List of all input and output classes

• Input via a text file
  
  • FileInput
    This class contains easy to use methods for reading numbers and characters, of the following types, from a text file:

    floating point, double; floating point, float; arbitrary precision, BigDecimal; complex number, Complex; phasor, Phasor; word, a String terminated by a space; line, a String terminated by a new line return;

    integer, int; long integer, long; big integer, BigInteger; short integer, short; byte integer, byte; boolean, boolean; isolated character, char i.e. separated by spaces, tabs, commas, colons or semicolons.

    and methods for returning the number of lines in the file, the file name, the file path and copying the file.
    Detailed FileInput documentation
    
    
  • FileChooser
    This class contains methods for opening a dialogue window through which a SINGLE FILE can be selected for opening and for reading numbers and characters, of the following types, from the opened text file:

    floating point, double; floating point, float; arbitrary precision, BigDecimal; complex number, Complex; phasor, Phasor; boolean, boolean; isolated character, char.

    integer, int; long integer, long; big integer, BigInteger; short integer, short; byte integer, byte; word, a String terminated by a space; line, a String terminated by a new line return;

    and methods for returning the number of lines in the file and the file name and path.
    Detailed FileChooser documentation
    
    
  • MultipleFilesChooser
    This class contains methods for opening a dialogue window through which SEVERAL files can be selected for opening and for reading numbers and characters, of the following types, from the opened text files:

    floating point, double; floating point, float; arbitrary precision, BigDecimal; complex number, Complex; phasor, Phasor; boolean, boolean; isolated character, char.

    integer, int; long integer, long; big integer, BigInteger; short integer, short; byte integer, byte; word, a String terminated by a space; line, a String terminated by a new line return;

    and methods for returning the number of lines in the files and the files' names and paths.
    Detailed MultipleFilesChoose documentation
    
    
  • FileManipulate
    This class contains easy to use methods for reading in a file character by character, including non-print characters, e.g. line return character, as
    • character (char);
    • Wrapper class Character instance (Character);
    • character as ISO int equivalent (int).
    and
    
    • returning a file with lines rearranged to a designated line length;
    • returning a file with lines rearranged to a single line;
    • returning all lines as a single String;
    Detailed FileManipulate documentation
    
    
  • FileNameSelector
    This class contains methods for opening a dialogue window through which a file name can be selected for use within a program. The selected file is NOT OPENED. See FileChooser or MultipleFilesChooser for methods that also open a file for reading.
    Detailed FileNameSelector documentation
    
    
• Input via a dialogue box
  
  • Db
    A class for entering numbers and characters via a dialogue box and for displaying numbers and characters in a dialogue box.
    Input:
    This class contains easy to use methods for entering numbers and characters, of the following types, from the keyboard, via a dialogue box:
    

    	floating point, double	floating point, float	arbitrary precision, BigDecimal
    	integer, int	long integer, long	big integer, BigInteger
    	short integer, short	byte integer, byte	character, char
    	complex number, Complex	phasor, Phasor	boolean, boolean
    	line, a String terminated by a new line return

    plus a yes/no dialogue box and a multiple choice dialoge box.
    Detailed Db documentation
    
    
• Input via the keyboard
  
  • KeyboardInput
    This class contains easy to use methods for entering numbers and characters, of the following types, from the keyboard:

    floating point, double; floating point, float; arbitrary precision, BigDecimal; complex number, Complex; phasor, Phasor; true or false, boolean line, a String terminated by a new line return;

    integer, int; long integer, long; big integer, BigInteger; short integer, short; byte integer, byte; character, char;

    Detailed KeyboardInput documentation
    
    
• Input via a graph
  
  • DigiGraph
    This class contains the methods for digitizing points on a graph. The graph must be presented in one of the following graphical formats:
    

    GIF	[Graphical Interchange Format]	(.gif, .GIF)
    JPEG	[Joint Photographic Experts Group]	(.jpg, .JPG, .jpeg, .JPEG, .jpe, .JPE, .jfif, JFIF)
    PNG	[Portable Network Graphics]	(.png, .PNG)

  Detailed DigiGraph documentation
  
  

• Output via a text file
  
  • FileOutput
    This class contains easy to use methods for writing numbers and characters, of the following types, to a text file:

    floating point ( double ); floating point ( float ); arbitrary precision ( BigDecimal ); integer ( int ); long integer ( long ); big integer ( BigInteger ); short integer ( short ); byte integer ( byte ); character ( char ); String; boolean; complex number ( Complex ); phasor ( Phasor ); ErrorProp; ComplexErrorProp; date and time;

    floating point array ( double[] ); floating point array ( float[] ); arbitrary precision array ( BigDecimal[] ); integer array ( int[] ); long integer array( long[] ); big integer array ( BigInteger[] ); short integer array( short[] ); byte integer array( byte[] ); character array ( char[] ); String array ( String[] ); boolean array ( boolean[] ); Complex array ( Complex[] ); Phasor array ( Phasor[] ); ErrorProp array ( ErrorProp[] ); ComplexErrorProp array ( ComplexErrorProp[] );

    with an option of also printing a following space, tab, comma, semi-colon or line return.
    The space and tab methods also include an option to fix the field width of the outputted variable.
    This class also incudes a static method for printing 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional arrays to a text file.
    Options are provided for
    • creating a new file
    • adding to an existing file
    • creating a new file with the name of an existing file but with a distinquishing numeral suffixed
    Methods are provided for returning the output file name actually used and checking whether a file of the given output file name already exists.
    Detailed FileOutput documentation
    
    
  • FileManipulate
    This class contains easy to use methods for reading in a file character by character, including non-print characters, e.g. line return character, as
    • character (char);
    • Wrapper class Character instance (Character);
    • character as ISO int equivalent (int).
    and
    
    • returning a file with lines rearranged to a designated line length;
    • returning a file with lines rearranged to a single line;
    • returning all lines as a single String;
    Detailed FileManipulate documentation
    
    
• Output via a dialogue box
  
  • Db
    A class for entering numbers and characters via a dialog box and for displaying numbers and characters in a dialog box.
    Output:
    This class contains easy to use methods for displaying numbers and characters, of the following types, in a dialog box:
    

    	floating point, double	floating point, Double	floating point, float	floating point, Float	arbitrary precision, BigDecimal
    	integer, int	integer, Integer	long integer, long	long integer, Long	big integer, BigInteger
    	short integer, short	short integer, Short	byte integer, byte	byte integer, Byte	character, char	character, Character
    	complex number, Complex	phasor, Phasor	boolean, boolean	boolean, Boolean
    	a String	ErrorProp number	ComplexErrorProp number
    	a message only

    Detailed Db documentation
    
    
• Output via the screen
  
  • PrintToScreen
    This class supplements the System.out.print and System.out.println statements allowing easy printing of one-dimesional and two-dimensional arrays to the screen.
    The array data type may be:   double,   Double,   float,   Float,   long,   Long,   int,   Integer,   short,   Short,   byte,   Byte,   char,   Character,   String,   boolean,   BigDecimal,   BigInteger,   Complex   or   Phasor.
    Methods are available for the truncation of the variables of one-dimensional and two dimensional arrays of double, Double, float, Float, Complex and Phasor variables prior to display.
    Detailed PrintToScreen documentation
    
    
• Output via a graph
  
  • PlotGraph
    This class contains methods for plotting one or several curves on the same abscissa (horizontal axis, x-axis) and ordinate (vertical axis, y-axis) axes and of displaying the graph in a window. The graph is resized when the window is resized, maximized when the window is maximized and restored when the window is hidden and then restored.
    Detailed PlotGraph documentation