPTY_STRINGBUILDER, nullFieldIndicator, pending, quotechar, quotecharAsString, quoteDoubledAsString, quoteMatcherPattern, separator, separatorAsString, SPECIAL_REGEX_CHARS

Fields inherited from interface ICSVParser

DEFAULT_BUNDLE_NAME, DEFAULT_ESCAPE_CHARACTER, DEFAULT_IGNORE_LEADING_WHITESPACE, DEFAULT_IGNORE_QUOTATIONS, DEFAULT_NULL_FIELD_INDICATOR, DEFAULT_QUOTE_CHARACTER, DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, DEFAULT_STRICT_QUOTES, INITIAL_READ_SIZE, MAX_SIZE_FOR_EMPTY_FIELD, NEWLINE, NULL_CHARACTER, READ_BUFFER_SIZE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RFC4180Parser()	Default constructor for the RFC4180Parser.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected String	convertToCsvValue(String value, boolean applyQuotesToAll)	Used when reverse parsing an array of strings to a single string.
protected String[]	parseLine(String nextLine, boolean multi)	Parses an incoming String and returns an array of elements.
void	setErrorLocale(Locale errorLocale)	Sets the locale for all error messages.

Methods inherited from class AbstractCSVParser

convertToCsvValue, getPendingText, getQuotechar, getQuotecharAsString, getSeparator, getSeparatorAsString, isPending, isSurroundWithQuotes, nullFieldIndicator, parseLine, parseLineMulti, parseToLine, parseToLine

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

RFC4180Parser

public RFC4180Parser()

Default constructor for the RFC4180Parser. Uses values from the ICSVParser.

Method Details

convertToCsvValue

protected String convertToCsvValue(String value,
 boolean applyQuotesToAll)

Description copied from class: AbstractCSVParser

Used when reverse parsing an array of strings to a single string. Handles the application of quotes around the string and handling any quotes within the string.

Specified by:

convertToCsvValue in class AbstractCSVParser

Parameters:

value - String to be converted

applyQuotesToAll - All values should be surrounded with quotes

Returns:

String that will go into the CSV string

parseLine

protected String[] parseLine(String nextLine,
 boolean multi)

Parses an incoming String and returns an array of elements.

Specified by:

parseLine in class AbstractCSVParser

Parameters:

nextLine - The string to parse

multi - Does it take multiple lines to form a single record?

Returns:

The list of elements, or null if nextLine is null

setErrorLocale

public void setErrorLocale(Locale errorLocale)

Description copied from interface: ICSVParser

Sets the locale for all error messages.

Parameters:

errorLocale - Locale for error messages. If null, the default locale is used.