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Class HuffmanCode

java.lang.Object

jones.HuffmanCode

public class HuffmanCode
extends java.lang.Object

Driver class for the Huffman Encoding/Decoding Lab

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static long	originalFileSize
private static int	PERCENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HuffmanCode()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
private static java.lang.String	loadFile(java.util.Scanner in) Prompts the user for a file to read and verifies it is a .txt file.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
private static java.lang.String	readFile(java.util.Scanner fileIn) Reads a file, line by line, adding each line to a String a
private static java.lang.String	saveFile(java.util.Scanner in) Prompts the user for a filename to save the compressed text file to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

originalFileSize

private static long originalFileSize

PERCENT

private static final int PERCENT

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HuffmanCode

public HuffmanCode()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

loadFile

private static java.lang.String loadFile(java.util.Scanner in)

Prompts the user for a file to read and verifies it is a .txt file. This method will call the readFile method to read the contents of the text file to a String.

Parameters:

in - Scanner for user input

Returns:

A String containing the contents of the file read in.

readFile

private static java.lang.String readFile(java.util.Scanner fileIn)

Reads a file, line by line, adding each line to a String a

Parameters:

fileIn - A Scanner that is connected to the file to read

Returns:

A String containing tbe contents of the given file.

saveFile

private static java.lang.String saveFile(java.util.Scanner in)

Prompts the user for a filename to save the compressed text file to.

Parameters:

in - Scanner for user input

Returns:

A String containing the filename. The extension .bin will be attached