Csc 1302, Honors Principles of Computer Science II (Fall 2016)

Week 3 (8 September 2016)

Initialize Database from file

During class, you will complete coding of the initializeDatabase method. The pseudo code is given below. You will handin Database.java by end of class time.

1. Initialize Database (Database.java)

   //Create the database object by reading data from several files in directory dir
   public void initializeDatabase(String dir) {
     //Pseudo Code follows
     Open file "catalog.dat"
     Read number of relations in the database
     for each relation {
       // Read relation name and schema information
       Read relation name
       Read number of attributes un the relation
       Create empty array lists for attributes and domain
       for each attribute {
         Read attribute name
         Read attribute domain
         Add attribute name to attributes array list
         Add domain to domain array list
       }
       Create a new Relation object
       // Now Read data for tuples, create tuples and add to relation
       Construct file name for relation data file
       Open the relation data file
       Read number of tuples in relation
       for each tuple {
         Create new tuple object
         for each component of tuple {
           Read component value and add to tuple
         }
         Add tuple to relation
       }
       Close relation data file
       Add relation to database
     }
     Close catalog.dat file
   }
   

   Here is a sample of files available in the directory: drinks, (also in .zip format: drinks.zip). The file catalog.dat contains schema information for all the relations in the database and individual .dat contain the relation instances (tuples).

   To read data from a file, you can use the following code:

   FileInputStream fin1 = null;
   BufferedReader infile1 = null;
   try {
     fin1 = new FileInputStream("f.dat");
     infile1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fin1));
     String s = infile1.readLine();
     ...
     ...
     fin1.close();
   } catch (IOException e) {
       System.out.println("Error reading file");
     }