Handle Filtered Records
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.filter.FilteringReader;
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.SetCalculatedField;
import com.northconcepts.datapipeline.transform.TransformingReader;
public class HandleFilteredRecords {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// save discarded records in memory, but can be any DataWriter
MemoryWriter discardWriter = new MemoryWriter();
// add a "failed_filter_rule" field to each record containing the reason it was discarded
String discardReasonFieldName = "failed_filter_rule";
DataReader reader = new FixedWidthReader(new File("example/data/input/credit-balance-01.fw"))
.addFields(8)
.addFields(16)
.addFields(16)
.addFields(12)
.skipField(14) // ignore CreditLimit field
.skipField(16) // ignore AccountCreated field
.skipField(7) // ignore Rating field
.setFieldNamesInFirstRow(true);
// Since Balance field is a string, need to convert it to double
reader = new TransformingReader(reader)
.add(new SetCalculatedField("Balance", "parseDouble(Balance)"));
reader = new FilteringReader(reader, discardWriter, discardReasonFieldName)
.add(new FilterExpression("Balance >= 1000"));
DataWriter writer = new StreamWriter(System.out);
// write the filtered records to STDOUT
Job.run(reader, writer);
// write the discarded records to STDOUT
System.out.println("\n---- The discarded records ----");
Job.run(new MemoryReader(discardWriter.getRecordList()), writer);
}
}
