--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Adam Hardy <ahardy.str...@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
> From: Adam Hardy <ahardy.str...@cyberspaceroad.com> > Subject: [beanutils] converting HTTP params into an arbitrary object model > To: user@commons.apache.org > Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 2:04 PM > I have spent a day researching and > prototyping with various open-source options available which > facilitate converting an HTTP request's parameters into an > object model of javabeans in a JPA persistence framework. > > I don't want to re-invent the wheel and I was quite > confident that BeanUtils could handle it all, but I have now > come across some areas where I need to code it myself. > > I just wanted to ask BeanUtils developers what the future > holds in terms of my aims, as I'll take that as guidance on > how much to code around BeanUtils and how much to compromise > to get what I need, when there's a strong chance of being > able to ditch the code I'll have to write now, to replace it > with ideally just a couple of calls to BeanUtils. > > The main thing I have to work around is the inability of a > custom Converter to know what class of entity beans belong > in a list or set. If the Converter could see the entity bean > owning the list (the parent in the parent-child entity > relationship), then in Java 1.5+ it could work out by > reflection how it has been parameterized with generics and > which child entity bean belongs in the list. > > Just in case you were going to point me to OGNL to do this, > thanks but I've been there and have some other issues with > that. You may want to check out Morph @ http://morph.sourceforge.net . OOTB, it can "reflect" ServletRequest parameters as bean properties and do a straight copy, as long as the servlet API is found on the classpath. HTH, Matt > > Best regards > Adam > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org
