Package com.hotels.beans.populator

Class Populator<O>

java.lang.Object

com.hotels.beans.populator.Populator<O>

Type Parameters:

O - the type of the object to get populated.

public abstract class Populator<O>
extends Object

Populator for collection or map objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<K> O	getPopulatedObject(Class<K> targetClass, String fieldName, O fieldValue)	Populates the target object with the values into the source object.
protected abstract O	getPopulatedObject(Field field, O fieldValue)	Populates the target object with the values into the source object.
<T, K> K	transform(T sourceObj, Class<K> targetClass)	Wrapper method for BeanUtils transform method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getPopulatedObject

protected abstract O getPopulatedObject(Field field,
O fieldValue)

Populates the target object with the values into the source object.

Parameters:

field - the field to be populated

fieldValue - the source object from which extract the values

Returns:

a populated list of elements

getPopulatedObject

public final <K> O getPopulatedObject(Class<K> targetClass,
String fieldName,
O fieldValue)

Populates the target object with the values into the source object.

Type Parameters:

K - the target object type

Parameters:

targetClass - the destination object class

fieldName - the field to be populated

fieldValue - the source object from which extract the values

Returns:

a populated list of elements

transform

public final <T,
K> K transform(T sourceObj,
Class<K> targetClass)

Wrapper method for BeanUtils transform method.

Type Parameters:

T - the Source object type

K - the target object type

Parameters:

sourceObj - the source object

targetClass - the destination object class

Returns:

a copy of the source object into the destination object