com.univocity.parsers.annotations

Annotation Type FixedWidth

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Inherited
 @Target(value={FIELD,METHOD,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface FixedWidth

The @FixedWidth annotation, along with the Parsed annotation, allows users to configure the length, alignment and padding of fields parsed/written using the FixedWidthParser and FixedWidthWriter

Commonly used for java beans processed using BeanProcessor and/or BeanWriterProcessor

Author:

Univocity Software Pty Ltd - dev@univocity.com

See Also:

FixedWidthFields, FixedWidthParser, FixedWidthWriter, FixedWidthParserSettings, FixedWidthWriterSettings, BeanProcessor, BeanWriterProcessor

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
FieldAlignment	alignment Sets the alignment of the fixed-width field
int	from Defines the starting position of the fixed-width field
boolean	keepPadding Configures whether to retain the padding character when parsing values for this field (defaults to false)
char	padding Sets the padding character of the fixed-width field
int	to Defines the end position of the fixed-width field
int	value Sets the length of the fixed-width field

Element Detail

value

public abstract int value

Sets the length of the fixed-width field

Returns:

length of the fixed-width field

Default:

-1

alignment

public abstract FieldAlignment alignment

Sets the alignment of the fixed-width field

Returns:

alignment of the fixed-width field

Default:

com.univocity.parsers.fixed.FieldAlignment.LEFT

padding

public abstract char padding

Sets the padding character of the fixed-width field

Returns:

padding of the fixed-width field

Default:

32

keepPadding

public abstract boolean keepPadding

Configures whether to retain the padding character when parsing values for this field (defaults to false)

Returns:

flag indicating the padding character should be kept in the parsed value

Default:

false

from

public abstract int from

Defines the starting position of the fixed-width field

Returns:

Defines the starting position of the fixed-width field

Default:

-1

to

public abstract int to

Defines the end position of the fixed-width field

Returns:

Defines the end position of the fixed-width field

Default:

-1