org.databene.formats

Interface DataSource<E>

Type Parameters:

E - the type of data to iterate

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDataSource, ConvertingDataSource, CSVCellSource, CSVSource, DataSourceAdapter, DataSourceFromIterable, DataSourceProxy, FixedWidthLineSource, OffsetDataSource, XLSLineSource, XLSSource

public interface DataSource<E>
extends Closeable

Interface for classes that provide data access by DataIterators. Implementors are expected to be thread-safe. Created: 24.07.2011 08:48:26

Since:

0.6.0

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the data source
Class<E>	getType() Returns the type of the iterated objects.
DataIterator<E>	iterator() Creates a DataIterator for iterating the available data items.

Method Detail

getType

Class<E> getType()

Returns the type of the iterated objects.

Returns:

the type of data to iterate

iterator

DataIterator<E> iterator()

Creates a DataIterator for iterating the available data items.

Returns:

an iterator to iterate the available data

close

void close()

Closes the data source

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable