Handle Transforming Writer Failures
Updated: Aug 28, 2026
package com.northconcepts.datapipeline.examples.cookbook;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.DataReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.DataWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.StreamWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.filter.FilterExpression;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.fixedwidth.FixedWidthReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.job.Job;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.memory.MemoryReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.memory.MemoryWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.BasicFieldTransformer;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.SetCalculatedField;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.TransformingWriter;
public class HandleTransformingWriterFailures {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// save discarded/undiscarded records in memory, but can be any DataWriter
MemoryWriter discardWriter = new MemoryWriter();
MemoryWriter undiscardWriter = new MemoryWriter();
// add a "failed_stringToDouble_rule" field to each record containing the reason it was discarded
String discardReasonFieldName = "failed_stringToDouble_rule";
// transform the "Rating" value to a Double, should generate an exception
BasicFieldTransformer transformer = new BasicFieldTransformer("Rating");
transformer.stringToDouble(new DecimalFormat());
DataReader reader = new FixedWidthReader(new File("example/data/input/credit-balance-01.fw"))
.addFields(8)
.addFields(16)
.addFields(16)
.addFields(12)
.addFields(14)
.skipField(16) // ignore AccountCreated field
.addFields(7)
.setFieldNamesInFirstRow(true);
// records with "Balance > 100" causes an exception and is sent to discardWriter
DataWriter writer = new TransformingWriter(undiscardWriter, discardWriter, discardReasonFieldName)
.setCondition(new FilterExpression("Balance > 100"))
.add(transformer);
// Since Balance field is a string, need to convert it to double
writer = new TransformingWriter(writer)
.add(new SetCalculatedField("Balance", "parseDouble(Balance)"));
Job.run(reader, writer);
// write the undiscarded records to STDOUT
System.out.println("\n---- The undiscarded records ----");
Job.run(new MemoryReader(undiscardWriter.getRecordList()), new StreamWriter(System.out));
// write the discarded records to STDOUT
System.out.println("\n---- The discarded records ----");
Job.run(new MemoryReader(discardWriter.getRecordList()), new StreamWriter(System.out));
}
}
