OpenCSV: How to create CSV file from POJO with custom column headers and custom column positions?

Question

I have created a MappingsBean class where all the columns of the CSV file are specified. Next I parse XML files and create a list of mappingbeans. Then I write that data int

Answer 1

thanks for this thread, it has been really useful for me... I've enhanced a little bit the provided solution in order to accept also POJO where some fields are not annotated (not meant to be read/written):

public class ColumnAndNameMappingStrategy extends ColumnPositionMappingStrategy {

@Override
public String[] generateHeader(T bean) throws CsvRequiredFieldEmptyException {

    super.setColumnMapping(new String[ getAnnotatedFields(bean)]);
    final int numColumns = getAnnotatedFields(bean);
    final int totalFieldNum = findMaxFieldIndex();
    if (!isAnnotationDriven() || numColumns == -1) {
        return super.generateHeader(bean);
    }

    String[] header = new String[numColumns];

    BeanField beanField;
    for (int i = 0; i <= totalFieldNum; i++) {
        beanField = findField(i);
        if (isFieldAnnotated(beanField.getField())) {
            String columnHeaderName = extractHeaderName(beanField);
            header[i] = columnHeaderName;
        }
    }
    return header;
}

private int getAnnotatedFields(T bean) {
    return (int) Arrays.stream(FieldUtils.getAllFields(bean.getClass()))
            .filter(this::isFieldAnnotated)
            .count();
}

private boolean isFieldAnnotated(Field f) {
    return f.isAnnotationPresent(CsvBindByName.class) || f.isAnnotationPresent(CsvCustomBindByName.class);
}

private String extractHeaderName(final BeanField beanField) {
    if (beanField == null || beanField.getField() == null) {
        return StringUtils.EMPTY;
    }

    Field field = beanField.getField();

    if (field.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(CsvBindByName.class).length != 0) {
        final CsvBindByName bindByNameAnnotation = field.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(CsvBindByName.class)[0];
        return bindByNameAnnotation.column();
    }

    if (field.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(CsvCustomBindByName.class).length != 0) {
        final CsvCustomBindByName bindByNameAnnotation = field.getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(CsvCustomBindByName.class)[0];
        return bindByNameAnnotation.column();
    }

    return StringUtils.EMPTY;
}

}