com.huguesjohnson
Class DataFile

java.lang.Object
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public class DataFile

extends java.lang.Object

class DataFile

Constructor Summary

DataFile(java.lang.String fileName)
constructor, uses default comment and delimiter characters

DataFile(java.lang.String fileName, java.lang.String comment, java.lang.String delimiter)
constructor, uses default comment and delimiter characters

Method Summary

void	close() closes the file
boolean	endOfFile() endOfFile
java.lang.String[]	getNextLine() getNextLine, retrieves the next line of data
java.lang.String	toString() toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataFile

public DataFile(java.lang.String fileName)

constructor, uses default comment and delimiter characters

Parameters:

fileName - name & path of data file to open

DataFile

public DataFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                java.lang.String comment,
                java.lang.String delimiter)

constructor, uses default comment and delimiter characters

Parameters:

fileName - name & path of data file to open

comment - the comment character or string for the file

delimiter - the delimiter character or string for the file

Method Detail

endOfFile

public boolean endOfFile()

endOfFile

Returns:

true if at the end of the file

getNextLine

public java.lang.String[] getNextLine()

getNextLine, retrieves the next line of data

Returns:

String array containing a line of data

close

public void close()

closes the file

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

toString

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of object