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

I've improved on previous answers by removing all references to deprecated APIs while using the latest release of opencsv (4.6).

A Generic Kotlin Solution

/**
 * Custom OpenCSV [ColumnPositionMappingStrategy] that allows for a header line to be generated from a target CSV
 * bean model class using the following annotations when present:
 * * [CsvBindByName]
 * * [CsvCustomBindByName]
 */
class CustomMappingStrategy(private val beanType: Class) : ColumnPositionMappingStrategy() {
    init {
        setType(beanType)
        setColumnMapping(*getAnnotatedFields().map { it.extractHeaderName() }.toTypedArray())
    }

    override fun generateHeader(bean: T): Array = columnMapping

    private fun getAnnotatedFields() = beanType.declaredFields.filter { it.isAnnotatedByName() }.toList()

    private fun Field.isAnnotatedByName() = isAnnotationPresent(CsvBindByName::class.java) || isAnnotationPresent(CsvCustomBindByName::class.java)

    private fun Field.extractHeaderName() =
        getAnnotation(CsvBindByName::class.java)?.column ?: getAnnotation(CsvCustomBindByName::class.java)?.column ?: EMPTY
}

Then use it as follows:

private fun csvBuilder(writer: Writer) =
    StatefulBeanToCsvBuilder(writer)
        .withSeparator(ICSVWriter.DEFAULT_SEPARATOR)
        .withMappingStrategy(CustomMappingStrategy(MappingsBean::class.java))
        .withApplyQuotesToAll(false)
        .build()

// Kotlin try-with-resources construct
PrintWriter(File("$reportOutputDir/$REPORT_FILENAME")).use { writer ->
    csvBuilder(writer).write(makeFinalMappingBeanList())
}

and for completeness, here's the CSV bean as a Kotlin data class:

data class MappingsBean(
    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "TradeID")
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 0, required = true)
    private val tradeId: String,

    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "GWML GUID", required = true)
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 1)
    private val gwmlGUID: String,

    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "MXML GUID", required = true)
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 2)
    private val mxmlGUID: String,

    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "GWML File")
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 3)
    private val gwmlFile: String? = null,

    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "MxML File")
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 4)
    private val mxmlFile: String? = null,

    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "MxML Counterparty")
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 5)
    private val mxmlCounterParty: String? = null,

    @field:CsvBindByName(column = "GWML Counterparty")
    @field:CsvBindByPosition(position = 6)
    private val gwmlCounterParty: String? = null
)