add optional clear flag to splitFields

src/lib/ebus/filereader.cpp

@@ -219,8 +219,10 @@ static size_t hashFunction(const string& str) {
 }
 
 bool FileReader::splitFields(istream* stream, vector<string>* row, unsigned int* lineNo,
-    size_t* hash, size_t* size) {
-  row->clear();
+    size_t* hash, size_t* size, bool clear) {
+  if (clear) {
+    row->clear();
+  }
   string line;
   bool quotedText = false, wasQuoted = false;
   ostringstream field;

src/lib/ebus/filereader.h

@@ -162,10 +162,11 @@ class FileReader {
    * @param lineNo the current line number (incremented with each line read).
    * @param hash optional pointer to a @a size_t value for combining the hash of the line with, or nullptr.
    * @param size optional pointer to a @a size_t value to add the trimmed line length to, or nullptr.
+   * @param clear whether to clear the fields before adding any.
    * @return true if there are more lines to read, false when there are no more lines left.
    */
   static bool splitFields(istream* stream, vector<string>* row, unsigned int* lineNo,
-      size_t* hash = nullptr, size_t* size = nullptr);
+      size_t* hash = nullptr, size_t* size = nullptr, bool clear = true);
 
   /**
    * Format the specified hash as 8 hex digits to the output stream.