Java file parsers

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Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse


2007 Oct 19 • 5327
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I'm having to write one, and it's really fuckin' boring. It makes me wonder how people write huge configuration files, because seriously, this seems like the worst way of doing things. I'm currently looking at using the scanner class for great victory but God knows I'll be here a while.

I'm guessing it's easier in grown-up languages, or maybe there are some C libraries out there that will do it. I dunno. Everyone stares when you walk in the room, they stare when you go....

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Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse


2007 Oct 19 • 5327
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Through some bullshit combination of regexes and Scanners I have managed to read the whole file in and put it in a string, and can now use it with said Scanner to split it into tokens.

It's not supposed to be this hard, right? Everyone stares when you walk in the room, they stare when you go....

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Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse


2007 Oct 19 • 5327
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I'm descending further into madness, but my program, she works. Everyone stares when you walk in the room, they stare when you go....

sprinkles


2009 Sep 6 • 2480
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What are you trying to do? ...then I got some ap, and shot a big ass lazar at everyone.

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Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse


2007 Oct 19 • 5327
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I was trying to read some particular data in from a file in a slightly generic way. Not a fun time. Everyone stares when you walk in the room, they stare when you go....