2.10. Configuring the Fixed-Length Reader Programmatically

Smooks smooks = new Smooks();
 
smooks.setReaderConfig(new FixedLengthReaderConfigurator("firstname[10]?trim,lastname[10]?trim,gender[1],age[3]?trim,country[2]")
                  .setBinding(new FixedLengthBinding("people", Person.class, FixedLengthBindingType.LIST)));
 
JavaResult result = new JavaResult();
smooks.filterSource(new StreamSource(fixedLengthStream), result);
 
List<Person> people = (List<Person>) result.getBean("people");

// Note: The binder instance should be cached and reused...
FixedLengthListBinder binder = new FixedLengthListBinder("firstname[10]?trim,lastname[10]?trim,gender[1],age[3]?trim,country[2]", Person.class);
 
List<Person> people = binder.bind(fixedLengthStream);

FixedLengthMapBinder:

// Note: The binder instance should be cached and reused...
FixedLengthMapBinder binder = new FixedLengthMapBinder("firstname[10]?trim,lastname[10]?trim,gender[1],age[3]?trim,country[2]", Person.class, "firstname");
 
Map<String, Person> people = binder.bind(fixedLengthStream);