Convert csv file into XML

Question

Hi buddies,
I want to read the values of csv file in XML. Can anyone suggest me.. how to do so?
bye
its reeju

Answer 1

Hallo,
it is really quite easy! Our firm has developed a proprietary technology for a life assurance application which is configurable and adapts to changing requirements in the mapping between the CSV format and the XML. Unfortunately, I cannot release the technology to you, unless you wish to purchase it, or purchase consultancy from us.
I can however give you a couple of hints.
The most important starting position is to identify on paper how you want to map the fields in your csv-file to XML elements. You need to prepare a schema for the XML file, to document its structure. When you have done this, then you can start to implement the necessary solution.
Then you need to parse your CSV-file, to identify the fields in each line. It is often helpful if the first line of the csv-file contains the field names as a check, but it is not 100% necessary. You could, for example, store the fields in a Vector, or with associated field names in a Hashtable. You could build a Hashtable which maps csv-fields to XML-element-names. You then go through the individual fields and build a DOM-Tree, inserting the associated XML-elements in the correct positions. It is then a simple matter to transform your DOM-Tree to an XML file. For speed of implementation, we normally use XALAN with an xslt script, so that the XML looks reasonably formatted in the file.
Good luck
David Singleton
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