FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator Class Referenceabstract

Structured line iterator for abstract data allowing efficient "pipelined" processing. More...

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## Public Member Functions

private *hash | checkOptions (*hash opts)
| Validate and prepare global fixed-length options. More...
bool | checkTransition (*string from, *string to)
| A verification function to be called for each line. This method can be overridden to achieve a begin-to-end validation of the whole input file. More...
| constructor (hash spec, *hash opts)
| Instantiates the FixedLengthAbstractIterator object. More...
*hash | getValue ()
| Returns the current record as a hash. More...
string | identifyType (string input_line)
| Identify a fixed-length line type using identifyTypeImpl(), that may be overridden if necessary. More...
*string | identifyTypeImpl (string input_line)

Identify a fixed-length line type, given the raw line string. This method performs a lookup to a precalculated table based on line lengths (see constructor()). In case different criteria are needed, eg. when two line types in a spec have the same length and no unique resolving rule are specified, this method needs to be overridden, and will throw an exception, because the precalculated mapping will be empty. More...

any | transform (any value, hash type)
| parses the input value based on global configuration and the current field definition

## Private Attributes

hash | m_resolve_by_length
| hash of type without rule, i.e.potentially conflicting records; key = record length, value = list of no-rule type names

## Detailed Description

Structured line iterator for abstract data allowing efficient "pipelined" processing.

## Member Function Documentation

private *hash FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator::checkOptions | ( | *hash | opts | ) |

Validate and prepare global fixed-length options.

Parameters

  opts | Options passed during class instantiation.

bool FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator::checkTransition | ( | *string | from,
|  | *string | to
| ) |  |

A verification function to be called for each line. This method can be overridden to achieve a begin-to-end validation of the whole input file.

Parameters

  from | Type of previous line being processed
  to | Type of the current line being processed

FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator::constructor | ( | hash | spec,
|  | *hash | opts
| ) |  |

Instantiates the FixedLengthAbstractIterator object.

Parameters

  spec | Fixed-length line specification; see Specification Hash for more information
  opts | Global options; see Global Options for more information

Exceptions

  FIXED-LENGTH-UTIL-INVALID-SPEC | invalid record specification; invalid type or missing field length

*hash FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator::getValue | ( |  | ) |

Returns the current record as a hash.

Example:
  my hash $h = $i.getValue();

Returns
  The current record as a hash with the following keys:
  - `"type"`: a string giving the record type name
  - `"record"`: a hash giving the parsed record data

string FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator::identifyType | ( | string | input_line | ) |

Identify a fixed-length line type using identifyTypeImpl(), that may be overridden if necessary.

Parameters

  input_line | Input line to be identified

Returns
  the name of the record corresponding to the input line

Exceptions

  FIXED-LENGTH-UTIL-NON-MATCHING-TYPE | input line cannot be matched to a known record

*string FixedLengthUtil::FixedLengthAbstractIterator::identifyTypeImpl | ( | string | input_line | ) |

Identify a fixed-length line type, given the raw line string. This method performs a lookup to a precalculated table based on line lengths (see constructor()). In case different criteria are needed, eg. when two line types in a spec have the same length and no unique resolving rule are specified, this method needs to be overridden, and will throw an exception, because the precalculated mapping will be empty.

Parameters

  input_line | Input line to be identified

Returns
  the record name or NOTHING if the input cannot be matched

Exceptions

  FIXED-LENGTH-UTIL-NON-MATCHING-TYPE | input line cannot be matched to a known record or the input line's length does not match the expected length