diff -r 3a70d40db0fd -r 7461111ce9ed jvm/src/net/tz/spss/SpssReader.scala
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+++ b/jvm/src/net/tz/spss/SpssReader.scala	Thu Mar 14 15:06:13 2019 +0100
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+package net.tz.spss
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import com.bedatadriven.spss.SpssDataFileReader
+
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+import scala.language.postfixOps
+
+class SpssReader(private val r: SpssDataFileReader)
+  extends Iterator[Map[SpssVariable, SpssValue]] {
+
+  lazy val variables: List[SpssVariable] =
+    r.getVariables.asScala.toList map(SpssVariable(_))
+
+  override def hasNext: Boolean = r.readNextCase()
+
+  override def next(): Map[SpssVariable, SpssValue] =
+    variables map(v => (v, SpssValue(r, v))) toMap
+
+}
+
+object SpssReader {
+  def apply(f: File): SpssReader = new SpssReader(new SpssDataFileReader(f))
+}
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