2013/3/26 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:35 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 26 March 2013 16:18, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > 2013/3/26 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> > >
> > >> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Le 26/03/2013 16:58, Gary Gregory a écrit :
> > >> >
> > >> > > Is it worth providing this shortcut:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Iterable<CSVRecord> parse = CSVFormat.newBuilder().
> > >> > >
> > withCommentStart('#').withDelimiter('\t').withQuoteChar('"').parse(in);
> > >> > >
> > >> > > the builder would implement parse()
> > >> >
> > >> > I still think the builder is useless. My initial implementation
> looked
> > >> > like this:
> > >> >
> > >> > Iterable<CSVRecord> parse =
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> >
> CSVFormat.DEFAULT.withCommentStart('#').withDelimiter('\t').withQuoteChar('"').parse(in);
> > >> >
> > >> > So yes, in this spirit the builder should implement parse(). But I
> > would
> > >> > prefer no builder at all.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> By adding parse to the builder, we can make the builder less visible.
> I
> > >> think I'll add that.
> > >>
> > >
> > > This was my attention when I initially created the patch for the
> builder.
> > > the newBuilder() method was called newFormat() back then. We changed it
> > to
> > > not confuse users with what objects they are dealing with. With
> > > newBuilder() changed back to newFormat() again it would become:
> > >
> > > Iterable<CSVRecord> parse =
> > >
> >
> CSVFormat.newFormat().withCommentStart('#').withDelimiter('\t').withQuoteChar("'").parse(in);
> >
> > So effectively parse would do the build and then use it for the parse?
> >
>
> Yes (in SVN now) but I prefer:
>
>
> CSVFormat.DEFAULT.withCommentStart('#').withDelimiter('\t').withQuoteChar("'").parse(in);
>
> which does not create the need for calling newBuilder() and makes it
> obvious what it is I am building.
>
So are we back to the inital design again or do you want to change DEFAULT
to hold a CSVBuilder?
>
> Gary
>
>
> > Is there a use-case for re-using the format without having to re-create
> it?
> > If so, how would that look?
>
I'm not sure I understand your question. When parsing several files with
the same format one would reuse a CSVFormat instance and just create new
InputStreams for the files to parse.
> >
> > > Benedikt
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Gary
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > Emmanuel Bourg
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
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