org.geotools.data.shapefile.dbf
Class DbaseFileWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.geotools.data.shapefile.dbf.DbaseFileWriter

public class DbaseFileWriter

extends java.lang.Object

A DbaseFileReader is used to read a dbase III format file. 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...

Author:

Ian Schneider

Nested Class Summary

static class

DbaseFileWriter.FieldFormatter Utility for formatting Dbase fields.

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

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

Create 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,
                  DbaseFileException

Write a single dbase record.

Parameters:

record - The entries to write.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If IO error occurs.

DbaseFileException - If the entry doesn't comply to the header.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Release resources associated with this writer. Highly recommended

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If errors occur.