How to write and retrieve objects arraylist to file? - java

I have an object arraylist, can someone please help me by telling me the most efficient way to write AND retrieve an object from file?
Thanks.
My attempt
public static void LOLadd(String ab, String cd, int ef) throws IOException {
MyShelf newS = new MyShelf();
newS.Fbooks = ab;
newS.Bbooks = cd;
newS.Cbooks = ef;
InfoList.add(newS);
FileWriter fw;
fw = new FileWriter("UserInfo.out.txt");
PrintWriter outt = new PrintWriter(eh);
for (int i = 0; i <InfoList.size(); i++)
{
String ax = InfoList.get(i).Fbooks;
String ay = InfoList.get(i).Bbooks;
int az = InfoList.get(i).Cbooks;
output.print(ax + " " + ay + " " + az); //Output all the words to file // on the same line
output.println(""); //Make space
}
fw.close();
output.close();
}
My attempt to retrieve file. Also, after retrieving file, how can I read each column of Objects?? For example, if I have ::::: Fictions, Dramas, Plays --- How can I read, get, replace, delete, and add values to Dramas column?
public Object findUsername(String a) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{
ObjectInputStream sc = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("myShelf.out.txt"));
//ArrayList<Object> List = new ArrayList<Object>();
InfoList = null;
Object obj = (Object) sc.readObject();
InfoList.add((UserInfo) obj);
sc.close();
for (int i=0; i <InfoList.size(); i++) {
if (InfoList.get(i).user.equals(a)){
return "something" + InfoList.get(i);
}
}
return "doesn't exist";
}
public static String lbooksMatching(String b) {
//Retrieve data from file
//...
for (int i=0; i<myShelf.size(); i++) {
if (myShelf.get(i).user.equals (b))
{
return b;
}
else
{
return "dfbgregd";
}
}
return "dfgdfge";
}
public static String matching(String qp) {
for (int i=0; i<myShelf.size(); i++) {
if (myShelf.get(i).pass.equals (qp))
{
return c;
}
else
{
return "Begegne";
}
}
return "Bdfge";
}
Thanks!!!

It seems like you want to serialize an object and persist that serialized form to some kind of storage (in this case a file).
2 important remarks here :
Serialization
Internal java serialization
Java provides automatic serialization which requires that the object be marked by implementing the java.io.Serializable interface. Implementing the interface marks the class as "okay to serialize," and Java then handles serialization internally.
See this post for a code sample on how to serialize /
deserialize an object to/from bytes.
This might nog always be the ideal way to persist an object, as you have no control over the format (handled by java), it's not human readable, and you can versioning issues if your objects change.
Marshalling to JSON or XML
A better way to seralize an object to disk is to use another data format like XML or JSON.
A sample on how to convert an object to/from a JSON structure can be found here.
Important : I would not do the kind of serialization in code like you're doing unless there is a very good reason (that I don't see here). It quickly becomes messy and is subject to change when your objects change. I would opt for a more automated way of serializing. Also, when using a format like JSON / XML, you know that there are tons of APIs available to read/write to that format, so all of that serialization / deserialization logic doesn't need to be implemented by you anymore.
Persistence
Writing your serialized object to a file isn't always a good idea for various reasons (no versioning / concurrency issues / .....).
A better approach is to use a database. If it's a hierarchical database, take a look at Hibernate or JPA to persist your objects with very little code.
If it's a document database like MongoDB, you can persist your JSON serialized representation.
There are tons of resources available on persisting objects to databases in Java. I would suggest checking out JPA, the the standard API for persistence and object/relational mapping .

Here is another basic example, which will give you insight into Arraylist,constructor and writing output to file:
After running this, if you are using IDE go to project folder, there you will file *.txt file.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class ListOfNumbers {
private List<Integer> list;
private static final int SIZE = 10;//whatever size you wish
public ListOfNumbers () {
list = new ArrayList<Integer>(SIZE);
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
list.add(new Integer(i));
}
}
public void writeList() {
PrintWriter out = null;
try {
out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("ManOutFile.txt"));
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
out.println("Value at: " + i + " = " + list.get(i));
}
out.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ListOfNumbers.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} finally {
out.close();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ListOfNumbers lnum=new ListOfNumbers();
lnum.writeList();
}
}

Related

Implementing save/open with RichTextFX?

