Zend certified PHP/Magento developer

Import with custom behavior

I want to create an import entity that will have a custom behavior. All the examples I have seen about custom imports merely mention importing data into a table using the related Model, and that’s it. The files I want to use for importing do not only have Table information, but I want the client to be able to import a custom profile for my module, that will include configuration fields together with product attribute data.

In essence, I want to be able to use my own class to handle the import of the new entity type I will create for my module, even if it means parsing the CSV file entirely myself.