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// Generate the transformation.
TransMeta transMeta = TransBuilder.buildCopyTable(
   transformationName,
   sourceDatabaseName,
   sourceTableName,
   sourceFields,
   targetDatabaseName,
   targetTableName,
   targetFields
   );

// Save it as a file:
String xml = transMeta.getXML();
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File(fileName)));
dos.write(xml.getBytes("UTF-8"));
dos.close();
System.out.println("Saved transformation to file: "+fileName);

// OK, What's the SQL we need to execute to generate the target table?
String sql = transMeta.getSQLStatementsString();

// Execute the SQL on the target table:
Database targetDatabase = new Database(transMeta.findDatabase(targetDatabaseName));
targetDatabase.connect();
targetDatabase.execStatements(sql);

// Now execute the transformation...
Trans trans = new Trans(transMeta);
trans.execute(null);
trans.waitUntilFinished();

// For testing/repeatability, we drop the target table again
targetDatabase.execStatement("drop table "+targetTableName);
targetDatabase.disconnect();

/**
* Creates a new Transformation using input parameters such as the tablename to read from.
* @param transformationName The name of the transformation
* @param sourceDatabaseName The name of the database to read from
* @param sourceTableName The name of the table to read from
* @param sourceFields The field names we want to read from the source table
* @param targetDatabaseName The name of the target database
* @param targetTableName The name of the target table we want to write to
* @param targetFields The names of the fields in the target table (same number of fields as sourceFields)
* @return A new transformation metadata object
* @throws KettleException In the rare case something goes wrong
*/

public static final TransMeta buildCopyTable(String transformationName,
		String sourceDatabaseName, String sourceTableName,
		String[] sourceFields, String targetDatabaseName,
		String targetTableName, String[] targetFields)
		throws KettleException {

	EnvUtil.environmentInit();

	try
	{
		// Create a new transformation...
		//

		TransMeta transMeta = new TransMeta();
		transMeta.setName(transformationName);

		// Add the database connections
		for (int i = 0; i < databasesXML.length; i++) {
			DatabaseMeta databaseMeta = new DatabaseMeta(databasesXML[i]);
			transMeta.addDatabase(databaseMeta);
		}

		DatabaseMeta sourceDBInfo = transMeta.findDatabase(sourceDatabaseName);
		DatabaseMeta targetDBInfo  = transMeta.findDatabase(targetDatabaseName);

		//
		// Add a note
		//

		String note = "Reads information from table [" + sourceTableName+ "] on database [" + sourceDBInfo + "]" + Const.CR;
		note += "After that, it writes the information to table ["+ targetTableName + "] on database [" + targetDBInfo + "]";
		NotePadMeta ni = new NotePadMeta(note, 150, 10, -1, -1);
		transMeta.addNote(ni);

		//
		// create the source step...
		//

		String fromstepname = "read from [" + sourceTableName + "]";
		TableInputMeta tii = new TableInputMeta();
		tii.setDatabaseMeta(sourceDBInfo);
		String selectSQL = "SELECT " + Const.CR;

		for (int i = 0; i < sourceFields.length; i++) {
			if (i > 0) selectSQL += ", "; else selectSQL += " ";
			selectSQL += sourceFields[i] + Const.CR;
		}
		selectSQL += "FROM " + sourceTableName;
		tii.setSQL(selectSQL);

		StepLoader steploader = StepLoader.getInstance();

		String fromstepid = steploader.getStepPluginID(tii);
		StepMeta fromstep = new StepMeta(log, fromstepid, fromstepname,(StepMetaInterface) tii);
		fromstep.setLocation(150, 100);
		fromstep.setDraw(true);
		fromstep.setDescription("Reads information from table [" + sourceTableName + "] on database [" + sourceDBInfo + "]");
		transMeta.addStep(fromstep);

		//
		// add logic to rename fields
		// Use metadata logic in SelectValues, use SelectValueInfo...
		//

		SelectValuesMeta svi = new SelectValuesMeta();
		svi.allocate(0, 0, sourceFields.length);

		for (int i = 0; i < sourceFields.length; i++) {
			svi.getMetaName()[i] = sourceFields[i];
			svi.getMetaRename()[i] = targetFields[i];
		}

		String selstepname = "Rename field names";
		String selstepid = steploader.getStepPluginID(svi);
		StepMeta selstep = new StepMeta(log, selstepid, selstepname, (StepMetaInterface) svi);
		selstep.setLocation(350, 100);
		selstep.setDraw(true);
		selstep.setDescription("Rename field names");
		transMeta.addStep(selstep);

		TransHopMeta shi = new TransHopMeta(fromstep, selstep);
		transMeta.addTransHop(shi);
		fromstep = selstep;

		//
		// Create the target step...
		//

		//
		// Add the TableOutputMeta step...
		//

		String tostepname = "write to [" + targetTableName + "]";
		TableOutputMeta toi = new TableOutputMeta();
		toi.setDatabase(targetDBInfo);
		toi.setTablename(targetTableName);
		toi.setCommitSize(200);
		toi.setTruncateTable(true);

		String tostepid = steploader.getStepPluginID(toi);
		StepMeta tostep = new StepMeta(log, tostepid, tostepname, (StepMetaInterface) toi);
		tostep.setLocation(550, 100);

		tostep.setDraw(true);
		tostep.setDescription("Write information to table [" + targetTableName + "] on database [" + targetDBInfo + "]");
		transMeta.addStep(tostep);

		//
		// Add a hop between the two steps...
		//

		TransHopMeta hi = new TransHopMeta(fromstep, tostep);
		transMeta.addTransHop(hi);

		// The transformation is complete, return it...
		return transMeta;
	} catch (Exception e) {
		throw new KettleException("An unexpected error occurred creating the new transformation", e);
	}
}

public static void runTransformation(String filename) {
  try {
    StepLoader.init();
    EnvUtil.environmentInit();
    TransMeta transMeta = new TransMeta(filename);
    Trans trans = new Trans(transMeta);

    trans.execute(null); // You can pass arguments instead of null.
    trans.waitUntilFinished();
    if ( trans.getErrors() > 0 )
    {
      throw new RuntimeException( "There were errors during transformation execution." );
    }
  }
  catch ( KettleException e ) {
    // TODO Put your exception-handling code here.
    System.out.println(e);
  }
}