Here is my code:
private void save(File file) {
StyledDocument<ParStyle, Either<StyledText<TextStyle>, LinkedImage<TextStyle>>, TextStyle> doc = textarea.getDocument();
// Use the Codec to save the document in a binary format
textarea.getStyleCodecs().ifPresent(codecs -> {
Codec<StyledDocument<ParStyle, Either<StyledText<TextStyle>, LinkedImage<TextStyle>>, TextStyle>> codec
= ReadOnlyStyledDocument.codec(codecs._1, codecs._2, textarea.getSegOps());
try {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(fos);
codec.encode(dos, doc);
fos.close();
} catch (IOException fnfe) {
fnfe.printStackTrace();
}
});
}
I am trying to implement the save/loading from the demo from here on the RichTextFX GitHub.
I am getting errors in the following lines:
StyledDocument<ParStyle, Either<StyledText<TextStyle>, LinkedImage<TextStyle>>, TextStyle> doc = textarea.getDocument();
error: incompatible types:
StyledDocument<Collection<String>,StyledText<Collection<String>>,Collection<String>>
cannot be converted to
StyledDocument<ParStyle,Either<StyledText<TextStyle>,LinkedImage<TextStyle>>,TextStyle>
and
= ReadOnlyStyledDocument.codec(codecs._1, codecs._2, textarea.getSegOps());
error: incompatible types: inferred type does not conform to equality
constraint(s) inferred: ParStyle
equality constraints(s): ParStyle,Collection<String>
I have added all the required .java files and imported them into my main code. I thought it would be relatively trivial to implement this demo but it has been nothing but headaches.
If this cannot be resolved, does anyone know an alternative way to save the text with formatting from RichTextFX?
Thank you
This question is quite old, but since i ran into the same problem i figured a solution might be useful to others as well.
In the demo, the code from which you use, ParStyle and TextStyle (Custom Types) are used for defining how information about the style is stored.
The error messages you get pretty much just tell you that your way of storing the information about the style (In your case in a String) is not compatible with the way it is done in the demo.
If you want to store the style in a String, which i did as well, you need to implement some way of serializing and deserializing the information yourself.
You can do that, for example (I used an InlineCssTextArea), in the following way:
public class SerializeManager {
public static final String PAR_REGEX = "#!par!#";
public static final String PAR_CONTENT_REGEX = "#!pcr!#";
public static final String SEG_REGEX = "#!seg!#";
public static final String SEG_CONTENT_REGEX = "#!scr!#";
public static String serialized(InlineCssTextArea textArea) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
textArea.getDocument().getParagraphs().forEach(par -> {
builder.append(par.getParagraphStyle());
builder.append(PAR_CONTENT_REGEX);
par.getStyledSegments().forEach(seg -> builder
.append(
seg.getSegment()
.replaceAll(PAR_REGEX, "")
.replaceAll(PAR_CONTENT_REGEX, "")
.replaceAll(SEG_REGEX, "")
.replaceAll(SEG_CONTENT_REGEX, "")
)
.append(SEG_CONTENT_REGEX)
.append(seg.getStyle())
.append(SEG_REGEX)
);
builder.append(PAR_REGEX);
});
String textAreaSerialized = builder.toString();
return textAreaSerialized;
}
public static InlineCssTextArea fromSerialized(String string) {
InlineCssTextArea textArea = new InlineCssTextArea();
ReadOnlyStyledDocumentBuilder<String, String, String> builder = new ReadOnlyStyledDocumentBuilder<>(
SegmentOps.styledTextOps(),
""
);
if (string.contains(PAR_REGEX)) {
String[] parsSerialized = string.split(PAR_REGEX);
for (int i = 0; i < parsSerialized.length; i++) {
String par = parsSerialized[i];
String[] parContent = par.split(PAR_CONTENT_REGEX);
String parStyle = parContent[0];
List<String> segments = new ArrayList<>();
StyleSpansBuilder<String> spansBuilder = new StyleSpansBuilder<>();
String styleSegments = parContent[1];
Arrays.stream(styleSegments.split(SEG_REGEX)).forEach(seg -> {
String[] segContent = seg.split(SEG_CONTENT_REGEX);
segments.add(segContent[0]);
if (segContent.length > 1) {
spansBuilder.add(segContent[1], segContent[0].length());
} else {
spansBuilder.add("", segContent[0].length());
}
});
StyleSpans<String> spans = spansBuilder.create();
builder.addParagraph(segments, spans, parStyle);
}
textArea.append(builder.build());
}
return textArea;
}
}
You can then take the serialized InlineCssTextArea, write the resulting String to a file, and load and deserialize it.
As you can see in the code, i made up some Strings as regexes which will be removed in the serialization process (We don't want our Serializer to be injectable, do we ;)).
You can change these to whatever you like, just note they will be removed if used in the text of the TextArea, so they should be something users wont miss in their TextArea.
Also note that this solution serializes the Style of the Text, the Text itself and the Paragraph style, BUT not inserted images or parameters of the TextArea (such as width and height), just the text content of the TextArea with its Style.
This issue on github really helped me btw.

