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Creating a user routine

Procedure

  1. In the Repository tree view, expand Code to display the Routines folder.
  2. Right-click Routines and select Create routine.
  3. The New routine dialog box opens. Enter its name, in this example MyRoutineDemo, a purpose and a description.
  4. Click Finish to close the dialog box.
    Information noteNote: The newly created routine appears in the Repository tree view, directly below the Routines node.

    The routine editor opens to reveal a model routine which contains a simple example, by default, comprising descriptive text in blue, followed by the corresponding code.

  5. Replace the model with the following code and press Ctrl+S to save the routine.

    It has a ByteArrayFromFile function, that requires a file path as input parameter and is used to read a file and convert it to a byte array.

    package routines;public class MyRoutineDemo {
    public static byte[] ByteArrayFromFile(String filepath) {
    try{
    java.io.File file=new java.io.File(filepath);
    java.io.FileInputStream fis = new java.io.FileInputStream(file);
    int fileLength = (int) file.length();
    byte[] incoming_file_data = new byte[fileLength]; // allocate byte array of right size
    fis.read(incoming_file_data, 0, fileLength ); // read into byte array
    fis.close();
    return incoming_file_data;
    }catch(Exception err){
    err.printStackTrace();return null;
    }
    }
    }

    For more information on how to create user routines, see the Talend Studio User Guide.

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