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/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
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 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
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 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */
import java.util.*;

/* Simple demo of CSV parser class.
 */
public class CSVSimple {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        CSV parser = new CSV();
        List list = parser.parse("\"LU\",86.25,\"11/4/1998\",\"2:19PM\",+4.0625");
        Iterator it = list.iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println(it.next());
        }

        // Now test with a non-default separator
        parser = new CSV('|');
        list = parser.parse("\"LU\"|86.25|\"11/4/1998\"|\"2:19PM\"|+4.0625");
        it = list.iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println(it.next());
        }
    }
}

/** Parse comma-separated values (CSV), a common Windows file format.
 * Sample input: "LU",86.25,"11/4/1998","2:19PM",+4.0625
 * <p>
 * Inner logic adapted from a C++ original that was
 * Copyright (C) 1999 Lucent Technologies
 * Excerpted from 'The Practice of Programming'
 * by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike.
 * <p>
 * Included by permission of the http://tpop.awl.com/ web site, 
 * which says:
 * "You may use this code for any purpose, as long as you leave 
 * the copyright notice and book citation attached." I have done so.
 * @author Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike (C++ original)
 * @author Ian F. Darwin (translation into Java and removal of I/O)
 * @author Ben Ballard (rewrote advQuoted to handle '""' and for readability)
 */
class CSV {

    public static final char DEFAULT_SEP = ',';

    /** Construct a CSV parser, with the default separator (`,'). */
    public CSV() {
        this(DEFAULT_SEP);
    }

    /** Construct a CSV parser with a given separator. 
     * @param sep The single char for the separator (not a list of
     * separator characters)
     */
    public CSV(char sep) {
        fieldSep = sep;
    }

    /** The fields in the current String */
    protected List list = new ArrayList();

    /** the separator char for this parser */
    protected char fieldSep;

    /** parse: break the input String into fields
     * @return java.util.Iterator containing each field 
     * from the original as a String, in order.
     */
    public List parse(String line) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        list.clear(); // recycle to initial state
        int i = 0;

        if (line.length() == 0) {
            list.add(line);
            return list;
        }

        do {
            sb.setLength(0);
            if (i < line.length() && line.charAt(i) == '"')
                i = advQuoted(line, sb, ++i); // skip quote
            else
                i = advPlain(line, sb, i);
            list.add(sb.toString());
            i++;
        } while (i < line.length());

        return list;
    }

    /** advQuoted: quoted field; return index of next separator */
    protected int advQuoted(String s, StringBuffer sb, int i) {
        int j;
        int len = s.length();
        for (j = i; j < len; j++) {
            if (s.charAt(j) == '"' && j + 1 < len) {
                if (s.charAt(j + 1) == '"') {
                    j++; // skip escape char
                } else if (s.charAt(j + 1) == fieldSep) { //next delimeter
                    j++; // skip end quotes
                    break;
                }
            } else if (s.charAt(j) == '"' && j + 1 == len) { // end quotes at end of line
                break; //done
            }
            sb.append(s.charAt(j)); // regular character.
        }
        return j;
    }

    /** advPlain: unquoted field; return index of next separator */
    protected int advPlain(String s, StringBuffer sb, int i) {
        int j;

        j = s.indexOf(fieldSep, i); // look for separator
        if (j == -1) { // none found
            sb.append(s.substring(i));
            return s.length();
        } else {
            sb.append(s.substring(i, j));
            return j;
        }
    }
}