Problems with scanning

I'm studying Biomedical Informatics and I'm now doing my clinical practice, where I have to check that the charges made to hospitalized patients were performed correctly on supplies that are of unique charging (every procedure and supplies used have a codification).
I can import the Excel file on the software I'm doing but, I don't know now how to do the scan.
Here is the code (I'm doing it on NetBeans),
public class Portal extends javax.swing.JFrame {
private DefaultTableModel model;
public static int con = 0;
public ArrayList listas = new ArrayList();
public ArrayList listasr = new ArrayList();
public Portal() {
initComponents();
model = new DefaultTableModel();
jTable1.setModel(model);
}
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
JFileChooser examinar = new JFileChooser();
examinar.setFileFilter(new FileNameExtensionFilter("Archivos Excel", "xls", "xlsx"));
int opcion = examinar.showOpenDialog(this);
File archivoExcel = null;
if(opcion == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION){
archivoExcel = examinar.getSelectedFile().getAbsoluteFile();
try{
Workbook leerExcel = Workbook.getWorkbook(archivoExcel);
for (int hoja=0; hoja<leerExcel.getNumberOfSheets(); hoja++)
{
Sheet hojaP = leerExcel.getSheet(hoja);
int columnas = hojaP.getColumns();
int filas = hojaP.getRows();
Object data[]= new Object[columnas];
for (int fila=0; fila < filas; fila++)
{
for(int columna=0; columna < columnas; columna++)
{
if(fila==0)
{
model.addColumn(hojaP.getCell(columna, fila).getContents());
}
System.out.println(hojaP.getCell(columna, fila).getContents());
if(fila>=1)
data[columna] = hojaP.getCell(columna, fila).getContents();
}model.addRow(data);
}
}
model.removeRow(0);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Excel cargado exitosamente");
}
}
}
Before you import the excel file save it as a csv(comma delimited) file(remeber to delete the headings). Then open the netbeans project folder under my documents, then open the your project folder and dump the csv file in their. Look at your project under files in netbeans open the folder and you will see the file in their. Now you said you want to read the file/ scan the file.
You can use my method at first, understand it and adapt to other scenarios you have in the future.
First create a class or use an readily created( you already created java class).
Declare arrays depending on how many rows you had in the excel file not the csv file and a counter.
Example two.
String [] patientsnamess;
int [] ages;
int count;
Now initiate the arrays in a deafault constructor(you don't have to because you can do it when you declare them but it is conventional). You can learn about constructors there are two I know of or there are only two but I will only show a default constructor.
It will look like this.
public yourClassName(){
patientsnames = new String[400];//the number in square brackets are an example it sets the size of the array. You can set the size according to how many patients there are or you could just use lists as the limit on the list as dependent on primary and virtual memory.
ages = new int[400];
count = 0;
}
now create the method two read the text file.
public void readFile(){
count = 0;//important
Scanner contents = null;
try{
contents = new Scanner(new FileReader("You file's name.txt");
while(contents.hasNext()){
String a = contents.nextLine();
String p[]= a.split("\\;");
patientsnames[count] = p[0];
ages[count] = p[1];
count++;//important
}
}
catch(FileNotFoundException e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
Now create get methods to call up the arrays with the values from the file.(Find out on rest of stackoverflow).
Remeber that field types link up with the data in the file.
I really hope this works for you. If not I am sorry but good luck with your Biochemical Informatics course.
Remeber to call the readFile method with an object in this case or it won't work.
Research the neccessary imports such as:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

