Apache Commons CSV

Apache Commons CSV was developed to provide a better way of making sense of CSV (Comma Separated Values) when working with the Java programming language.

Supported CSV formats:

RFC 4180

TDF

Besides these, new custom formats can also be created and supported.

What is new in this release:

• Added CSVFormat#with 0-arg methods matching boolean arg methods.
• Saved positions of records to enable random access.
• CSVPrinter.printRecord(ResultSet) with metadata.

What is new in version 1.1:

• Added CSVFormat#with 0-arg methods matching boolean arg methods.
• Saved positions of records to enable random access.
• CSVPrinter.printRecord(ResultSet) with metadata.

What is new in version 1.0:

• IllegalArgumentException thrown when the header contains duplicate names when the column names are empty.
• CSVFormat#withHeader doesn't work with CSVPrinter.
• CSVFormat is missing a print(...) method.
• Added Map conversion API to CSVRecord.
• Keep track of record number.
• Need a way to extract parsed headers, e.g. for use in formatting output.
• Header support.
• Predefined format for MYSQL.