Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

FlatRecordWriter Class (Extends RecordWriter)

Overview

As is the case with the CSVRecordWriter class, the FlatRecordWriter is derived from the RecordWriter base class (see Chapter 6). The most important method developed in this class is the writeRecord method. We use the parseRecord method inherited from the RecordWriter base class.

Attributes:

• Integer Fixed Record Length

• Integer Record ID Field Offset

• Integer Record ID Field Length

Methods:

• Constructor

• writeRecord

Methods

Constructor

The logic for the FlatRecordWriter constructor method is essentially the same as that for the FlatRecordReader.

Logic for the FlatRecordWriter Constructor Method

Arguments: DOM Document File Description Document Output Stream Call RecordWriter base class constructor, ...