Package collectionManagers

Class CSVManager

java.lang.Object

collectionManagers.CSVManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileManager

public class CSVManager
extends Object
implements FileManager

The CSVManager class provides methods for working with files in .csv format. The class implements the Managers interface.

See Also:

• FileManager

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CSVManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ArrayList<String>	readFromFile(String pathToDataFile)	Reads a CSV file at the specified path and returns an ArrayList containing each row of the file as a comma-separated string.
void	write(String pathToDataFile, String[] header, List<String> records)	Writes a collection of records to a CSV file at the specified path, using the given header and records array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CSVManager

public CSVManager()

Method Details

readFromFile

public ArrayList<String> readFromFile(String pathToDataFile)

Reads a CSV file at the specified path and returns an ArrayList containing each row of the file as a comma-separated string.

Specified by:

readFromFile in interface FileManager

Parameters:

pathToDataFile - The path to the CSV file to read.

Returns:

An ArrayList containing each row of the CSV file as a comma-separated string.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If there was an error reading the CSV file, or if the file format was invalid.

write

public void write(String pathToDataFile,
 String[] header,
 List<String> records)
           throws IOException

Writes a collection of records to a CSV file at the specified path, using the given header and records array.

Specified by:

write in interface FileManager

Parameters:

pathToDataFile - The path to the CSV file to write to.

header - An array of strings representing the header row of the CSV file.

records - An array of objects representing the records to write to the CSV file. Each record should be an array of objects corresponding to a row in the CSV file.

Throws:

IOException - If there was an error writing to the CSV file.