FlatFile reading

[Nitty]

I have a flat file that contains header,column names, data and footer in the following format

Header|headercol1|headercol2|headercol3|headercol4
column1|column2|column3.......
data1|data2|data3..........
.
.
.
Trailer|RecordCount:XX


1. Columns in header apply to all the data, so I need to set the values in data beans.
2. Ignore the second row.
3. Validate if data count = trailer data count, if not fail the process.


Any suggestion on how to accoplish this?

Thanks,
Nitty

[Nitty]

Can someone give me an idea(s) to do this?

[DHGarrette]

Use PatternMatchingCompositeLineMapper to handle the different line types differently. When you handle the header, store its data into the Step ExecutionContext so that it can be used in the future (and saved in case of an error). For each data item handled read the necessary things from the Step ExecutionContext. Also, update the aggregate information in the Step ExecutionContext (number of records etc) so you can keep running totals (again, that are saved in case of an error). When you process the trailer, you can read from the Step ExecutionContext and verify the information.

Give that a shot. All of these concepts are detailed in the reference documentation. If you have specific questions about how to do these things, let me know.

[Nitty]

Thanks.
How do I get a handle (inject) stepExection inside the processor - one of the previous post mentioned <quote> You can also inject the step execution into a step-scoped component with a late binding expression #{stepExecution}.
</quote>

Not sure how to do this - can you throw some light?

[fez001]

Thanks.
How do I get a handle (inject) stepExection inside the processor - one of the previous post mentioned <quote> You can also inject the step execution into a step-scoped component with a late binding expression #{stepExecution}.
</quote>

Not sure how to do this - can you throw some light?

you could try the following

private StepExecution stepExecution;

	@BeforeStep
	public void saveStepExecution(StepExecution stepExecution) {
		this.stepExecution = stepExecution;
	}

and put scope step into your app context for that reader

hope that helps