Events-csv Concepts

Internal

• events-csv User Manual

Tokenization

The empty strings found between commas are interpreted as "missing value". For example:

a, , b

generates a data line with two values: "a" and "b", separated by a "missing value".

The quoted empty strings found between commas are interpreted as empty strings. For example:

a,"   ", b 

generates a data line with three values: "a", " " and "b".

A line that ends in a comma generates a data line that has a "missing value" on the last position in line.

CSV Format

Headers can be specified in-line. A header is prefixed with '#' and specifies the fields:

# timestamp(MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss), collection-type(string), heap-occupancy(long)

Multiple headers are supported in the CSV line stream, and the parser adjust upon receiving a header, by parsing the data lines according to the latest header seen on the stream.

Comment lines are not allowed.

CSV Field

CSV Field Specification

"timestamp", "timestamp(yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss)", "timestamp(time:yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss)"

"something", "something(string)"

"something(int)"

"something(long)"

"something(float)"

"something(double)"

"something(time)"