Java to CSV with Smooks

Question

Is there a way Smooks could generate a CSV file based on a java instance?

I am looking for something like:

public static void main(String[] args){
  Employee emp = new Employee();
  emp.setName("abc");
  emp.setSalary(12312);
  /* set other emp fields */

  smooks.filterSource(.....);
}

CSV Output: "abc","12312", .............

Thanks!

Answer 1

Just take a look at Smooks documentation here , it is done by wrapping your bean with JavaSource object - example can be found here

Then you can use FreeMarker template to transform Java Object into desired format - look here

update Working example can be found here at github