/// <summary>
/// Read in a single CSV file as an array of objects
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects to deserialize from this CSV.</typeparam>
/// <param name="stream">The stream to read.</param>
/// <param name="settings">The CSV settings to use when loading this array (Default: CSV)</param>
/// <returns>An array of objects that were retrieved from the CSV file.</returns>
public static List <T> LoadArray <T>(StreamReader stream, CSVSettings settings) where T : class, new()
{
using (CSVReader cr = new CSVReader(stream, settings))
{
return(cr.Deserialize <T>());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize a CSV string into a list of typed objects
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects to deserialize</typeparam>
/// <param name="settings">The CSV settings to use when parsing the source (Default: CSV)</param>
/// <param name="source">The source CSV to deserialize</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List <T> Deserialize <T>(string source, CSVSettings settings = null) where T : class, new()
{
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(source);
using (var stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray))
{
using (CSVReader cr = new CSVReader(new StreamReader(stream), settings))
{
return(cr.Deserialize <T>());
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Read in a single CSV file as an array of objects
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects to deserialize from this CSV.</typeparam>
/// <param name="stream">The stream to read.</param>
/// <param name="ignore_dimension_errors">Set to true if you wish to ignore rows that have a different number of columns.</param>
/// <param name="ignore_bad_columns">Set to true if you wish to ignore column headers that don't match up to object attributes.</param>
/// <param name="ignore_type_conversion_errors">Set to true if you wish to overlook elements in the CSV array that can't be properly converted.</param>
/// <param name="delim">The CSV field delimiter character.</param>
/// <param name="qual">The CSV text qualifier character.</param>
/// <returns>An array of objects that were retrieved from the CSV file.</returns>
public static List <T> LoadArray <T>(StreamReader stream, bool ignore_dimension_errors = true, bool ignore_bad_columns = true, bool ignore_type_conversion_errors = true, char delim = CSV.DEFAULT_DELIMITER, char qual = CSV.DEFAULT_QUALIFIER) where T : class, new()
{
using (CSVReader cr = new CSVReader(stream, delim, qual)) {
return(cr.Deserialize <T>(ignore_dimension_errors, ignore_bad_columns, ignore_type_conversion_errors));
}
}