TOS V7 : choice of tFileInput component for specific input file

[toos]

Hi,

my input file has this specific format :

	<PIN_NUMBER> 	T001 
	<NAME> 	TR_125E 
	<OPERATIONAL_NAME> 	TR_125E 
			<TYPE> 	ARRIVEE 
			<VISU> 	ANY 
			<ATTRIBUT> 	SANS 
			<BALISES> 
						 A1	COMP_AAA	(PRINTABLE)
						 B1	(PRINTABLE)
					         C1	CC_LORNI	(PRINTABLE)
						<END_LIST> 

Could you suggest me, which component of Talend would be the most appropriate to read this file?

Best regards

[Anonymous]

Hi,

    Since the file is not any specific format, why don't you try reading it using a tinputdelimited component with a rare field separator like "!!!!!!!". This will parse entire line as a single string field. Then use regular expressions within tmap/tjavarow to parse the fields based on proper if else conditions.

pseudo logic :-

if substring (input_row.inboundstring,10) is equal to  "<PIN_NUMBER>"

            {

            output_row.pin_number = trim(substring (input_row.inboundstring,11, string_length() )

            }

      Bit circuitous way but it should help in your case.

Warm Regards,

Nikhil

[toos]

Yes, I can also use the tFileInputRow/tFileInputFullRow or tFileInputRegex (?), but I'd like to find a  better solutions ...

Thank you for your attention Nikhil

Best Regards