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2.6. Binding CSV Records to Java Objects

  1. Read the following to learn how to CSV records to Java objects. In this example, we will use CSV records for people: 
    Tom,Fennelly,Male,4,Ireland
Mike,Fennelly,Male,2,Ireland
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  2. Input this code to bind the record to a person: 
    public class Person {
    private String firstname;
    private String lastname;
    private String country;
    private Gender gender;
    private int age;
}
 
public enum Gender {
    Male, 
    Female;
}
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  3. Input the following code and modify it to suit your task: 
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
<smooks-resource-list xmlns="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks-1.1.xsd" xmlns:csv="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks/csv-1.2.xsd">
 
    <csv:reader fields="firstname,lastname,gender,age,country">
        <!-- Note how the field names match the property names on the Person class. -->
        <csv:listBinding beanId="people" class="org.milyn.csv.Person" />
    </csv:reader>
 
</smooks-resource-list>
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  4. To execute the configuration, use this code: 
    Smooks smooks = new Smooks(configStream);
JavaResult result = new JavaResult();
 
smooks.filterSource(new StreamSource(csvStream), result);
 
List<Person> people = (List<Person>) result.getBean("people");
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  5. You can create Maps from the CSV record set: 
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
<smooks-resource-list xmlns="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks-1.1.xsd" xmlns:csv="http://www.milyn.org/xsd/smooks/csv-1.2.xsd">
 
    <csv:reader fields="firstname,lastname,gender,age,country">
        <csv:mapBinding beanId="people" class="org.milyn.csv.Person" keyField="firstname" />
    </csv:reader>
 
</smooks-resource-list>
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  6. The configuration above produces a map of person instances, keyed to the firstname value of each person. This is how it is executed: 
    Smooks smooks = new Smooks(configStream);
JavaResult result = new JavaResult();
 
smooks.filterSource(new StreamSource(csvStream), result);
 
Map<String, Person> people = (Map<String, Person>) result.getBean("people");
 
Person tom = people.get("Tom");
Person mike = people.get("Mike");
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    Virtual models are also supported, so you can define the class attribute as a java.util.Map and bind the CSV field values to map instances which are, in turn, added to a list or map.
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