com.epam.parso.impl

Class SasFileParser

java.lang.Object

com.epam.parso.impl.SasFileParser

public final class SasFileParser
extends Object

This is a class that parses sas7bdat files. When parsing a sas7bdat file, to interact with the library use SasFileReaderImpl which is a wrapper for SasFileParser. Despite this, SasFileParser is publicly available, it can be instanced via SasFileParser.Builder and used directly. Public access to the SasFileParser class was added in scope of this issue:

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Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	SasFileParser.Builder SasFileParser builder class made using builder pattern.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SasFileProperties	getSasFileProperties() The function to get sasFileParser.
Object[]	readNext() The function to read and process all columns of next row from current sas7bdat file.
Object[]	readNext(List<String> columnNames) The function to read and process specified columns of next row from current sas7bdat file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

readNext

public Object[] readNext()
                  throws IOException

The function to read and process all columns of next row from current sas7bdat file.

Returns:

the object array containing elements of current row.

Throws:

IOException - if reading from the sasFileStream stream is impossible.

readNext

public Object[] readNext(List<String> columnNames)
                  throws IOException

The function to read and process specified columns of next row from current sas7bdat file.

Parameters:

columnNames - list of column names which should be processed, if null then all columns are processed.

Returns:

the object array containing elements of current row.

Throws:

IOException - if reading from the sasFileStream stream is impossible.

getSasFileProperties

public SasFileProperties getSasFileProperties()

The function to get sasFileParser.

Returns:

the object of the SasFileProperties class that stores file metadata.