saving random numbers in java

I'm doing an animation in Processing. I'm using random points and I need to execute the code twice for stereo vision.
I have lots of random variables in my code, so I should save it somewhere for the second run or re-generate the SAME string of "random" numbers any time I run the program. (as said here: http://www.coderanch.com/t/372076/java/java/save-random-numbers)
Is this approach possible? How? If I save the numbers in a txt file and then read it, will my program run slower? What's the best way to do this?
Thanks.
If you just need to be able to generate the same sequence for a limited time, seeding the random number generator with the same value to generate the same sequence is most likely the easiest and fastest way to go. Just make sure that any parallel threads always request their pseudo random numbers in the same sequence, or you'll be in trouble.
Note though that there afaik is nothing guaranteeing the same sequence if you update your Java VM or even run a patch, so if you want long time storage for your sequence, or want to be able to use it outside of your Java program, you need to save it to a file.
Here is a sample example:
public static void writeRandomDoublesToFile(String filePath, int numbersCount) throws IOException
{
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(filePath));
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(fos);
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(bos);
dos.writeInt(numbersCount);
for(int i = 0; i < numbersCount; i++) dos.writeDouble(Math.random());
}
public static double[] readRandomDoublesFromFile(String filePath) throws IOException
{
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File(filePath));
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(bis);
int numbersCount = dis.readInt();
double[] result = new double[numbersCount];
for(int i = 0; i < numbersCount; i++) result[i] = dis.readDouble();
return result;
}
Well, there's a couple of ways that you can approach this problem. One of them would be to save the random variables as input into a file and pass that file name as a parameter to your program.
And you could do that in one of two ways, the first of which would be to use the args[] parameter:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class bla {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// You'd need to put some verification code here to make
// sure that input was actually sent to the program.
Scanner in = new Scanner(new File(args[1]));
while(in.hasNextLine()) {
System.out.println(in.nextLine());
}
} }
Another way would be to use Scanner and read from the console input. It's all the same code as above, but instead of Scanner in = new Scanner(new File(args[1])); and all the verification code above that. You'd substitute Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in), but that's just to load the file.
The process of generating those points could be done in the following manner:
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class generator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// You'd get some user input (or not) here
// that would ask for the file to save to,
// and that can be done by either using the
// scanner class like the input example above,
// or by using args, but in this case we'll
// just say:
String fileName = "somefile.txt";
FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(fileName);
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
out.write("Stuff");
out.close();
}
}
Both of those solutions are simple ways to read and write to and from a file in Java. However, if you deploy either of those solutions, you're still left with some kind of parsing of the data.
If it were me, I'd go for object serialization, and store a binary copy of the data structure I've already generated to disk rather than having to parse and reparse that information in an inefficient way. (Using text files, usually, takes up more disk space.)
And here's how you would do that (Here, I'm going to reuse code that has already been written, and comment on it along the way) Source
You declare some wrapper class that holds data (you don't always have to do this, by the way.)
public class Employee implements java.io.Serializable
{
public String name;
public String address;
public int transient SSN;
public int number;
public void mailCheck()
{
System.out.println("Mailing a check to " + name
+ " " + address);
}
}
And then, to serialize:
import java.io.*;
public class SerializeDemo
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
Employee e = new Employee();
e.name = "Reyan Ali";
e.address = "Phokka Kuan, Ambehta Peer";
e.SSN = 11122333;
e.number = 101;
try
{
FileOutputStream fileOut =
new FileOutputStream("employee.ser");
ObjectOutputStream out =
new ObjectOutputStream(fileOut);
out.writeObject(e);
out.close();
fileOut.close();
}catch(IOException i)
{
i.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
And then, to deserialize:
import java.io.*;
public class DeserializeDemo
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
Employee e = null;
try
{
FileInputStream fileIn =
new FileInputStream("employee.ser");
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn);
e = (Employee) in.readObject();
in.close();
fileIn.close();
}catch(IOException i)
{
i.printStackTrace();
return;
}catch(ClassNotFoundException c)
{
System.out.println(.Employee class not found.);
c.printStackTrace();
return;
}
System.out.println("Deserialized Employee...");
System.out.println("Name: " + e.name);
System.out.println("Address: " + e.address);
System.out.println("SSN: " + e.SSN);
System.out.println("Number: " + e.number);
}
}
Another alternative solution to your problem, that does not involve storing data, is to create a lazy generator for whatever function that provides you your random values, and provide the same seed each and every time. That way, you don't have to store any data at all.
However, that still is quite a bit slower (I think) than serializing the object to disk and loading it back up again. (Of course, that's a really subjective statement, but I'm not going to enumerate cases where that is not true). The advantage of doing that is so that it doesn't require any kind of storage at all.
Another way, that you may have not possibly thought of, is to create a wrapper around your generator function that memoizes the output -- meaning that data that has already been generated before will be retrieved from memory and will not have to be generated again if the same inputs are true. You can see some resources on that here: Memoization source
The idea behind memoizing your function calls is that you save time without persisting to disk. This is ideal if the same values are generated over and over and over again. Of course, for a set of random points, this isn't going to work very well if every point is unique, but keep that in the back of your mind.
The really interesting part comes when considering the ways that all the previous strategies I've described in this post can be combined together.
It'd be interesting to setup a Memoizer class, like described in the second page of 2 and then implement java.io.Serialization in that class. After that, you can add methods save(String fileName) and load(String fileName) in the memoizer class that make serialization and deserialization easier, so you can persist the cache used to memoize the function. Very useful.
Anyway, enough is enough. In short, just use the same seed value, and generate the same point pairs on the fly.

