Hi Q, I've haven't tried this one but it might be useful:
http://flatpack.sourceforge.net I've have used the next one but I don't think it does fixed width or multiline but it does CSV very well: (note its a commercial product) http://www.ricebridge.com/products/csvman/ Haven't used this one in production yet but was also okay, although not sure about multiline and fixed width again: http://supercsv.sourceforge.net HTH John On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Q <qdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a bit off topic, but the Java foo is strong here so I thought it a > good place to ask. > I am in the unfortunately position of having to write a parser for a flat > fixed width ascii file format that uses a cobol style multi-record format > where one of the leading fields defines the actual record type, which > determines how you need to parse the rest of the string. > Can anyone recommend a java library to help do this sort of data processing > that might ease my pain. > Thanks. > > -- > > Seeya...Q > > Quinton Dolan - qdo...@gmail.com > > Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10) > > Ph: +61 419 729 806 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/wolists%40gmail.com > > This email sent to woli...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com