org.apache.metamodel.fixedwidth

Class FixedWidthConfigurationReader

java.lang.Object

org.apache.metamodel.fixedwidth.FixedWidthConfigurationReader

public class FixedWidthConfigurationReader
extends Object

Object capable of reading fixed width metadata from external sources and thereby producing an appropriate FixedWidthConfiguration to use with a FixedWidthDataContext.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FixedWidthConfigurationReader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FixedWidthConfiguration	readFromSasFormatFile(String encoding, Resource resource, boolean failOnInconsistentLineWidth) Reads a FixedWidthConfiguration based on a SAS 'format file', described here.
FixedWidthConfiguration	readFromSasInputDefinition(String encoding, Resource resource, boolean failOnInconsistentLineWidth) Reads a FixedWidthConfiguration based on a SAS INPUT declaration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FixedWidthConfigurationReader

public FixedWidthConfigurationReader()

Method Detail

readFromSasFormatFile

public FixedWidthConfiguration readFromSasFormatFile(String encoding,
                                                     Resource resource,
                                                     boolean failOnInconsistentLineWidth)

Reads a FixedWidthConfiguration based on a SAS 'format file', described here.

Parameters:

encoding - the format file encoding

resource - the format file resource

failOnInconsistentLineWidth - flag specifying whether inconsistent line should stop processing or not

Returns:

a FixedWidthConfiguration object to use

readFromSasInputDefinition

public FixedWidthConfiguration readFromSasInputDefinition(String encoding,
                                                          Resource resource,
                                                          boolean failOnInconsistentLineWidth)

Reads a FixedWidthConfiguration based on a SAS INPUT declaration. The reader method also optionally will look for a LABEL definition for column naming.

Parameters:

encoding - the format file encoding

resource - the format file resource

failOnInconsistentLineWidth - flag specifying whether inconsistent line should stop processing or not

Returns:

a FixedWidthConfiguration object to use