removeEldestEntry overriding

How can I override removeEldestEntry method to saving eldest entry to file? Also how to limit the size of a file like I did it in LinkedHashMap. Here is code:
import java.util.*;
public class level1 {
private static final int max_cache = 50;
private Map cache = new LinkedHashMap(max_cache, .75F, true) {
protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry eldest) {
return size() > max_cache;
}
};
public level1() {
for (int i = 1; i < 52; i++) {
String string = String.valueOf(i);
cache.put(string, string);
System.out.println("\rCache size = " + cache.size() +
"\tRecent value = " + i + " \tLast value = " +
cache.get(string) + "\tValues in cache=" +
cache.values());
}
I tried to use FileOutPutSTream :
private Map cache = new LinkedHashMap(max_cache, .75F, true) {
protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry eldest) throws IOException {
boolean removed = super.removeEldestEntry(eldest);
if (removed) {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("t.tmp");
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
oos.writeObject(eldest.getValue());
oos.close();
}
return removed;
}
But I have gained an error
Error(15,27): removeEldestEntry(java.util.Map.Entry) in cannot override removeEldestEntry(java.util.Map.Entry) in java.util.LinkedHashMap; overridden method does not throw java.io.IOException
Without IOExecptio compiler asks to handle IOexception and Filenotfoundexception.
Maybe another way exists? Pls show me example code, I am new in java and just trying to understand the basic principles of 2 level caching. Thx
You first need to make sure your method properly overrides the parent. You can make some small changes to the signature, such as only throwing a more specific checked exception that is a sub-class of a checked exception declared in the parent. In this case, the parent does not declare any checked exception so you can not refine that further and may not throw any checked exceptions. So you will have to handle the IOException locally. There are several ways you can do that, convert it to a RuntimeException of some kind and/or log it.
If you are concerned about the file size, you probably do not want to keep just the last removed entry but many of them - so you should open the file for append.
You need to return true from the method to actually remove the eldest and you need to decide if the element should be removed.
When working with files you should use try/finally to ensure that you close the resource even if there is an exception. This can get a little ugly - sometimes it's nice to have a utility method to do the close so you don't need the extra try/catch.
Generally you should also use some buffering for file I/O which greatly improves performance; in this case use wrap the file stream in a java.io.BufferedOutputStream and provide that to the ObjectOutputStream.
Here is something that may do what you want:
private static final int MAX_ENTRIES_ALLOWED = 100;
private static final long MAX_FILE_SIZE = 1L * 1024 * 1024; // 1 MB
protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry eldest) {
if (size() <= MAX_ENTRIES_ALLOWED) {
return false;
}
File objFile = new File("t.tmp");
if (objFile.length() > MAX_FILE_SIZE) {
// Do something here to manage the file size, such as renaming the file
// You won't be able to easily remove an object from the file without a more
// advanced file structure since you are writing arbitrary sized serialized
// objects. You would need to do some kind of tagging of each entry or include
// a record length before each one. Then you would have to scan and rebuild
// a new file. You cannot easily just delete bytes earlier in the file without
// even more advanced structures (like having an index, fixed size records and
// free space lists, or even a database).
}
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
fos = new FileOutputStream(objFile, true); // Open for append
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(fos));
oos.writeObject(eldest.getValue());
oos.close(); // Close the object stream to flush remaining generated data (if any).
return true;
} catch (IOException e) {
// Log error here or....
throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e); // Convert to RuntimeException
} finally {
if (fos != null) {
try {
fos.close();
} catch (IOException e2) {
// Log failure - no need to throw though
}
}
}
}
You can't change the method signature when overriding a method. So you need to handle the exception in the overridden method instead of throwing it.
This contains a good explanation on how to use try and catch: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/try.html

