What do you mean by collections? A single collection of CSV annotated elements, or inner collection of a CSV annotated element? I have doubts on option #2, I would expect that any CSV record is mapped to a single Java POJO... or not? Simo
http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Erhan Bagdemir <erhan.bagde...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Apache JCA > Java CSV API :-) > It is a very cool approach to use annotations for mapping CSV fields with > beans. > > It can be even configured using a class annotation like this: > @CSVEntity(seperator= COMMA, quotas=true|false,... ) > public class Person { > @CSVField(header="NAME", width=15) > } > > But how will the Collections be handled ? > > > Am 28.11.2011 um 21:14 schrieb Simone Tripodi: > >> Hi all, >> I like the idea of having annotations, and here in CVS you are >> proposing IMHO a very good approach. If you need some support, as >> mentioned by Matt, I already deeply explored Annotations analysis at >> runtime, have a look at[1] >> >> @Matt: you reminded me an old idea I had about opening the digester to >> other formats, not just XML... coming soon with a new proposal :) >> >> Have a nice day, >> Simo >> >> [1] http://commons.apache.org/digester/guide/annotations.html >> >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >> http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: >>> [SNIP] >>>> >>>> The other idea relates to the bean mapping feature. CSVFormat could be >>>> generified and work on annotated classes. I imagine something like this: >>>> >>>> public class Person { >>>> @CSVField(trim = true) >>>> private String firstname; >>>> >>>> @CSVField(header="NAME", width=12) >>>> private String lastname; >>>> >>>> @CSVField(header="DATE", format="yyyy-MM-dd") >>>> private Date birthdate; >>>> } >>>> >>>> then: >>>> >>>> CSVFormat<Person> format = new CSVFormat().withType(Person.class); >>>> >>>> for (Person person : format.parse(in)) { >>>> .... >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>>> What do you think? >>> >>> These make me think of the annotation support Simo added to >>> [digester]. I wonder if there would be any value in extending >>> [digester]'s scope to formats beyond XML including CSV/flat files/etc. >>> >>> Matt >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Emmanuel Bourg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
