org.h2gis.drivers.dbf.internal
Class DbaseFileReader

java.lang.Object
  org.h2gis.drivers.dbf.internal.DbaseFileReader

public class DbaseFileReader
extends Object

A DbaseFileReader is used to read a dbase III format file.
The general use of this class is:

 
 FileChannel in = new FileInputStream("thefile.dbf").getChannel();
 DbaseFileReader r = new DbaseFileReader( in ) Object[] fields = new
 Object[r.getHeader().getNumFields()]; while (r.hasNext()) {
 r.readEntry(fields); // do stuff } r.close();
 
 

For consumers who wish to be a bit more selective with their reading of rows, the Row object has been added. The semantics are the same as using the readEntry method, but remember that the Row object is always the same. The values are parsed as they are read, so it pays to copy them out (as each call to Row.read() will result in an expensive String parse).
EACH CALL TO readEntry OR readRow ADVANCES THE FILE!
An example of using the Row method of reading:

 
 FileChannel in = new FileInputStream("thefile.dbf").getChannel();
 DbaseFileReader r = new DbaseFileReader( in ) int fields =
 r.getHeader().getNumFields(); while (r.hasNext()) { DbaseFileReader.Row row =
 r.readRow(); for (int i = 0; i < fields; i++) { // do stuff Foo.bar(
 row.read(i) ); } } r.close();
 
 

Author:

Ian Schneider

See Also:

"http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/tags/2.3.1/plugin/shapefile/src/org/geotools/data/shapefile/dbf/DbaseFileReader.java"

Constructor Summary

DbaseFileReader(FileChannel channel, String forceEncoding)
Creates a new instance of DBaseFileReader

Method Summary

void	close() Clean up all resources associated with this reader.
int	getFieldCount()
Object	getFieldValue(int row, int column)
DbaseFileHeader	getHeader() Get the header from this file.
int	getRecordCount()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DbaseFileReader

public DbaseFileReader(FileChannel channel,
                       String forceEncoding)
                throws IOException

Creates a new instance of DBaseFileReader

Parameters:

channel - The readable channel to use.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs while initializing.

Method Detail

getHeader

public DbaseFileHeader getHeader()

Get the header from this file. The header is read upon instantiation.

Returns:

The header associated with this file or null if an error occurred.

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Clean up all resources associated with this reader.Highly recomended.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs.

getFieldValue

public Object getFieldValue(int row,
                            int column)
                     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

getRecordCount

public int getRecordCount()

getFieldCount

public int getFieldCount()

Returns:

The number of columns