BeanIO - parse complex xml to flat file

[Ronen Malka]

Hi,

I am trying to convert xml file to flat file using BeanIO.

My XML contains many types of records:

    <complex_xml>

        <xml_header_info>

            <report_date>10-10-2011</report_date>

            <some_global_info>some info</some_global_info>

        </xml_header_info>

        <employees>

            <employee>

                <emp_id>1</emp_id>

                <emp_name>abc</emp_name>

            </employee>

            <employee>

                <emp_id>2</emp_id>

                <emp_name>def</emp_name>

            </employee>

            <employee>

                <emp_id>3</emp_id>

                <emp_name>xyz</emp_name>

            </employee>

            <!-- more employees -->

        </employees>

        <contacts>

            <contact>

                <cont_name>aaa</cont_name>

                <cont_address>street 01</cont_address>

            </contact>

            <contact>

                <cont_name>bbb</cont_name>

                <cont_address>street 02</cont_address>

            </contact>

            <contact>

                <cont_name>ccc</cont_name>

                <cont_address>street 03</cont_address>

            </contact>

            <!-- more contacts -->

        </contacts>

        <records_of_type_c>

        </records_of_type_c>

    </complex_xml>

So I expect to get following flat file

    10-10-2011some info

    emp 0001   abc

    emp 0002   def

    emp 0003   xyz

    .

    .

    .

    cont aaa   street 01

    cont bbb   street 02

    cont ccc   street 03

    .

    .

    .

How can I define the BeanIO stream to read an xml that contains different information blocks?

[Kevin]

Please refer to the reference guide at http://beanio.org/2.1/docs/reference and try it out.  If you have more specific question, post them back here.

Thanks,

Kevin