//download csv reader maven dependency for this
public class ReadCSV {
public List<Map<String, String>> read(String filename) throws CsvValidationException, IOException {
CSVReader csvReader = new CSVReader(new FileReader(filename));
String[] headerArray = csvReader.readNext();
String[] lineInArray;
List<Map<String, String>> listOfMaps = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
while ((lineInArray = csvReader.readNext()) != null) {
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
for (int i = 0; i < lineInArray.length; i++) {
map.put(headerArray[i], lineInArray[i]);
}
listOfMaps.add(map);
//System.out.println(map);
}
return listOfMaps;
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, CsvException {
//select relative path of csv
String filename1 = "test1.csv";
String filename2 = "test2.csv";
ReadCSV readCSV = new ReadCSV();
List<Map<String, String>> file1 = readCSV.read(filename1);
List<Map<String, String>> file2 = readCSV.read(filename2);
for (int i = 0; i < file1.size(); i++) {
if (!file1.get(i).equals(file2.get(i))) {
System.out.println("file1: " + file1.get(i));
System.out.println("file2: " + file2.get(i));
System.out.println("---------------------");
}
}
}
}