com.univocity.parsers.common.fields
Interface FieldSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllIndexesSelector, ExcludeFieldEnumSelector, ExcludeFieldIndexSelector, ExcludeFieldNameSelector, FieldEnumSelector, FieldIndexSelector, FieldNameSelector

public interface FieldSelector

Interface used to identify classes capable of selecting fields and returning their positions in a given sequence.

Author:

uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - parsers@univocity.com

Method Summary

String	describe() Returns a string that represents the current field selection
int[]	getFieldIndexes(String[] headers) Returns the indexes of any selected fields that are part of a sequence of headers.

Method Detail

getFieldIndexes

int[] getFieldIndexes(String[] headers)

Returns the indexes of any selected fields that are part of a sequence of headers.

Parameters:

headers - the sequence of headers that might have some elements selected by this FieldSelector

Returns:

the positions of all selected elements in the given headers sequence.

describe

String describe()

Returns a string that represents the current field selection

Returns:

a string that represents the current field selection