Java API to make an object from a CSV file [closed]

Question

I'm looking for a library that allows me to map a .csv contents to an object.

Something like:

public class Person {      private String name;     private int age;      @CsvField("name")     public String getName() {         return this.name;     }      @CsvField("age")     public int getAge() {         return this.age;     } } 

and then say something like:

final Person filledWithDataFromCsv = csvApi.load(csvFilepath, Person.class); 

from the given CSV:

#name, age tom, 11 jim, 32 

Does anyone know of such an API, or one that does something similar. I don't want it to use annotations as a must, I just want to be able to load the file with one line of code and a predefined class.

Answer 1

JSefa allow you to annotate Java classes that can be used in a serialization and de-serialization process. The tutorial demonstrates how this works with the CsvIOFactory class.

(From the tutorial) Annotating a bean is as simple as specifying the locations of the items in the list of values, and if necessary, you'll need to specify the conversion format:

@CsvDataType() public class Person {     @CsvField(pos = 1)     String name;      @CsvField(pos = 2, format = "dd.MM.yyyy")     Date   birthDate; }