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Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: No source has been specified

I'm using Java to create a program that takes in a CSV file and outputs an Arff file. Whenever the program runs it comes up catching the exception that No source has been specified. When I delete the try catch it comes with the following error and I am not sure why,
Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: No source has been specified
at weka.core.converters.CSVLoader.getDataSet(CSVLoader.java:867)
at CSVtoArff.Convert(CSVtoArff.java:10)
at CSVtoArff.main(CSVtoArff.java:23)
Below is the code for the program
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.converters.CSVLoader;
import weka.core.converters.ArffSaver;
import java.io.File;
public class CSVtoArff {
public static void Convert(String input, String output) throws Exception {
try {
CSVLoader load = new CSVLoader();
load.setSource(new File(input));
Instances data = load.getDataSet();
ArffSaver save = new ArffSaver();
save.setInstances(data);
save.setFile(new File(output));
save.writeBatch();
System.out.println("File successfully converted");
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Does not meet arff standards: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
String input = "C:\\Users\\jason\\Desktop\\example.csv";
String output =" C:\\Users\\jason\\Desktop\\example.arff";
Convert(input, output);
}
}

Please try putting the files in C:\temp folder and change it to below and try.
Sometime windows security my be denying access to protected system folders.
Also there is an extra leading space in output file path. I have removed that.
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
String input = "C:/temp/example.csv";
String output ="C:/temp/example.arff";
Convert(input, output);
}

Where does Java save files to?

I ran the below code and created a file. Where can I find it in my filesystem?
import java.io.*;
public class FileReaderDemo {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
File f = new File ("wayback.txt");
f.createNewFile();
System.out.println(f.exists());
}
}

Add the following to your program, run it and it'll show you the expected location:
System.out.println(f.getCanonicalFile());

no source has been specified Weka using eclipse on windows

I'm trying to convert a csv file to arff using some Java code I found, but I keep getting the IO error that no source has been specified.
How should I make the file path because a standard "C:\user\user1\Desktop\folder\file.csv" one isn't working for me?
Here is the code I am using:
import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.converters.ArffSaver;
import weka.core.converters.CSVLoader;
import java.io.File;
public class CSV2Arff {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// load CSV
CSVLoader loader = new CSVLoader();
loader.setSource(new File("file path"));
Instances data = loader.getDataSet();//get instances object
// save ARFF
ArffSaver saver = new ArffSaver();
saver.setInstances(data);//set the dataset we want to convert
//and save as ARFF
saver.setFile(new File("file path"));
saver.writeBatch();
}
}

Your file path should be specified like this
loader.setSource(new File("C:\\Users\\user1\\Desktop\\file1\\file.csv"));
You should use \\ instead of \.

create multiple files do loop with java and store in a drive , how to?

my first java program ..
so I'm trying to create a file and store in my pc using java
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
public class createfile {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
int[] numbers = {1,2,3};
for (int item : numbers) {
String key = "file" + item;
File file = File.createTempFile("c:\\",key,".txt");
Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file));
writer.write("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\n");
writer.write("01234567890112345678901234\n");
writer.write("!##$%^&*()-=[]{};':',.<>/?\n");
writer.write("01234567890112345678901234\n");
writer.write("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\n");
writer.close();
}
return file;
}
}
what am I missing here .. I coudln't figured it out. everything seem to follow along the book.
Thanks
===========update ===========
after I took of
- return file ;
- throws IOException ;
- and change to File file = File.createTempFile(key,".txt",new File("c:\\"));
I still get this error
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems:
Unhandled exception type IOException
Unhandled exception type FileNotFoundException
Unhandled exception type IOException
Unhandled exception type IOException
Unhandled exception type IOException
Unhandled exception type IOException
Unhandled exception type IOException
Unhandled exception type IOException

you have some mistakes in java syntax:
When you declare method as void (here public static void main(....)) it means that method has no return value - so line "return file;" not needed here.
Use use wrong signature (wrong parameters types in File.createTempFile function.
Possible usages are:
createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix)
createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File directory)
For additional information about File class use this link: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html
Following possible version of working code:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
public class createfile
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
int[] numbers = {1,2,3};
for (int item : numbers)
{
String key = "file" + item;
File file = File.createTempFile(key,".txt",new File("c:\\"));
Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file));
writer.write("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\n");
writer.write("01234567890112345678901234\n");
writer.write("!##$%^&*()-=[]{};':',.<>/?\n");
writer.write("01234567890112345678901234\n");
writer.write("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\n");
writer.close();
}
}
}
You can also see another sample how to write text to file: http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/java/write_to_textfile.html. This link use NetBeans as Java Tool for writing code. I strongly suggest to use some IDE (Eclipse,NetBeans) to write code in java.It will mark your compile mistakes and will suggest corrections.
NetBeans site:https://netbeans.org/
Welcome to Java world

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { doesn't return anything, so the return file statement is not required
File.createTempFile either takes String, String, File or String, String so File file = File.createTempFile("c:\\", key, ".txt"); won't compile.
Something like, File file = File.createTempFile(key, ".txt", new File("c:\\")); might be a better idea, but is depended on what you want to achieve.
The JavaDocs state that the prefix must be at least three characters long, so you'll need to pad the key value to meet these requirements.
You MAY find using something like...
File file = new File("C:\\" + key + ".txt");
more managable...

