This package contains the classes allowing to read and write formatted data files; see the main class {@link com.imsweb.layout.LayoutFactory}.

The factory class can be used to get instances of {@link com.imsweb.layout.Layout} objects which can then be used to read/write data files.

There are currently two layout types supported: {@link com.imsweb.layout.record.fixed.FixedColumnsLayout} and {@link com.imsweb.layout.record.csv.CommaSeparatedLayout}.

The package also contains default implemetations of the NAACCR layouts.