Conditionally Transform Data
Updated: Aug 28, 2026
package com.northconcepts.datapipeline.examples.cookbook;
import java.io.File;
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.job.Job;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.json.SimpleJsonReader;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.SetField;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.TransformingReader;
public class ConditionallyTransformData {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DataReader reader = new SimpleJsonReader(
new File("example/data/input/simple-json-input.json"));
reader = new TransformingReader(reader)
.setCondition(new FilterExpression("balance < 0"))
.add(new SetField("balance", 0.0));
DataWriter writer = new StreamWriter(System.out);
Job.run(reader, writer);
}
/* input
[{"stageName":"John Wayne","realName":"Marion Robert Morrison","gender":"male","city":"Winterset","balance":156.35},
{"stageName":"Spiderman","realName":"Peter Parker","gender":"male","city":"New York","balance":-0.96}]
*/
// output - spiderman's balance becomes zero
}