Why am I getting a NullPointerException when trying to read a file?

I use this test to convert txt to pdf :
package convert.pdf;
//getResourceAsStream(String name) : Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.
//toByteArray : Get the contents of an InputStream as a byte[].
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import convert.pdf.txt.TextConversion;
public class TestConversion {
private static byte[] readFilesInBytes(String file) throws IOException {
return IOUtils.toByteArray(TestConversion.class.getResourceAsStream(file));
}
private static void writeFilesInBytes(byte[] file, String name) throws IOException {
IOUtils.write(file, new FileOutputStream(name));
}
//just change the extensions and test conversions
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
ConversionToPDF algorithm = new TextConversion();
byte[] file = readFilesInBytes("/convert/pdf/text.txt");
byte[] pdf = algorithm.convertDocument(file);
writeFilesInBytes(pdf, "text.pdf");
}
}
Problem:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copyLarge(IOUtils.java:1025)
at org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(IOUtils.java:999)
at org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toByteArray(IOUtils.java:218)
at convert.pdf.TestConversion.readFilesInBytes(TestConversion.java:17)
at convert.pdf.TestConversion.main(TestConversion.java:28)
I use the debugger, and the problem seems to be located here :
private static byte[] readFilesInBytes(String file) throws IOException {
return IOUtils.toByteArray(TestConversion.class.getResourceAsStream(file));
}
What is my problem?

Sounds like the resource probably doesn't exist with that name.
Are you aware that Class.getResourceAsStream() finds a resource relative to that class's package, whereas ClassLoader.getResourceAsStream() doesn't? You can use a leading forward slash in Class.getResourceAsStream() to mimic this, so
Foo.class.getResourceAsStream("/bar.png")
is roughly equivalent to
Foo.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("bar.png")
Is this actually a file (i.e. a specific file on the normal file system) that you're trying to load? If so, using FileInputStream would be a better bet. Use Class.getResourceAsStream() if it's a resource bundled in a jar file or in the classpath in some other way; use FileInputStream if it's an arbitrary file which could be anywhere in the file system.
EDIT: Another thing to be careful of, which has caused me problems before now - if this has worked on your dev box which happens to be Windows, and is now failing on a production server which happens to be Unix, check the case of the filename. The fact that different file systems handle case-sensitivity differently can be a pain...

Are you checking to see if the file exists before you pass it to readFilesInBytes()? Note that Class.getResourceAsStream() returns null if the file cannot be found. You probably want to do:
private static byte[] readFilesInBytes(String file) throws IOException {
File testFile = new File(file);
if (!testFile.exists()) {
throw new FileNotFoundException("File " + file + " does not exist");
}
return IOUtils.toByteArray(TestConversion.class.getResourceAsStream(file));
}
or better yet:
private static byte[] readFilesInBytes(String file) throws IOException {
InputStream stream = TestConversion.class.getResourceAsStream(file);
if (stream == null) {
throw new FileNotFoundException("readFilesInBytes: File " + file
+ " does not exist");
}
return IOUtils.toByteArray(stream);
}

This class reads a TXT file in the classpath and uses TextConversion to convert to PDF, then save the pdf in the file system.
Here TextConversion code :
package convert.pdf.txt;
//Conversion to PDF from text using iText.
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import convert.pdf.ConversionToPDF;
import convert.pdf.ConvertDocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class TextConversion implements ConversionToPDF {
public byte[] convertDocument(byte[] documents) throws ConvertDocumentException {
try {
return this.convertInternal(documents);
} catch (DocumentException e) {
throw new ConvertDocumentException(e);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new ConvertDocumentException(e);
}
}
private byte[] convertInternal(byte[] documents) throws DocumentException, IOException {
Document document = new Document();
ByteArrayOutputStream pdfResultBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, pdfResultBytes);
document.open();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( new ByteArrayInputStream(documents) ) );
String line = "";
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
if ("".equals(line.trim())) {
line = "\n"; //white line
}
Font fonteDefault = new Font(Font.COURIER, 10);
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph(line, fonteDefault);
document.add(paragraph);
}
reader.close();
document.close();
return pdfResultBytes.toByteArray();
}
}
And here the code to ConversionToPDF :
package convert.pdf;
// Interface implemented by the conversion algorithms.
public interface ConversionToPDF {
public byte[] convertDocument(byte[] documentToConvert) throws ConvertDocumentException;
}
I think the problem come from my file system (devbox on windows and server is Unix).
I will try to modify my classpath.

This problem may be caused by calling methods on test.txt, which can be a folder shortcut. In other words, you're calling a method on a file that doesn't exist, resulting in a NullPointerException.