/**
* @param dbfFile A DBF file
* @return A list of attribute names in the DBF file
*/
public static List<String> getAttributeNames(File dbfFile) throws IOException {
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(dbfFile);
DbaseFileReader dbfReader =
new DbaseFileReader(fis.getChannel(), false, Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"));
// contains the header columns
DbaseFileHeader dbfHeader = dbfReader.getHeader();
// get the names from the header
List<String> names = new Vector<String>();
int n = dbfHeader.getNumFields();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) names.add(dbfHeader.getFieldName(i));
return names;
}
/**
* @param dbfFile A DBF file
* @return A list of attribute names in the DBF file
*/
public static Object[][] getDBFData(File dbfFile) throws IOException {
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(dbfFile);
DbaseFileReader dbfReader =
new DbaseFileReader(fis.getChannel(), false, Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"));
// contains the header columns
DbaseFileHeader dbfHeader = dbfReader.getHeader();
List<Object[]> rowsList = new Vector<Object[]>();
while (dbfReader.hasNext()) {
rowsList.add(dbfReader.readEntry());
}
int numOfCol = dbfHeader.getNumFields();
Object[][] dataRows = new Object[rowsList.size()][numOfCol];
for (int i = 0; i < rowsList.size(); i++) {
dataRows[i] = rowsList.get(i);
}
return dataRows;
}