FixedFormat4j

     568   Say Hello to my little friend
    1456   John. D. Smith
 4242424   Some text

public class MyRecord{
  private int myInt;
  private String myString;
 
 
   @Field(offset=1,length=9,align=Align.RIGHT)
   public int getInt(){ return myInt;}
   public void setInt(int num){myInt=num;}
 
   @Field(offset=12,length=30)
   public String getStr(){ return myString;}
   public void setStr(String str){myString=str;}
 }

public class Foo{
   private FixedFormatManager  fixed = new FixedFormatManagerImpl();
 
   // .. Add code to open the text file and read each line with readLine().
 
 
    private MyRecord readLine(BufferedReader in){
      MyRecord r = fixed.load(MyRecord.class,in.ReadLine());
      return r;
    }
}