at end of tether! Reading in variables from a text file
Hi all
My stress factor has gone through the roof because I am trying to read in from a text file (you may have seen some earlir questions about ArrayLists) it's just not working!
The code is below. The result is that it's reading in all of the car data, none of the motorbike and only the first line for the services. It's odd and it's driving me insane!
Here's an example of the data it's reading. There are about 7-10 sets of data per type
<car><reg>AB04CDE</reg><make>Ford</make><model>Fiesta</model><colour>blue</colour><passenger_no>4</passenger_no></car>
<service><service_no>13570</service_no><reg>J605PLE</reg><date>15:07:2006</date><miles>20000</miles><part_replaced>brake_pads</part_replaced><part_replaced>front_tyres</part_replaced></service>
<motorbike><reg>TT05EKJ</reg><make>Triumph</make><model>Speedmaster</model><colour>black</colour><load>20.50</load></motorbike>
Here's the code
while (moreToRead){
String line;
try{
line = fileReader.getNextStructure();
// collect the data from the file
if (line.indexOf("<car>")> -1){
// Select/Extract the registration element
int nStart = line.indexOf("<reg>");
int nEnd = line.indexOf("</reg>");
String reg = line.substring(nStart+5,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the make element
nStart = line.indexOf("<make>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</make>");
String make = line.substring(nStart+6,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the model element
nStart = line.indexOf("<model>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</model>");
String model = line.substring(nStart+7,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the colour element
nStart = line.indexOf("<colour>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</colour>");
String colour = line.substring(nStart+8,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the passenger_no element
nStart = line.indexOf("<passenger_no>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</passenger_no>");
String passenger_no = line.substring(nStart+14,nEnd);
//convert string to int
int passengerInt = Integer.parseInt(passenger_no);
// declare new object car and assign the variables then add it to the array.
Car c =new Car (reg, make, model, colour, passengerInt);
carList.add(c);
}elseif (line.indexOf("<bike>")> -1){
// Select/Extract the registration element
int nStart = line.indexOf("<reg>");
int nEnd = line.indexOf("</reg>");
String reg = line.substring(nStart+5,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the make element
nStart = line.indexOf("<make>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</make>");
String make = line.substring(nStart+6,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the model element
nStart = line.indexOf("<model>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</model>");
String model = line.substring(nStart+7,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the colour element
nStart = line.indexOf("<colour>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</colour>");
String colour = line.substring(nStart+8,nEnd);
// Select/Extract the load element
nStart = line.indexOf("<load>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</load>");
String load = line.substring(nStart+6,nEnd);
//convert load string to double
double bikeLoad = Double.parseDouble(load);
// declare new object motorbike and assign the variables then add it to the array.
Motorbike m =new Motorbike (reg, make, model, colour, bikeLoad);
bikeList.add(m);
}else{
// Select/Extract the service_number element
int nStart = line.indexOf("<service_no>");
int nEnd = line.indexOf("</service_no>");
String service_no = line.substring(nStart+12,nEnd);
console.println("service = " + service_no);
nStart = line.indexOf("<reg>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</reg>");
String reg = line.substring(nStart+5,nEnd);
console.println("service = " + reg);
nStart = line.indexOf("<date>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</date>");
String date = line.substring(nStart+6,nEnd);
console.println("service = " + date);
nStart = line.indexOf("<miles>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</miles>");
String miles = line.substring(nStart+7,nEnd);
console.println("service = " + miles);
nStart = line.indexOf("<part_replaced>");
nEnd = line.indexOf("</part_replaced>");
String part_replaced = line.substring(nStart+15,nEnd);
console.println("service = " + part_replaced);
//convert string to int
int dateOfService = Integer.parseInt(date);
//convert string to double
double milesAtService = Double.parseDouble(miles);
//convert service no to unique int
int serviceNo = Integer.parseInt(service_no);
// declare new object service and assign the variables then add it to the array.
Service s =new Service (reg, part_replaced, serviceNo, dateOfService, milesAtService);
serviceList.add(s);
}
}
catch (Exception e){
// Run out of data
moreToRead =false;
}
}
If anyone can spy anything that could be causing this I love your advice. I simply can't see it.
Jo
