Introduction
This page guides the neophyte in the cryptic and subtle ways of the CSV to Object Mapper...
Pre-requisites
Find a CSV file
Okay. Most likely, the only reason that you're reading this is because you have a CSV file that you need to map to an Object. But just in case...
Find an Object to which to map your CSV records
And very likely, you already have this information, too. I'm just covering all of the bases here.
CSV To Object
Mapping -- the fundamentals of mapping CSV to a Java Object
Formatting -- how to implement formatters to convert Strings to differently formatted Strings or other Java types entirely
Validation -- how to implement CSV input validation
Object to CSV
Mapping -- how to configure your mapping to allow for the translation of a Java Object to CSV
Formatting -- how to implement formatters to convert an arbitrary Java Object into a String
Advanced Topics
#DEFINE -- how to put arbitrary Java Objects in scope