org.gicentre.io

Class DbaseFileWriter

java.lang.Object

org.gicentre.io.DbaseFileWriter

public class DbaseFileWriter
extends java.lang.Object

Used to write Dbase III files. This code is based on the class provided as part of the Geotools OpenSource mapping toolkit - http://www.geotools.org under the GNU Lesser General Public License. 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.

Version:

3.3.0, 18th April, 2016.

Author:

Ian Schneider with minor modifications by Jo Wood, giCentre.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DbaseFileWriter(DbaseFileHeader header, java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel out) Creates a DbaseFileWriter using the specified header and writing to the given channel.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Release resources associated with this writer.
void	write(java.lang.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 Detail

DbaseFileWriter

public DbaseFileWriter(DbaseFileHeader header,
                       java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel out)
                throws java.io.IOException

Creates 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:

java.io.IOException - If errors occur while initializing.

Method Detail

write

public void write(java.lang.Object[] record)
           throws java.io.IOException

Write a single dBase record.

Parameters:

record - The entries to write.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If IO error occurs or the entry doesn't comply with the header.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Release resources associated with this writer. Highly recommended

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If problem releasing all resources.