public void parse(String fileName) throws IOException, ParseException {
BufferedReader reader =
new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(getClass().getResourceAsStream(fileName)));
boolean seenGroverCleveland = false;
President cleveland1 = null;
String line = reader.readLine().trim();
while (line != null) {
if (!line.startsWith("#") && line.length() > 0) {
String[] fields = line.split(",");
President p = new President();
p.name = fields[1];
p.born = parseDate(p.sBorn = fields[2]);
p.died = parseDate(p.sDied = fields[3]);
p.ascension = parseDate(p.sAscension = fields[4]);
p.endOfTerm = parseDate(p.sEndOfTerm = fields[5]);
p.alive = fields[3].length() == 0;
if (p.name.equals("Grover Cleveland")) { // the president with two non-consecutive terms
if (seenGroverCleveland) {
p.groverCleveland2 = true;
p.otherCleveland = cleveland1;
cleveland1.otherCleveland = p;
} else {
p.groverCleveland1 = true;
cleveland1 = p;
seenGroverCleveland = true;
}
}
presidents.add(p);
}
line = reader.readLine();
if (line != null) line = line.trim();
}
presidents.get(presidents.size() - 1).inOffice = true;
mccain = new President();
mccain.name = "John McCain";
mccain.born = parseDate(mccain.sBorn = "8/29/1936");
mccain.died = parseDate("");
mccain.ascension = parseDate("1/20/2009");
mccain.alive = true;
mccain.candidate = true;
presidents.add(mccain);
obama = new President();
obama.name = "Barack Obama";
obama.born = parseDate(obama.sBorn = "8/4/1961");
obama.died = parseDate("");
obama.ascension = parseDate("1/20/2009");
obama.alive = true;
obama.candidate = true;
presidents.add(obama);
}
