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

CustomMappingStrategy for generic class.

public class CustomMappingStrategy extends ColumnPositionMappingStrategy {
   @Override
   public String[] generateHeader(T bean) throws CsvRequiredFieldEmptyException {

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

       String[] header = new String[numColumns + 1];

       BeanField beanField;
       for (int i = 0; i <= numColumns; i++) {
           beanField = findField(i);
           String columnHeaderName = extractHeaderName(beanField);
           header[i] = columnHeaderName;
       }
       return header;
   }

   private String extractHeaderName(final BeanField beanField) {
       if (beanField == null || beanField.getField() == null
               || beanField.getField().getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(CsvBindByName.class).length == 0) {
           return StringUtils.EMPTY;
       }

       final CsvBindByName bindByNameAnnotation = beanField.getField()
               .getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(CsvBindByName.class)[0];
       return bindByNameAnnotation.column();
   }
}

POJO Class

 public class Customer{

     @CsvBindByPosition(position=1)
     @CsvBindByName(column="CUSTOMER", required = true)
     private String customer;
}

Client Class

 List data = getEmployeeRecord();
CustomMappingStrategy custom = new CustomMappingStrategy();
custom.setType(Employee.class);
StatefulBeanToCsv writer = new StatefulBeanToCsvBuilder(response.getWriter())
                .withQuotechar(CSVWriter.NO_QUOTE_CHARACTER)
                .withSeparator('|')
                .withOrderedResults(false)
                .withMappingStrategy(custom)
                .build();
        writer.write(reportData);