CSVReader (Java AIST Class Kit 2.3.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdvancedCsvProcessor, CSVProcessor, ReflectionCSVProcessor
```
public interface CSVReader<T>
```
Interface for a CSV file reader

Since:

2.0

Author:

Christoph Praschl

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default List<T>`	`read(File csvFile)`	Method for reading the given csv file (without a column definition) and converting the lines to the specific element type
`default List<T>`	`read(File csvFile, boolean containsColumndefinition)`	Method for reading the given csv file (without a column definition) and converting the lines to the specific element type
`List<T>`	`read(File csvFile, boolean containsColumndefinition, boolean useFileColumnDefinition)`	Method for reading the given csv file and converting the lines to the specific element type

- Method Detail
  - read
```
default List<T> read(File csvFile)
```
    Method for reading the given csv file (without a column definition) and converting the lines to the specific element type
    
    Parameters:
    
    csvFile - source file to read
    
    Returns:
    
    the read elements
  - read
```
default List<T> read(File csvFile,
                     boolean containsColumndefinition)
```
    Method for reading the given csv file (without a column definition) and converting the lines to the specific element type
    
    Parameters:
    
    csvFile - source file to read
    
    containsColumndefinition - flag which signals if the file contains a column definition which will be ignored
    
    Returns:
    
    the read elements
  - read
```
List<T> read(File csvFile,
             boolean containsColumndefinition,
             boolean useFileColumnDefinition)
```
    Method for reading the given csv file and converting the lines to the specific element type
    
    Parameters:
    
    csvFile - source file to read
    
    containsColumndefinition - flag which signals if the file contains a column definition
    
    useFileColumnDefinition - flag if the column definition in the csv file should be used instead of a given one (only used if containsColumndefinition == true)
    
    Returns:
    
    the read elements