org.pentaho.di.core.util
Class StringEvaluator

java.lang.Object
  org.pentaho.di.core.util.StringEvaluator

public class StringEvaluator
extends Object

This class evaluates strings and extracts a data type. It allows you to criteria after which the analysis should be completed.

Author:

matt

Constructor Summary

StringEvaluator(boolean tryTrimming)

StringEvaluator(boolean tryTrimming, List<String> numberFormats, List<String> dateFormats)

Method Summary

void	evaluateString(String value)
StringEvaluationResult	getAdvicedResult()
int	getCount()
List<String>	getDateFormats()
int	getMaxLength()
List<String>	getNumberFormats()
List<StringEvaluationResult>	getStringEvaluationResults()
Set<String>	getValues()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringEvaluator

public StringEvaluator(boolean tryTrimming)

StringEvaluator

public StringEvaluator(boolean tryTrimming,
                       List<String> numberFormats,
                       List<String> dateFormats)

Method Detail

evaluateString

public void evaluateString(String value)

getAdvicedResult

public StringEvaluationResult getAdvicedResult()

getDateFormats

public List<String> getDateFormats()

getNumberFormats

public List<String> getNumberFormats()

getValues

public Set<String> getValues()

Returns:

The distinct set of string values

getStringEvaluationResults

public List<StringEvaluationResult> getStringEvaluationResults()

Returns:

The list of string evaluation results

getCount

public int getCount()

Returns:

the number of values analyzed

getMaxLength

public int getMaxLength()

Returns:

The maximum string length encountered