Package org.h2gis.functions.io.dbf.internal

Class DbaseFileWriter

java.lang.Object

org.h2gis.functions.io.dbf.internal.DbaseFileWriter

public class DbaseFileWriter
extends Object

A DbaseFileReader is used to read a dbase III format file. The general use of this class is: DbaseFileHeader header = ... WritableFileChannel out = new FileOutputStream("thefile.dbf").getChannel(); DbaseFileWriter w = new DbaseFileWriter(header,out); while ( moreRecords ) { w.write( getMyRecord() ); } w.close(); You must supply the moreRecords and getMyRecord() logic...

Author:

Ian Schneider

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	DbaseFileWriter.FieldFormatter	Utility for formatting Dbase fields.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DbaseFileWriter(DbaseFileHeader header, WritableByteChannel out)	Create a DbaseFileWriter using the specified header and writing to the given channel.
DbaseFileWriter(DbaseFileHeader header, WritableByteChannel out, Charset charset)	Create a DbaseFileWriter using the specified header and writing to the given channel.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Release resources associated with this writer.
DbaseFileHeader	getHeader()
void	write(Object[] record)	Write a single dbase record.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DbaseFileWriter

public DbaseFileWriter(DbaseFileHeader header,
 WritableByteChannel out)
                throws IOException

Create a DbaseFileWriter using the specified header and writing to the given channel.

Parameters:

header - The DbaseFileHeader to write.

out - The Channel to write to.

Throws:

IOException - If errors occur while initializing.

DbaseFileWriter

public DbaseFileWriter(DbaseFileHeader header,
 WritableByteChannel out,
 Charset charset)
                throws IOException

Create a DbaseFileWriter using the specified header and writing to the given channel.

Parameters:

header - The DbaseFileHeader to write.

out - The Channel to write to.

charset - The charset the dbf is (will be) encoded in

Throws:

IOException - If errors occur while initializing.

Method Details

getHeader

public DbaseFileHeader getHeader()

Returns:

The DbaseFileHeader to write.

write

public void write(Object[] record)
           throws IOException,
DbaseFileException

Write a single dbase record.

Parameters:

record - The entries to write.

Throws:

IOException - If IO error occurs.

DbaseFileException - If the entry doesn't comply to the header.

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Release resources associated with this writer. Highly recommended

Throws:

IOException - If errors occur.