Wrote a general method to convert a List into a CSV file.
package com.biplav.utils import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; public class ObjectListToCSV { private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ObjectListToCSV.class); private static final String CSV_SEPARATOR = ","; public staticString convertListToCSV(List objectList) { if(objectList.size() < 1) { logger.info("No data in the list to convert to CDR!"); return ""; } String csv = ""; T t = objectList.get(0); Field[] declaredFields = t.getClass().getDeclaredFields(); ArrayList useableFields = getUseableFields(declaredFields); csv = getCSVHeader(csv, useableFields,null); csv=csv.concat("\n"); for(T object : objectList) { csv = addObjectValue(csv, useableFields, object); csv=csv.concat("\n"); } return csv; } private static String addObjectValue(String csv, ArrayList useableFields, T object) { for(Field field : useableFields) { try { if(canFieldUsedDirectly(field)) { if(object != null) { field.setAccessible(true); Object value = field.get(object); csv=csv.concat(value +""); field.setAccessible(false); } } else { if(object != null) { field.setAccessible(true); Object value = field.get(object); field.setAccessible(false); csv = addObjectValue(csv, getUseableFields(field.getType().getDeclaredFields()), value); } } } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { logger.error(e); } catch (SecurityException e) { logger.error(e); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { logger.error(e); } csv=csv.concat(CSV_SEPARATOR); } return csv; } private static boolean canFieldUsedDirectly(Field field) { return !field.getType().toString().contains("biplav"); } private static ArrayList getUseableFields(Field[] declaredFields) { ArrayList useableFields = new ArrayList (); for(Field field: declaredFields) { if(!Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) { useableFields.add(field); } } return useableFields; } private static String getCSVHeader(String csv, ArrayList useableFields,String prefix) { prefix = (prefix == null) ? "": prefix; for(Field field : useableFields) { if(canFieldUsedDirectly(field)) { csv=csv.concat(prefix+field.getName()); csv=csv.concat(CSV_SEPARATOR); } else { csv = getCSVHeader(csv, getUseableFields(field.getType().getDeclaredFields()),field.getName()+"_"); } } return csv; } }