TextDataSink

The TextDataSink is used to write plain text files. It can be used to create a new file or to append an existing file. When the sink is opened, it can be configured to write header data to the file. In addition, it can be configured to write a footer when it is closed. The body data is written for every record passed to the sink.

Configuration

Name	Type, usage constraints, defaults	Description
filename	required: paraVal default: none type: path to file	Name of the plaintext file to be written.
append	optional: paraVal default: false type: boolean	Determines whether the data is appended to an existing file or whether the file should be overwritten (default).
body	optional: paraList default: none type: list of strings	Data to be written of for every record. The entries of the list are concatenated.
header	optional: paraList default: none type: list of strings	Data to be written at the beginning of the file. The entries of the list are concatenated.
footer	optional: paraList default: none type: list of strings	Data to be written at the end of the file. The entries of the list are concatenated.
encoding	optional: paraVal default: default encoding type: string	The name of the character set that should be used to encode the file. The available values depend on the version and vendor of the JVM. Examples: UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, UTF-16LE

Example

<dataSink type="TextDataSink">
    <dp:paraVal name="filename" value="#{cfg.filename}" />
    <dp:paraList name="header">
        <value>User Addressed
                ==============
        </value>
    </dp:paraList>
    <dp:paraList name="body">
        <value><![CDATA[
            #{in.user.firstName}
            #{in.user.name}
            #{in.user.address}
            #{in.user.zip}
            #{in.user.place}]]>
        </value>
    </dp:paraList>
    <dp:paraList name="footer">
        <value>Written: #{date:now()}&#xA;
        </value>
    </dp:paraList>
</dataSink>