Java: CSV file read & write

I'm reading 2 csv files: store_inventory & new_acquisitions.
I want to be able to compare the store_inventory csv file with new_acquisitions.
1) If the item names match just update the quantity in store_inventory.
2) If new_acquisitions has a new item that does not exist in store_inventory, then add it to the store_inventory.
Here is what i have done so far but its not very good. I added comments where i need to add taks 1 & 2.
Any advice or code to do the above tasks would be great! thanks.
File new_acq = new File("/src/test/new_acquisitions.csv");
Scanner acq_scan = null;
try {
acq_scan = new Scanner(new_acq);
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(mainpage.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
String itemName;
int quantity;
Double cost;
Double price;
File store_inv = new File("/src/test/store_inventory.csv");
Scanner invscan = null;
try {
invscan = new Scanner(store_inv);
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(mainpage.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
String itemNameInv;
int quantityInv;
Double costInv;
Double priceInv;
while (acq_scan.hasNext()) {
String line = acq_scan.nextLine();
if (line.charAt(0) == '#') {
continue;
}
String[] split = line.split(",");
itemName = split[0];
quantity = Integer.parseInt(split[1]);
cost = Double.parseDouble(split[2]);
price = Double.parseDouble(split[3]);
while(invscan.hasNext()) {
String line2 = invscan.nextLine();
if (line2.charAt(0) == '#') {
continue;
}
String[] split2 = line2.split(",");
itemNameInv = split2[0];
quantityInv = Integer.parseInt(split2[1]);
costInv = Double.parseDouble(split2[2]);
priceInv = Double.parseDouble(split2[3]);
if(itemName == itemNameInv) {
//update quantity
}
}
//add new entry into csv file
}
Thanks again for any help. =]
Suggest you use one of the existing CSV parser such as Commons CSV or Super CSV instead of reinventing the wheel. Should make your life a lot easier.
Your implementation makes the common mistake of breaking the line on commas by using line.split(","). This does not work because the values themselves might have commas in them. If that happens, the value must be quoted, and you need to ignore commas within the quotes. The split method can not do this -- I see this mistake a lot.
Here is the source of an implementation that does it correctly:
http://agiletribe.purplehillsbooks.com/2012/11/23/the-only-class-you-need-for-csv-files/
With help of the open source library uniVocity-parsers, you could develop with pretty clean code as following:
private void processInventory() throws IOException {
/**
* ---------------------------------------------
* Read CSV rows into list of beans you defined
* ---------------------------------------------
*/
// 1st, config the CSV reader with row processor attaching the bean definition
CsvParserSettings settings = new CsvParserSettings();
settings.getFormat().setLineSeparator("\n");
BeanListProcessor<Inventory> rowProcessor = new BeanListProcessor<Inventory>(Inventory.class);
settings.setRowProcessor(rowProcessor);
settings.setHeaderExtractionEnabled(true);
// 2nd, parse all rows from the CSV file into the list of beans you defined
CsvParser parser = new CsvParser(settings);
parser.parse(new FileReader("/src/test/store_inventory.csv"));
List<Inventory> storeInvList = rowProcessor.getBeans();
Iterator<Inventory> storeInvIterator = storeInvList.iterator();
parser.parse(new FileReader("/src/test/new_acquisitions.csv"));
