How to make FileHelpers ignore columns after the defined columns? (i.e. ignore columns at the end)

Question

Suppose I have the following FileHelpers Record definition:

[DelimitedRecord(",")]
[IgnoreEmptyLines]
public class TestRecord
{
    [FieldCaption("A")]
    [FieldQuoted(QuoteMode.OptionalForBoth)]
    public string A;

    [FieldCaption("B")]
    [FieldQuoted(QuoteMode.OptionalForBoth)]
    public string B;

    [FieldCaption("C")]
    [FieldQuoted(QuoteMode.OptionalForBoth)]
    public string C;
}

I am only interested in columns A,B,C. Any columns that follow them can be ignored. So for example, I would like it to be possible to handle data like this:

A,B,C,D,E
TestA1,TestB1,TestC1,TestD1,TestE1
TestA2,TestB1,TestC1,TestD1,TestE1

or:

A,B,C,D
TestA1,TestB1,TestC1,TestD1
TestA2,TestB1,TestC1,TestD1

or:

A,B,C
TestA1,TestB1,TestC1
TestA2,TestB1,TestC1

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '21 at 22:23

Just add an extra string[] field to the end of your class and mark it [FieldOptional].

[DelimitedRecord(",")]
[IgnoreEmptyLines]
public class TestRecord
{
    [FieldCaption("A")]
    [FieldQuoted(QuoteMode.OptionalForBoth)]
    public string A;

    [FieldCaption("B")]
    [FieldQuoted(QuoteMode.OptionalForBoth)]
    public string B;

    [FieldCaption("C")]
    [FieldQuoted(QuoteMode.OptionalForBoth)]
    public string C;

    [FieldOptional]
    public string[] EverythingElse;
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var engine = new FileHelperEngine<TestRecord>();
        var records = engine.ReadString("TestA1,TestB1,TestC1,TestD1,TestE1");
        
        Debug.Assert(records.Count() == 1);
        Debug.Assert(records[0].A == "TestA1");
        Debug.Assert(records[0].B == "TestB1");
        Debug.Assert(records[0].C == "TestC1");

        Console.WriteLine("All OK");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

How to make FileHelpers ignore columns after the defined columns? (i.e. ignore columns at the end)

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