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Class ColumnTypeDetector

java.lang.Object

tech.tablesaw.io.ColumnTypeDetector

public class ColumnTypeDetector
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ColumnTypeDetector()
ColumnTypeDetector(List<ColumnType> typeArrayOverrides)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ColumnType[]	detectColumnTypes(Iterator<String[]> rows, ReadOptions options) Estimates and returns the type for each column in the input text

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ColumnTypeDetector

public ColumnTypeDetector()

ColumnTypeDetector

public ColumnTypeDetector(List<ColumnType> typeArrayOverrides)

Method Detail

detectColumnTypes

public ColumnType[] detectColumnTypes(Iterator<String[]> rows,
                                      ReadOptions options)

Estimates and returns the type for each column in the input text

The type is determined by checking a sample of the data. Because only a sample of the data is checked, the types may be incorrect. If that is the case a Parse Exception will be thrown.

The method printColumnTypes() can be used to print a list of the detected columns that can be corrected and used to explicitly specify the correct column types.