de.alpharogroup.lang.object

Class CopyObjectExtensions

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.lang.object.CopyObjectExtensions

public final class CopyObjectExtensions
extends Object

The class CopyObjectExtensions provide methods for copy an original object to a given destination object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CopyObjectExtensions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <ORIGINAL,DESTINATION> DESTINATION	copy(ORIGINAL original, DESTINATION destination) Copy the given original object to the given destination object.
static <ORIGINAL,DESTINATION> DESTINATION	copyQuietly(ORIGINAL original, DESTINATION destination) Copy quietly the given original object to the given destination object.
static <DESTINATION,ORIGINAL> boolean	isCopyable(ORIGINAL original, DESTINATION destination) Checks if is copyable and copies if its possible otherwise it returns false.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CopyObjectExtensions

public CopyObjectExtensions()

Method Detail

copy

public static final <ORIGINAL,DESTINATION> DESTINATION copy(ORIGINAL original,
                                                            DESTINATION destination)
                                                     throws IllegalAccessException,
                                                            InvocationTargetException,
                                                            IllegalArgumentException

Copy the given original object to the given destination object.

Type Parameters:

DESTINATION - the generic type of the destination object.

ORIGINAL - the generic type of the original object.

Parameters:

original - the original object.

destination - the destination object.

Returns:

the destination object.

Throws:

IllegalAccessException - if the caller does not have access to the property accessor method

InvocationTargetException - if the property accessor method throws an exception

IllegalArgumentException - if the destination or original argument is null or if the destination property type is different from the source type and the relevant converter has not been registered.

copyQuietly

public static final <ORIGINAL,DESTINATION> DESTINATION copyQuietly(ORIGINAL original,
                                                                   DESTINATION destination)

Copy quietly the given original object to the given destination object.

Type Parameters:

DESTINATION - the generic type of the destination object.

ORIGINAL - the generic type of the original object.

Parameters:

original - the original object.

destination - the destination object.

Returns:

the destination object or null if the copy process failed.

isCopyable

public static final <DESTINATION,ORIGINAL> boolean isCopyable(ORIGINAL original,
                                                              DESTINATION destination)

Checks if is copyable and copies if its possible otherwise it returns false.

Type Parameters:

DESTINATION - the generic type of the destination object.

ORIGINAL - the generic type of the original object.

Parameters:

original - the original object.

destination - the destination object.

Returns:

true, if is copyable otherwise false.