How to correctly parse Joda DateTime with SuperCSV? - supercsv

Question

I'm attempting to parse a date from CSV like this:
2016-03-01
To a Joda DateTime with SuperCSV Dozer, like this:
private static final String[] FIELD_MAPPING = new String[] {"date"};
final CellProcessor[] processors = new CellProcessor[] {
new ParseDateTime(DateTimeFormat.forPattern("YYYY-MM-DD"))
};
CsvDozerBeanReader beanReader = new CsvDozerBeanReader(
new FileReader("/path/to.csv"), CsvPreference.STANDARD_PREFERENCE);
beanReader.configureBeanMapping(MyDateHoldingBean.class, FIELD_MAPPING);
MyDateHoldingBean bean = beanReader.read(EmployeeDetails.class, processors)
The DateTime returned is the current date & time, not a representation of the date read from CSV.
Am I doing it wrong?

Answer 1

You're missing a step; you need to configure the Dozer mapping. Currently this must be done with a DozerBeanMapper:
final CellProcessor[] processors = new CellProcessor[] {
new ParseDateTime(DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd"))
};
DozerBeanMapper mapper = new DozerBeanMapper();
mapper.addMapping(new FileInputStream("/path/to/dozer.xml"));
CsvDozerBeanReader beanReader = new CsvDozerBeanReader(new FileReader("/path/to.csv"),
CsvPreference.STANDARD_PREFERENCE, mapper);
MyDateHoldingBean bean = beanReader.read(MyDateHoldingBean.class, processors)
where dozer.xml looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mappings xmlns="http://dozer.sourceforge.net"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://dozer.sourceforge.net
http://dozer.sourceforge.net/schema/beanmapping.xsd">
<mapping>
<class-a>org.supercsv.io.dozer.CsvDozerBeanData</class-a>
<class-b>your.package.MyDateHoldingBean</class-b>
<field copy-by-reference="true">
<a>columns[0]</a>
<b>date</b>
</field>
</mapping>
</mappings>
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