org.supercsv.comment

Class CommentMatches

java.lang.Object

org.supercsv.comment.CommentMatches

All Implemented Interfaces:

CommentMatcher

public class CommentMatches
extends Object
implements CommentMatcher

CommentMatcher that matches lines that match a specified regular expression.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CommentMatches(String regex) Constructs a new CommentMatches comment matcher.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isComment(String line) Determines whether a line of CSV is a comment.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CommentMatches

public CommentMatches(String regex)

Constructs a new CommentMatches comment matcher. Ensure that the regex is efficient (ideally matching start/end characters) as a complex regex can significantly slow down reading.

Parameters:

regex - the regular expression a line must match to be a comment

Throws:

NullPointerException - if regex is null

IllegalArgumentException - if regex is empty

PatternSyntaxException - if the regex is invalid

Method Detail

isComment

public boolean isComment(String line)

Determines whether a line of CSV is a comment.

Specified by:

isComment in interface CommentMatcher

Parameters:

line - the raw line of CSV

Returns:

true if it's a comment, otherwise false