com.axelor.db.mapper

Class Mapper

java.lang.Object

com.axelor.db.mapper.Mapper

public class Mapper
extends Object

This class can be used to map params to Java bean using reflection. It also provides convenient methods to get/set values to a bean instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	get(Object bean, String name) Get the value of given property from the given bean.
Class<?>	getBeanClass() Get the bean class this mapper operates on.
Method	getGetter(String name) Get the getter method of the given property.
Property	getNameField() Get the property of the name field.
Property[]	getProperties() Get all the properties.
Property	getProperty(String name) Get the Property of the given name.
Property[]	getSequenceFields() Get all the Sequence fields.
Method	getSetter(String name) Get the setter method of the given property.
static Mapper	of(Class<?> klass) Create a Mapper for the given Java Bean class by introspecting all it's properties.
Object	set(Object bean, String name, Object value) Set the property of the given bean with the provided value.
static <T> T	toBean(Class<T> klass, Map<String,Object> values) Create an object of the given class mapping the given value map to it's properties.
static Map<String,Object>	toMap(Object bean) Create a map from the given bean instance with property names are keys and their respective values are map values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

of

public static Mapper of(Class<?> klass)

Create a Mapper for the given Java Bean class by introspecting all it's properties.

If the Mapper class has been previously created for the given class, then the Mapper class is retrieved from the cache.

Parameters:

klass - the bean class

Returns:

an instance of Mapper for the given class.

getProperties

public Property[] getProperties()

Get all the properties.

Returns:

an array of Property

getProperty

public Property getProperty(String name)

Get the Property of the given name.

Parameters:

name - name of the property

Returns:

a Property or null if property doesn't exist.

getNameField

public Property getNameField()

Get the property of the name field. A name field annotated with NameColumn or a field with name name is considered name field.

Returns:

a property

getSequenceFields

public Property[] getSequenceFields()

Get all the Sequence fields.

Returns:

copy of the original set of fields.

getBeanClass

public Class<?> getBeanClass()

Get the bean class this mapper operates on.

Returns:

the bean class

getGetter

public Method getGetter(String name)

Get the getter method of the given property.

Parameters:

name - name of the property

Returns:

getter method or null if property is write-only

getSetter

public Method getSetter(String name)

Get the setter method of the given property.

Parameters:

name - name of the property

Returns:

setter method or null if property is read-only

get

public Object get(Object bean,
                  String name)

Get the value of given property from the given bean. It returns null if property doesn't exist.

Parameters:

bean - the bean

name - name of the property

Returns:

property value

set

public Object set(Object bean,
                  String name,
                  Object value)

Set the property of the given bean with the provided value.

Parameters:

bean - the bean

name - name of the property

value - value for the property

Returns:

old value of the property

toBean

public static <T> T toBean(Class<T> klass,
                           Map<String,Object> values)

Create an object of the given class mapping the given value map to it's properties.

Type Parameters:

T - type of the bean

Parameters:

klass - class of the bean

values - value map

Returns:

an instance of the given class

toMap

public static Map<String,Object> toMap(Object bean)

Create a map from the given bean instance with property names are keys and their respective values are map values.

Parameters:

bean - a bean instance

Returns:

a map