Java: CSV file read & write

Question

I\'m reading 2 csv files: store_inventory & new_acquisitions.
I want to be able to compare the store_inventory csv file with <

Answer 1

With help of the open source library uniVocity-parsers, you could develop with pretty clean code as following:

private void processInventory() throws IOException {
    /**
     * ---------------------------------------------
     *  Read CSV rows into list of beans you defined
     * ---------------------------------------------
     */
    // 1st, config the CSV reader with row processor attaching the bean definition
    CsvParserSettings settings = new CsvParserSettings();
    settings.getFormat().setLineSeparator("\n");
    BeanListProcessor rowProcessor = new BeanListProcessor(Inventory.class);
    settings.setRowProcessor(rowProcessor);
    settings.setHeaderExtractionEnabled(true);

    // 2nd, parse all rows from the CSV file into the list of beans you defined
    CsvParser parser = new CsvParser(settings);
    parser.parse(new FileReader("/src/test/store_inventory.csv"));
    List storeInvList = rowProcessor.getBeans();
    Iterator storeInvIterator = storeInvList.iterator();

    parser.parse(new FileReader("/src/test/new_acquisitions.csv"));
    List newAcqList = rowProcessor.getBeans();
    Iterator newAcqIterator = newAcqList.iterator();

    // 3rd, process the beans with business logic
    while (newAcqIterator.hasNext()) {

        Inventory newAcq = newAcqIterator.next();
        boolean isItemIncluded = false;
        while (storeInvIterator.hasNext()) {
            Inventory storeInv = storeInvIterator.next();

            // 1) If the item names match just update the quantity in store_inventory
            if (storeInv.getItemName().equalsIgnoreCase(newAcq.getItemName())) {
                storeInv.setQuantity(newAcq.getQuantity());
                isItemIncluded = true;
            }
        }

        // 2) If new_acquisitions has a new item that does not exist in store_inventory,
        // then add it to the store_inventory.
        if (!isItemIncluded) {
            storeInvList.add(newAcq);
        }
    }
}

Just follow this code sample I worked out according to your requirements. Note that the library provided simplified API and significent performance for parsing CSV files.