Class MessageLoader

Object

MessageLoader

public class MessageLoader
extends Object

This utility class contains methods that will read in a file as it is provided, and load the data into an ArrayList with OpenMessage objects inside of it.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MessageLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ArrayList<OpenMessage>	loadFile(String filename)	This method reads through a file, and builds a number of Message objects based on the contents of that file.
static String	parseLine(String line)	Takes in a line, in which one must grab the substring *after* the ":".

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

MessageLoader

public MessageLoader()

Method Details

loadFile

public static ArrayList<OpenMessage> loadFile(String filename)

This method reads through a file, and builds a number of Message objects based on the contents of that file. It then returns an ArrayList for each Message. Implemented in Lab 10.

Parameters:

filename - Name of file to be opened.

Returns:

An ArrayList with 0 or more messages.

parseLine

public static String parseLine(String line)

Takes in a line, in which one must grab the substring *after* the ":". It will also remove any leading and trailing spaces. Implemented in Lab 10.

Parameters:

line - Line to parse

Returns:

parsed line