package com.opencsv;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

A very simple CSV writer released under a commercial-friendly license.
Author:Glen Smith
/** * A very simple CSV writer released under a commercial-friendly license. * * @author Glen Smith */
public class CSVWriter extends AbstractCSVWriter { protected final char separator; protected final char quotechar; protected final char escapechar;
Constructs CSVWriter using a comma for the separator.
Params:
  • writer – The writer to an underlying CSV source.
/** * Constructs CSVWriter using a comma for the separator. * * @param writer The writer to an underlying CSV source. */
public CSVWriter(Writer writer) { this(writer, DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, DEFAULT_QUOTE_CHARACTER, DEFAULT_ESCAPE_CHARACTER, DEFAULT_LINE_END); }
Constructs CSVWriter with supplied separator, quote char, escape char and line ending.
Params:
  • writer – The writer to an underlying CSV source.
  • separator – The delimiter to use for separating entries
  • quotechar – The character to use for quoted elements
  • escapechar – The character to use for escaping quotechars or escapechars
  • lineEnd – The line feed terminator to use
/** * Constructs CSVWriter with supplied separator, quote char, escape char and line ending. * * @param writer The writer to an underlying CSV source. * @param separator The delimiter to use for separating entries * @param quotechar The character to use for quoted elements * @param escapechar The character to use for escaping quotechars or escapechars * @param lineEnd The line feed terminator to use */
public CSVWriter(Writer writer, char separator, char quotechar, char escapechar, String lineEnd) { super(writer, lineEnd); this.escapechar = escapechar; this.quotechar = quotechar; this.separator = separator; } @Override protected void writeNext(String[] nextLine, boolean applyQuotesToAll, Appendable appendable) throws IOException { if (nextLine == null) { return; } for (int i = 0; i < nextLine.length; i++) { if (i != 0) { appendable.append(separator); } String nextElement = nextLine[i]; if (nextElement == null) { continue; } Boolean stringContainsSpecialCharacters = stringContainsSpecialCharacters(nextElement); appendQuoteCharacterIfNeeded(applyQuotesToAll, appendable, stringContainsSpecialCharacters); if (stringContainsSpecialCharacters) { processLine(nextElement, appendable); } else { appendable.append(nextElement); } appendQuoteCharacterIfNeeded(applyQuotesToAll, appendable, stringContainsSpecialCharacters); } appendable.append(lineEnd); writer.write(appendable.toString()); } private void appendQuoteCharacterIfNeeded(boolean applyQuotesToAll, Appendable appendable, Boolean stringContainsSpecialCharacters) throws IOException { if ((applyQuotesToAll || stringContainsSpecialCharacters) && quotechar != NO_QUOTE_CHARACTER) { appendable.append(quotechar); } }
Checks to see if the line contains special characters.
Params:
  • line – Element of data to check for special characters.
Returns:True if the line contains the quote, escape, separator, newline, or return.
/** * Checks to see if the line contains special characters. * @param line Element of data to check for special characters. * @return True if the line contains the quote, escape, separator, newline, or return. */
protected boolean stringContainsSpecialCharacters(String line) { return line.indexOf(quotechar) != -1 || line.indexOf(escapechar) != -1 || line.indexOf(separator) != -1 || line.contains(DEFAULT_LINE_END) || line.contains("\r"); }
Processes all the characters in a line.
Params:
  • nextElement – Element to process.
  • appendable – - Appendable holding the processed data.
Throws:
  • IOException – - IOException thrown by the writer supplied to the CSVWriter
/** * Processes all the characters in a line. * @param nextElement Element to process. * @param appendable - Appendable holding the processed data. * @throws IOException - IOException thrown by the writer supplied to the CSVWriter */
protected void processLine(String nextElement, Appendable appendable) throws IOException { for (int j = 0; j < nextElement.length(); j++) { char nextChar = nextElement.charAt(j); processCharacter(appendable, nextChar); } }
Appends the character to the StringBuilder adding the escape character if needed.
Params:
  • appendable – - Appendable holding the processed data.
  • nextChar – Character to process
Throws:
  • IOException – - IOException thrown by the writer supplied to the CSVWriter.
/** * Appends the character to the StringBuilder adding the escape character if needed. * @param appendable - Appendable holding the processed data. * @param nextChar Character to process * @throws IOException - IOException thrown by the writer supplied to the CSVWriter. */
protected void processCharacter(Appendable appendable, char nextChar) throws IOException { if (escapechar != NO_ESCAPE_CHARACTER && checkCharactersToEscape(nextChar)) { appendable.append(escapechar); } appendable.append(nextChar); }
Checks whether the next character that is to be written out is a special character that must be quoted. The quote character, escape charater, and separator are special characters.
Params:
  • nextChar – The next character to be written
Returns:Whether the character needs to be quoted or not
/** * Checks whether the next character that is to be written out is a special * character that must be quoted. * The quote character, escape charater, and separator are special characters. * * @param nextChar The next character to be written * @return Whether the character needs to be quoted or not */
protected boolean checkCharactersToEscape(char nextChar) { return quotechar == NO_QUOTE_CHARACTER ? (nextChar == quotechar || nextChar == escapechar || nextChar == separator || nextChar == '\n') : (nextChar == quotechar || nextChar == escapechar); } }