Add Flat File category (BeanIO, fixedformat4j, Flatpack)#1263
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These libraries map fixed-length / delimited flat-file records to and from Java objects and do not fit the CSV section. Per contribution rule 4 (two or more Miscellaneous-style entries sharing a domain may form a new specialized section), they are grouped under a new "Flat File" category.
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What
Adds a new Flat File section grouping three maintained, Apache-2.0 libraries that read and write fixed-length / delimited flat-file records by mapping them to and from Java objects:
Why a new category
These are flat-file object-mapping libraries, not CSV parsers, so they don't fit the existing CSV section (the one CSV entry that touches fixed-width, uniVocity-parsers, is primarily a CSV/TSV parser and stays there). Three same-domain libraries that don't fit a pre-existing specialized section is exactly the case contribution rule 4 describes for forming a new specialized section.
Each description states the library's distinguishing approach (annotation vs XML config, fixed-length vs delimited support) per the "unique features" requirement.
Disclosure
I am the author of fixedformat4j. The other two entries (BeanIO, Flatpack) are independent libraries included to populate the category fairly rather than submit a single-entry self-promoting section. All three are Apache-2.0 licensed, documented in English, and not archived.
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[LIBRARY](LINK) - DESCRIPTION.Summary by cubic
Adds a new Flat File category in the README to group flat-file object-mapping libraries, listing BeanIO, fixedformat4j, and Flatpack with brief descriptions. Updates the table of contents; CSV section remains unchanged since these are not CSV parsers.
Written for commit cd7f30e. Summary will update on new commits.