Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 85772 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2002 22:42:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Dec 2002 22:42:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 13175 invoked by uid 97); 1 Dec 2002 22:43:15 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 13108 invoked by uid 97); 1 Dec 2002 22:43:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 13090 invoked by uid 50); 1 Dec 2002 22:43:13 -0000 Date: 1 Dec 2002 22:43:13 -0000 Message-ID: <20021201224313.13089.qmail@nagoya.betaversion.org> From: bugzilla@apache.org To: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Cc: Subject: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 14470] - Nested properties do not work for bean destination and mapped original X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT . ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14470 Nested properties do not work for bean destination and mapped original ------- Additional Comments From rdonkin@apache.org 2002-12-01 22:43 ------- this is the contract of copyProperties (as specified in the java docs). to quote craig: "The original intent was to perform a "shallow copy" of the properties in an origin bean to a destination bean, in a manner reminiscent of what the java.lang.Object.clone() method is supposed to do." copyProperties will not to extended to provide this functionality. we are investigating other ways to provide this functionality, though. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: