Is there such thing as a CSV Serializer? (similar to XmlSerializer)

Question

I am toying around with serializing and deserializing CSV files and I am wondering if there is an existing library, similar in concept to the XmlSerializer, which can declar

Answer 1

You should take a look into FileHelpers Library.

Some sample code from their site:

using FileHelpers; 

// First declare the record class 
[DelimitedRecord(",")] 
public class SampleType 
{ 
    public string Field1; 
    public int    Field2; 
} 

public void WriteExample() 
{ 
    FileHelperEngine engine = new FileHelperEngine(typeof(SampleType)); 

    SampleType[] records = new SampleType[1]; 

    records[0] = new SampleType(); 
    records[0].Field1 = "Hello World"; 
    records[0].Field2 = 12; 

    engine.WriteFile("destination.txt", records); 

    // Now the file contains the created record in this format: 
    //  
    // Hello World,12 
}