import java.io.*; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Arrays; /* * @author * Kian Agheli * * References: * * Date: * 2024-05-20 * * Purpose of class: * Read from and interpret CSV files. */ public class CSVReader extends Reader { private String[] header; // A CSV file has-a header. One line, multiple fields. // Array of HashMaps. Headers are keys, values are on each line of the CSV following the header. private ArrayList> body; // A CSV file has-a body. Multiple lines, multiple fields. public CSVReader(File file) { super(file); // Call parent constructor /* Construct the body to be filled. */ body = new ArrayList>(); /* Parse the contents of the file, store in body. */ parse(); } /** * Parse CSV file. */ public void parse() { /* Split the input on newlines. */ String[] lines = this.getContents().split("\n"); /* Split the first line by commas, assign to header array. */ this.header = lines[0].split(","); /* Iterate over all lines of the body. First line is header, count from 1 instead of 0. */ for (int i = 1; i < lines.length; i++) { /* Some lines have commas within parentheses. Angkor,"/South East Asian (Thai, Khmer, Lao)/Looped",100 Remove everything within parentheses. We need to escape not on a language level, but on a function call level. Double-backslash for a literal backslash, which is then used to escape the parentheses in the regex library. */ lines[i] = lines[i].replaceAll("\\(.*\\)", ""); /* CSV, Comma-Separated Values. */ String[] fields = lines[i].split(","); /* Allocate a new HashMap for the given line of the CSV. */ HashMap map = new HashMap(); /* Associate each of the line's fields with its header. */ for (int j = 0; j < header.length; j++) { map.put(header[j], fields[j]); } /* Add the HashMap to the list. */ body.add(map); } } /** * @return the length of the body. */ public int getLength() { return body.size(); } /** * @return the value associated with the given key on the given line. */ public String get(int i, String key) { return body.get(i).get(key); } }