Parsing multi line files

Question

All,
I have to parse a file that has multiple lines per client.
example:
ENTRY001 444444444 44444444444
ENTRY002 44 555555 66666
ENTRY003 6666 444 22222222
As you can see, each client spans multiple lines. I have to parse this data and create a client object.
So maybe on the 1st line the numbers equal an account number.
Not sure how I should approach this parse.
Also,
I have other files to parse as well. Should I make one big parser, and use config or just a build a parser for each filetype.
Using config files I dont like because the work/burden outway the benefit.
Your opinion please?
M : )

Answer 1

iketurna wrote:
I have other files to parse as well. Should I make one big parser, and use config or just a build a parser for each filetype.
Using config files I dont like because the work/burden outway the benefit.Not if you have multiple files to parse. You can either write a different parse class for each type of file that you need to parse, or you can write some config files. Personally I prefer to write good java code once and use the config files.