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.FieldType;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.core.StreamWriter;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.csv.CSVReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.BooleanFieldDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.EntityDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.NumericFieldDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.SchemaDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.SchemaTransformer;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.TemporalFieldDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.foundations.schema.TextFieldDef;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.job.Job;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.TransformingReader;
import java.io.File;
public class SetDefaultValuesForMissingData {
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()
.addEntity(new EntityDef().setName("Entity")
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("ID", FieldType.INT)
.setDefaultValueExpression("0"))
.addField(new BooleanFieldDef("BOOLEAN1", FieldType.BOOLEAN)
.setDefaultValueExpression("false"))
.addField(new TextFieldDef("STRING1", FieldType.STRING)
.setDefaultValueExpression("'DEFAULT STRING VALUE'"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("BYTE1", FieldType.BYTE)
.setDefaultValueExpression("88"))
.addField(new TextFieldDef("CHAR1", FieldType.CHAR)
.setDefaultValueExpression("'z'"))
.addField(new TemporalFieldDef("DATE1", FieldType.DATE)
.setDefaultValueExpression("toDate('1999-08-21T15:31:50.000Z')"))
.addField(new TemporalFieldDef("DATETIME1", FieldType.DATETIME)
.setDefaultValueExpression("toDatetime('1999-08-21T15:31:50.000Z')"))
.addField(new TemporalFieldDef("TIME1", FieldType.TIME)
.setDefaultValueExpression("toDatetime('1999-08-21T15:31:50.000Z')"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("INT1", FieldType.INT)
.setDefaultValueExpression("99"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("LONG1", FieldType.LONG)
.setDefaultValueExpression("1152921504606846976"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("DOUBLE1", FieldType.DOUBLE)
.setDefaultValueExpression("10.0"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("FLOAT1", FieldType.FLOAT)
.setDefaultValueExpression("99"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("SHORT1", FieldType.SHORT)
.setDefaultValueExpression("99"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("BIGDECIMAL1", FieldType.BIG_DECIMAL)
.setDefaultValueExpression("'111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111111111111111111111111111111111111111'"))
.addField(new NumericFieldDef("BIGINTEGER1", FieldType.BIG_INTEGER)
.setDefaultValueExpression("'99999999999999999999999999999999999999'"))
);
EntityDef entity = schema.getEntity("Entity");
reader = new TransformingReader(reader)
.add(new SchemaTransformer(entity));
// 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());
}
}
