Java lib or app to convert CSV to XML file? [closed]
Is there an existing application or library in Java which will allow me to convert a CSV data file to XML file?
The XML tags would be provided through possibly the first row containing column headings.
Maybe this might help: JSefa
You can read CSV file with this tool and serialize it to XML.
As the others above, I don't know any one-step way to do that, but if you are ready to use very simple external libraries, I would suggest:
OpenCsv for parsing CSV (small, simple, reliable and easy to use)
Xstream to parse/serialize XML (very very easy to use, and creating fully human readable xml)
Using the same sample data as above, code would look like:
package fr.megiste.test;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import au.com.bytecode.opencsv.CSVReader;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
public class CsvToXml {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String startFile = "./startData.csv";
String outFile = "./outData.xml";
try {
CSVReader reader = new CSVReader(new FileReader(startFile));
String[] line = null;
String[] header = reader.readNext();
List out = new ArrayList();
while((line = reader.readNext())!=null){
List<String[]> item = new ArrayList<String[]>();
for (int i = 0; i < header.length; i++) {
String[] keyVal = new String[2];
String string = header[i];
String val = line[i];
keyVal[0] = string;
keyVal[1] = val;
item.add(keyVal);
}
out.add(item);
}
XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.toXML(out, new FileWriter(outFile,false));
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Producing the following result: (Xstream allows very fine tuning of the result...)
<list>
<list>
<string-array>
<string>string</string>
<string>hello world</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float1</string>
<string>1.0</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float2</string>
<string>3.3</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>integer</string>
<string>4</string>
</string-array>
</list>
<list>
<string-array>
<string>string</string>
<string>goodbye world</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float1</string>
<string>1e9</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float2</string>
<string>-3.3</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>integer</string>
<string>45</string>
</string-array>
</list>
<list>
<string-array>
<string>string</string>
<string>hello again</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float1</string>
<string>-1</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float2</string>
<string>23.33</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>integer</string>
<string>456</string>
</string-array>
</list>
<list>
<string-array>
<string>string</string>
<string>hello world 3</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float1</string>
<string>1.40</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float2</string>
<string>34.83</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>integer</string>
<string>4999</string>
</string-array>
</list>
<list>
<string-array>
<string>string</string>
<string>hello 2 world</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float1</string>
<string>9981.05</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>float2</string>
<string>43.33</string>
</string-array>
<string-array>
<string>integer</string>
<string>444</string>
</string-array>
</list>
</list>
I know you asked for Java, but this strikes me as a task well suited to a scripting language. Here is a quick (very simple) solution written in Groovy.
test.csv
string,float1,float2,integer
hello world,1.0,3.3,4
goodbye world,1e9,-3.3,45
hello again,-1,23.33,456
hello world 3,1.40,34.83,4999
hello 2 world,9981.05,43.33,444
csvtoxml.groovy
#!/usr/bin/env groovy
def csvdata = []
new File("test.csv").eachLine { line ->
csvdata << line.split(',')
}
def headers = csvdata[0]
def dataRows = csvdata[1..-1]
def xml = new groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder()
// write 'root' element
xml.root {
dataRows.eachWithIndex { dataRow, index ->
// write 'entry' element with 'id' attribute
entry(id:index+1) {
headers.eachWithIndex { heading, i ->
// write each heading with associated content
"${heading}"(dataRow[i])
}
}
}
}
Writes the following XML to stdout:
<root>
<entry id='1'>
<string>hello world</string>
<float1>1.0</float1>
<float2>3.3</float2>
<integer>4</integer>
</entry>
<entry id='2'>
<string>goodbye world</string>
<float1>1e9</float1>
<float2>-3.3</float2>
<integer>45</integer>
</entry>
<entry id='3'>
<string>hello again</string>
<float1>-1</float1>
<float2>23.33</float2>
<integer>456</integer>
</entry>
<entry id='4'>
<string>hello world 3</string>
<float1>1.40</float1>
<float2>34.83</float2>
<integer>4999</integer>
</entry>
<entry id='5'>
<string>hello 2 world</string>
<float1>9981.05</float1>
<float2>43.33</float2>
<integer>444</integer>
</entry>
</root>
However, the code does very simple parsing (not taking into account quoted or escaped commas) and it does not account for possible absent data.
I have an opensource framework for working with CSV and flat files in general. Maybe it's worth looking: JFileHelpers.
With that toolkit you can write code using beans, like:
@FixedLengthRecord()
public class Customer {
@FieldFixedLength(4)
public Integer custId;
@FieldAlign(alignMode=AlignMode.Right)
@FieldFixedLength(20)
public String name;
@FieldFixedLength(3)
public Integer rating;
@FieldTrim(trimMode=TrimMode.Right)
@FieldFixedLength(10)
@FieldConverter(converter = ConverterKind.Date,
format = "dd-MM-yyyy")
public Date addedDate;
@FieldFixedLength(3)
@FieldOptional
public String stockSimbol;
}
and then just parse your text files using:
FileHelperEngine<Customer> engine =
new FileHelperEngine<Customer>(Customer.class);
List<Customer> customers =
new ArrayList<Customer>();
customers = engine.readResource(
"/samples/customers-fixed.txt");
And you'll have a collection of parsed objects.
Hope that helps!