org.aludratest.service.flatfile
Class FlatFileReader<E>

java.lang.Object
  org.aludratest.service.file.FileStream<FlatFileReader<E>>
      org.aludratest.service.flatfile.FlatFileReader<E>

Type Parameters:

E - the generic type to return as 'this'

All Implemented Interfaces:

ActionWordLibrary<FlatFileReader<E>>

public abstract class FlatFileReader<E>
extends FileStream<FlatFileReader<E>>

Parses flat files and provides each line as a Java object.

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.aludratest.service.file.FileStream

elementType, filePath, fileService

Constructor Summary

FlatFileReader(String filePath, FlatFileService service)
Constructor.

Method Summary

FlatFileReader<E>	addRowType(RowTypeData rowType) Adds a RowTypeData to the reader.
FlatFileReader<E>	close() Closes the reader
FlatFileReader<E>	readRow(WrappedRowData result) Reads a single row from the flat file and maps it to a Java object instance.
String	toString() Creates a string representation of the reader.
FlatFileReader<E>	verifyState() Verifies the state.

Methods inherited from class org.aludratest.service.file.FileStream

delete, waitUntilExists, waitUntilNotExists

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FlatFileReader

public FlatFileReader(String filePath,
                      FlatFileService service)

Constructor.

Parameters:

filePath - the file path of the resource from which to read the formatted file content

service - The FlatFileService which will take control of the reader

Method Detail

addRowType

public FlatFileReader<E> addRowType(RowTypeData rowType)

Adds a RowTypeData to the reader.

Parameters:

rowType - a RowTypeData that recognizes one or more record types of the underlying flat file format

Returns:

a reference to 'this'

readRow

public FlatFileReader<E> readRow(WrappedRowData result)

Reads a single row from the flat file and maps it to a Java object instance.

Parameters:

result - a FlatFileBean holding the parsed data of the flat file row

Returns:

a reference to 'this'

close

public FlatFileReader<E> close()

Closes the reader

Returns:

a reference to 'this'

verifyState

public final FlatFileReader<E> verifyState()

Description copied from interface: ActionWordLibrary

Verifies the state. If the state is wrong, the implementor shall call an appropriate service method for reporting the inconsistency. GUIInteraction.wrongPageFlow(String)

Returns:

a reference to itself (this).

toString

public String toString()

Creates a string representation of the reader.

Overrides:

toString in class Object