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Merge two java beans useful when discovering differences
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class Beanutils{ | |
//merge two bean by discovering differences | |
private <M> void merge(M target, M destination) throws Exception { | |
BeanInfo beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(target.getClass()); | |
// Iterate over all the attributes | |
for (PropertyDescriptor descriptor : beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors()) { | |
// Only copy writable attributes | |
if (descriptor.getWriteMethod() != null) { | |
Object originalValue = descriptor.getReadMethod() | |
.invoke(target); | |
// Only copy values values where the destination values is null | |
if (originalValue == null) { | |
Object defaultValue = descriptor.getReadMethod().invoke( | |
destination); | |
descriptor.getWriteMethod().invoke(target, defaultValue); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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thanks