List<Inventory> newAcqList = rowProcessor.getBeans();
Iterator<Inventory> newAcqIterator = newAcqList.iterator();
// 3rd, process the beans with business logic
while (newAcqIterator.hasNext()) {
Inventory newAcq = newAcqIterator.next();
boolean isItemIncluded = false;
while (storeInvIterator.hasNext()) {
Inventory storeInv = storeInvIterator.next();
// 1) If the item names match just update the quantity in store_inventory
if (storeInv.getItemName().equalsIgnoreCase(newAcq.getItemName())) {
storeInv.setQuantity(newAcq.getQuantity());
isItemIncluded = true;
}
}
// 2) If new_acquisitions has a new item that does not exist in store_inventory,
// then add it to the store_inventory.
if (!isItemIncluded) {
storeInvList.add(newAcq);
}
}
}
Just follow this code sample I worked out according to your requirements. Note that the library provided simplified API and significent performance for parsing CSV files.
The operation you are performing will require that for each item in your new acquisitions, you will need to search each item in inventory for a match. This is not only not efficient, but the scanner that you have set up for your inventory file would need to be reset after each item.
I would suggest that you add your new acquisitions and your inventory to collections and then iterate over your new acquisitions and look up the new item in your inventory collection. If the item exists, update the item. If it doesnt, add it to the inventory collection. For this activity, it might be good to write a simple class to contain an inventory item. It could be used for both the new acquisitions and for the inventory. For a fast lookup, I would suggest that you use HashSet or HashMap for your inventory collection.
At the end of the process, dont forget to persist the changes to your inventory file.
As Java doesn’t support parsing of CSV files natively, we have to rely on third party library. Opencsv is one of the best library available for this purpose. It’s open source and is shipped with Apache 2.0 licence which makes it possible for commercial use.
Here, this link should help you and others in the situations!
For writing to CSV
public void writeCSV() {
// Delimiter used in CSV file
private static final String NEW_LINE_SEPARATOR = "\n";
// CSV file header
private static final Object[] FILE_HEADER = { "Empoyee Name","Empoyee Code", "In Time", "Out Time", "Duration", "Is Working Day" };
String fileName = "fileName.csv");
List<Objects> objects = new ArrayList<Objects>();
FileWriter fileWriter = null;
CSVPrinter csvFilePrinter = null;
// Create the CSVFormat object with "\n" as a record delimiter
CSVFormat csvFileFormat = CSVFormat.DEFAULT.withRecordSeparator(NEW_LINE_SEPARATOR);
try {
fileWriter = new FileWriter(fileName);
csvFilePrinter = new CSVPrinter(fileWriter, csvFileFormat);
csvFilePrinter.printRecord(FILE_HEADER);
// Write a new student object list to the CSV file
for (Object object : objects) {
List<String> record = new ArrayList<String>();
record.add(object.getValue1().toString());
record.add(object.getValue2().toString());
record.add(object.getValue3().toString());
csvFilePrinter.printRecord(record);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
fileWriter.flush();
fileWriter.close();
csvFilePrinter.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
You can use Apache Commons CSV api.
FYI this anwser : https://stackoverflow.com/a/42198895/6549532
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