net.sf.ezmorph.bean
Class BeanMorpher

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.ezmorph.bean.BeanMorpher

All Implemented Interfaces:

Morpher, ObjectMorpher

public final class BeanMorpher
extends Object
implements ObjectMorpher

Converts a JavaBean into another JavaBean or DynaBean.
This Morpher will try to match every property from the target JavaBean's class to the properties of the source JavaBean. If any target property differs in type from the source property, it will try to morph it. If a Morpher is not found for that type, the conversion will be aborted with a MorphException; this may be changed by setting the Morpher to be lenient, in that way it will ignore the property (the resulting value will be null).

Author:

Andres Almiray

Constructor Summary

BeanMorpher(Class beanClass, MorpherRegistry morpherRegistry)

BeanMorpher(Class beanClass, MorpherRegistry morpherRegistry, boolean lenient)

Method Summary

Object	morph(Object sourceBean) Morphs the input object into an output object of the supported type.
Class	morphsTo() Returns the target Class for conversion.
boolean	supports(Class clazz) Returns true if the Morpher supports conversion from this Class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanMorpher

public BeanMorpher(Class beanClass,
                   MorpherRegistry morpherRegistry)

Parameters:

beanClass - the target class to morph to

morpherRegistry - a registry of morphers

BeanMorpher

public BeanMorpher(Class beanClass,
                   MorpherRegistry morpherRegistry,
                   boolean lenient)

Parameters:

beanClass - the target class to morph to

morpherRegistry - a registry of morphers

lenient - if an exception should be raised if no morpher is found for a target property

Method Detail

morph

public Object morph(Object sourceBean)

Description copied from interface: ObjectMorpher

Morphs the input object into an output object of the supported type.

Specified by:

morph in interface ObjectMorpher

Parameters:

sourceBean - The input value to be morphed

morphsTo

public Class morphsTo()

Description copied from interface: Morpher

Returns the target Class for conversion.

Specified by:

morphsTo in interface Morpher

Returns:

the target Class for conversion.

supports

public boolean supports(Class clazz)

Description copied from interface: Morpher

Returns true if the Morpher supports conversion from this Class.

Specified by:

supports in interface Morpher

Parameters:

clazz - the source Class

Returns:

true if clazz is supported by this morpher, false otherwise.