I have been asked to write a Java program that would take TSV files as an inpunt and generate a different TSV file (with quite some changes inside it that are very variable on the input and args) as output.
It is a pretty big program (took me 3 days to code but I'm not good) and it is finally working on inputs from 15k lines, generating 1500K lines output.
Writing the code, I had no idea that I would have to implement it in Talend afterwards, so it is a normal Java program that takes 4 args : Name of the input file, Name of the output file, int , int
I managed to put my Main as a routine with the needed extra packages (personal and openCSV).
My question is : Is it possible to implement it in Talend without changing it? Can't I just tell Talend, here is the file in input and those are the args? I had never heard of Talend before yesterday.
Here is the main if you are interested but i believe my question to be pretty generic.
public static void main(String[] args) throws ArgsExceptions {
// Boolean set to true while everything is good
Boolean everythingOk = true;
String inputFile = null; // Name of the entry file to be transposed.
String outputFile = null; // Name of the output file.
int serieNb = 1 ; // Number of columns before the actual values in the input file. Can be columns describing the product as well as empty columns before the values.
int linesToCopy = 0; // Number of lines composing the header of the file (those lines will be copy/pasted in the output)
/*
* Handling the arguments first.
*/
try {
switch (args.length) {
case 0:
throw new EmptyArgsException();
case 1:
inputFile = args[0];
String[] parts = inputFile.split("\\.");
// If no outPutFile name is given, will add "Transposed" to the inputFile Name
outputFile = parts[0] + "Transposed." + parts[1];
break;
case 2:
inputFile = args[0];
outputFile = args[1];
break;
case 3:
inputFile = args[0];
outputFile = args[1];
serieNb = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
break;
case 4:
inputFile = args[0];
outputFile = args[1];
serieNb = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
linesToCopy = Integer.parseInt(args[3]);
break;
default:
inputFile = args[0];
outputFile = args[1];
serieNb = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
linesToCopy = Integer.parseInt(args[3]);
throw new OutOfBordersArgsException();
}
}
catch (ArgsExceptions a) {
a.notOk(everythingOk);
}
catch (NumberFormatException n) {
System.out.println("Arguments 3 & 4 should be numbers."
+ " Number 3 is the Number of columns before the actual values in the input file. \n"
+ "(Can be columns describing the product as well as empty columns before the values. (1 by default)) \n"
+ "Number 4 is the number of lines to copy/pasta. (0 by default) \n"
+ "Please try again.");
everythingOk = false;
}
// Creating an InputFile and an OutputFile
InputFile ex1 = new InputFile(inputFile, linesToCopy);
OutputFile ex2 = new OutputFile(outputFile);
if (everythingOk) {
try ( FileReader fr = new FileReader(inputFile);
CSVReader reader = new CSVReader(fr, '\t', '\'', 0);
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(outputFile);
CSVWriter writer = new CSVWriter(fw, '\t', CSVWriter.NO_QUOTE_CHARACTER))
{
ex1.setReader(reader);
ex2.setWriter(writer);
// Reading the header of the file
ex1.readHead();
// Writing the header of the file (copy/pasta)
ex2.write(ex1.getHeadFile());
// Handling the line containing the columns names
HeadOfValuesHandler handler = new HeadOfValuesHandler(ex1.readLine(), serieNb);
ex2.writeLine(handler.createOutputHOV());
// Each lien will be read and written (in multiple lines) one after the other.
String[] row;
CommonLine cl1;
// If the period is monthly
if (handler.isMonthly()) {
while (!ex1.isAllDone()) {
row = ex1.readLine();
if (!ex1.isAllDone()) {
cl1 = new CommonLine(row, handler.getYears(), handler.getMonths(), serieNb);
ex2.write(cl1.exportOutputLines());
}
}
}
// If the period is yearly
else {
while (!ex1.isAllDone()) {
row = ex1.readLine();
if (!ex1.isAllDone()) {
cl1 = new CommonLine(row, handler.getYears(), serieNb);
ex2.write(cl1.exportOutputLines());
}
}
}
}
catch (FileNotFoundException f) {
System.out.println(inputFile + " can't be found. Cancelling...");
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Unknown exception raised.");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Thanks for reading this far!
If it's necessary to keep it as it's, you can package your code as any runnable format, then invoke it through Talend tSystem component or tLibraryLoad component if it's a Jar file.