Chuck/Francis,
This is one approach I had been considering, so since you are both
right, I'll now definitely choose that approach! .... I just needed
to make sure I was not missing some more generic elegant way in eof.
I already have a DataMapping helper class that maps between target eo
attribute keys and the csv field names. I'll upgrade that class to
have a dictionary of optional ValueConverter classes for each
destination key/keypath.
As always, thanks for the listening hears and constructive input,
Cheers, Kieran
On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
A more generic and reusable solution would be to write CSVReader
that takes a file reference, an array of key paths and an array of
formatters to read CSV column strings, convert them if needed
(with formatter) and set it (with key path and Key Value Coding).
I've done this kind of thing in the past, and it's very handy. You
can even create custom formatters to convert strings to special
data (i.e. BooleanFormat, InetAddressFormat, etc.).
Interesting, that is precisely what I was about to suggest. I do
the exact same thing. We must therefor be correct. Grin. It is
definitely a more flexible solution and a better design for the
problem at hand.
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