Converting Flat File data into XML

Question

Hi Experts,
Consider the message type of the SENDER system and flat file data
<dt_sender>
<root>
<header1>   0..1
    <f1>
    <f2>
    <f3>
<header2>   0..1
    <f4>
    <f5>
    <f6>
<item>        1..unbounded
    <f7>
    <f8>
    <f9>
    <f10>
    <f11>
    <f12>
</item>
abc     def     ghi     jkl     mno     pqr
123     123     123     123     123     123
456     456      456     456     456     456
how to convert the flat file data into following XML data. please note that each field value is separated by TAB delimeter...wht parameters shld b used
<root>
    <Header1>
        <f1>abc</f1>
        <f2>def</f2>
        <f3>ghi</f3>
    </Header1>
    <Header2>
        <f4>jkl</f4>
        <f5>mno</f5>
        <f6>pqr</f6>
    </Header1>
    <item>
        <f7>123</f7>
        <f8>123</f8>
        <f9>123</f9>
        <f10>123</f10>
        <f11>123</f11>
        <f12>123</f12>
        <f7>456</f7>
        <f8>456</f8>
        <f9>456</f9>
        <f10>456</f10>
        <f11>456</f11>
        <f12>456</f12>
    </item>
points will be given to the correct answers
Thanks in advance.
FAisal
Edited by: Abdul Faisal on Feb 29, 2008 5:53 AM

Answer 1

Faisal,
When you read the multiple recordset strucutre file then each record in txt file should have an header from which you can identiy which segment it should go.. and you identiy it by using the keyfiledValue in file adapter
<root>
<header1> 0..1
<f1>
<f2>
<f3>
<header2> 0..1
<f4>
<f5>
<f6>
<item> 1..unbounded
<f7>
<f8>
<f9>
<f10>
<f11>
<f12>
</item>
for this input file
abc def ghi jkl mno pqr
123 123 123 123 123 123
456 456 456 456 456 456
abc def ghi can be read using the file adater to header 1 usinfg key field value, but using the same file adapter you cannt put GHI into header2.
else you should read whole row abc def ghi jkl mno pqr in single filed and write an UDF to split data to header1 and Header 2
similarly you have to take care for item records also
if your inout file is something like this
abc def ghi
jkl mno pqr
123 123 123 123 123 123
456 456 456 456 456 456
abc identifies to Header 1
JKL for Header 2  so on...
read the whole line in single field  and write UDF to Split to header 1 and header 2 similary for item.