TCSVHandler¶

Base class for CSV reading and writing classes.

Declaration¶

Source position: csvreadwrite.pp line 60

type

  TCSVHandler = class(TPersistent)
  public
    constructor Create;
    procedure Assign;
    procedure AssignCSVProperties;
    property Delimiter: TCSVChar; {rw}
    property QuoteChar: TCSVChar; {rw}
    property LineEnding: string; {rw}
    property IgnoreOuterWhitespace: Boolean; {rw}
    property QuoteOuterWhitespace: Boolean; {rw}
    property EqualColCountPerRow: Boolean; {rw}
  end;

Inheritance¶

Description¶

TCSVHandler is the base class for class TCSVParser which allows you to read a CSV file, and class TCSVBuilder which allows you to write a CSV file. It defines some common properties for these classes, mainly to describe the formatting of the CSV file, such as the Delimiter or QuoteChar and LineEnding properties.

Normally you will not create an instance of TCSVHandler, instead you will create a TCSVParser or TCSVBuilder instance.

Properties¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Delimiter	public	Field delimiter character.
EqualColCountPerRow	public	Ensure every row has an equal amount of columns.
IgnoreOuterWhitespace	public	Ignore whitespace between delimiters and field data.
LineEnding	public	Line ending character.
QuoteChar	public	Character to quote values.
QuoteOuterWhitespace	public	Write quotes when outer whitespace is found in a value.

See all Properties

Methods¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Assign	public	Assign properties from another TCSVHandler instance.
AssignCSVProperties	public	Assign properties from another TCSVHandler instance.
Create	public	Create an instance of TCSVHandler.

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Name	Description
TCSVParser	Class to parse a CSV file.
TCSVBuilder	Class to write a CSV file.
Delimiter	Field delimiter character.
QuoteChar	Character to quote values.
LineEnding	Line ending character.