Continuing my quest to change the world, one comma at a time, opencsv 0.2 is now available from Sourceforge. This version includes a quickstart guide, the ability to handle quoted entries that span lines, a simple example and generally better packaging. Subject to bug fixes, this version will become 1.0 down the track. Enjoy.

Yeah. I know. Why is *anyone* even considering building yet another CSV parser for Java? You got me, but I am. Go figure. The reason is that I haven’t been able to find a tiny CSV parsing class that’s available under a commercial friendly license. For some reason, all of the ones I’ve come across are a strict “GPL or buy a commercial license” type deal. Well, it’s a CSV parser – how hard could [...]

As part of a recent CJUG XML Smackdown we played with processing a very large (2Gb) XML file using SAX & StAX. I was doing the StAX bit (using Woodstox), and I learnt some very interesting lessons on processing large XML files along the way. The file we used to demo was a large rdf file from the dmoz directory. Its compressed (gzip) size is 299Mb, but it unzips to just under 2Gb. The test [...]

For a new web project I’ve been learning the Spring Framework. Based on a few recommendations I’d read around the blogsphere I ordered a copy of Pro Spring and I’ve gotta say I’ve been hugely impressed. I’ve been reading/implementing for around two weeks. When it arrived I was sure it was a lemon (how could it cover MVC in a measly 45 pages?). What I didn’t count on was how *good* the examples are. Sure, [...]