Declaratively Set Default Values for Missing Data
Updated: Aug 28, 2026
package com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.examples.datamapping;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.DataReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.DataWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.StreamWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.csv.CSVReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.datamapping.DataMapping;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.datamapping.DataMappingReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.EntityDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.SchemaDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.SchemaTransformer;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.job.Job;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.TransformingReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
public class DeclarativelySetDefaultValuesFoMissingData {
public static void main(String... args) throws Throwable {
DataReader reader = new CSVReader(new File("example/data/input/schema/csv-with-null-values.csv"))
.setFieldNamesInFirstRow(true);
SchemaDef schema = new SchemaDef()
.fromXml(new FileInputStream(new File("example/data/input/schema/schema-with-default-values.xml")));
EntityDef sourceAccountEntity = schema.getEntity("Entity");
reader = new TransformingReader(reader)
.add(new SchemaTransformer(sourceAccountEntity));
// DataWriter writer = new NullWriter();
DataWriter writer = StreamWriter.newSystemOutWriter();
Job job = Job.run(reader, writer);
System.out.println("Records Transferred: " + job.getRecordsTransferred());
System.out.println("Running Time: " + job.getRunningTimeAsString());
}
}
