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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:28:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Mitchell <paul_philip_mitchell@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: BeanUtils Feature
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I am a newbie to the utils and I have a similiar
problem , anybody on how to handle scenarios like
these ?

Paul.

--- Anon Myous <anonymous_needs_help@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am a little lost on how ConvertUtils is going to
> help..perhaps I should be more clear..
> for instance
> I have a Value Bean that needs to be populated from
> three other beans viz..
> BeanUtils.copyProperty(valueBean, otherBean1);
> BeanUtils.copyProperty(valueBean, otherBean2);
> BeanUtils.copyProperty(valueBean, otherBean3);
> 
> All of the otherBeans are quite voluminous and may
> have properties overlapping. I just want to copy a
> subset of properties from each otherBean1s so that I
> can control and prevent any overwriting and can be
> absolutely sure which properties are getting copied
> over.
> So what I am looking for from a API standpoint
> something equivalent to
> BeanUtils.copyProperty(Object
> dest, Object orig, List propertyList)
> where propertyList is a list of properties of the
> orig
> Bean that needs to be copied to the dest Bean.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> --- __matthewHawthorne <matth@phreaker.net> wrote:
> > Anon Myous wrote:
> > > I understand the properties of a an original
> bean
> > > can be copied over to the destination bean using
> > the
> > > copyProperty method, but is there a way that
> only
> > a
> > > subset of properties specified possibly in a
> > > java.util.List or something can be copied over
> > from
> > > the original bean to the destination bean.
> > 
> > If you want to copy all properties,
> > BeanUtils.copyProperties() should do 
> > the job.
> > 
> > For a subset, you'll probably have to write your
> own
> > custom Converter 
> > and register it via:
> > 
> > ConvertUtils.register(yourConverter,
> YourBean.class)
> > 
> > I had to do something similar to this recently.
> > 
> > 
> > > If this question has been raised previously and
> > > somebody has already posted an answer , could
> > somebody
> > > please guide me towards that snippet ?
> > 
> > To see previously asked and answered questions,
> your
> > best best is 
> > probably the mail archives:
> > 
> > I use http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/
> > 
> > but there are a few others around the web.
> > 
> >
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