Make line separator configurable in RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator

Resolves #4594

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link LineAggregator} that concatenates a collection of items of
- * a common type with the system line separator.
+ * a common type with a line separator.
  *
  * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  *
  */
 public class RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator<T> implements LineAggregator<Collection<T>> {
 
-	private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+	private String lineSeparator = System.lineSeparator();
 
 	private LineAggregator<T> delegate = new PassThroughLineAggregator<>();
 
@@ -41,13 +44,23 @@ public void setDelegate(LineAggregator<T> delegate) {
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the line separator to use. Defaults to the System's line separator.
+	 * @param lineSeparator the line separator to use. Must not be {@code null}.
+	 * @since 5.2
+	 */
+	public void setLineSeparator(String lineSeparator) {
+		Assert.notNull(lineSeparator, "The line separator must not be null");
+		this.lineSeparator = lineSeparator;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String aggregate(Collection<T> items) {
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 		for (T value : items) {
-			builder.append(delegate.aggregate(value)).append(LINE_SEPARATOR);
+			builder.append(delegate.aggregate(value)).append(lineSeparator);
 		}
-		return builder.delete(builder.length() - LINE_SEPARATOR.length(), builder.length()).toString();
+		return builder.delete(builder.length() - lineSeparator.length(), builder.length()).toString();
 	}
 
 }

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionItemTransformerTests.java → spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionLineAggregatorTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -28,9 +29,7 @@
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  *
  */
-class RecursiveCollectionItemTransformerTests {
-
-	private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+class RecursiveCollectionLineAggregatorTests {
 
 	private final RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator<String> aggregator = new RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator<>();
 
@@ -41,9 +40,18 @@ void testSetDelegateAndPassInString() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void testTransformList() {
+	void testAggregateListWithDefaultLineSeparator() {
+		String result = aggregator.aggregate(Arrays.asList(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray("foo,bar")));
+		String[] array = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(result, System.lineSeparator());
+		assertEquals("foo", array[0]);
+		assertEquals("bar", array[1]);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testAggregateListWithCustomLineSeparator() {
+		aggregator.setLineSeparator("#");
 		String result = aggregator.aggregate(Arrays.asList(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray("foo,bar")));
-		String[] array = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(result, LINE_SEPARATOR);
+		String[] array = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(result, "#");
 		assertEquals("foo", array[0]);
 		assertEquals("bar", array[1]);
 	}