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Henri Yandell updated BEANUTILS-281: ------------------------------------ Fix Version/s: LATER THAN 1.8.0 I doubt we'll do anything about this in 1.8.0 as covariant return types are a JDK 1.5 feature and I'm sure 1.8.0 won't be 1.5 dependent. It's possible the feature could be added without using 1.5, but I suspect the code requiring change would turn out to be in java.beans. > BeanUtils.cloneBean and Covariant (Overriding) return types > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: BEANUTILS-281 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-281 > Project: Commons BeanUtils > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Bean / Property Utils > Environment: JDK1.5 > Reporter: Onur Kutlu GAGO > Fix For: LATER THAN 1.8.0 > > > BeanUtils.cloneBean(Object) method does not copy the fields that are > overriden by the subclasses. For example, consider an abstract > class(AbstractVehicle) where you define an abstract getter for a field. > ************************** > public abstract class AbstractVehicle { > public abstract Serializable getField(); > } > *************************** > In a class (Car) that extends this abstract class (AbstractVehicle) you > define the field itself and override the return type of the getter method > (from Serializable to Integer): > *************************** > public class Car extends AbstractVehicle { > private Integer field = null; > @Override > public Integer getField() { > return field; > } > public void setField(Integer field) { > this.field = field; > } > } > *************************** > When you clone such objects (Car) this field is not copied! The following > code prints 'null' instead of 5! > *************************** > public class CopyTestMain { > public static void main(String[] args) throws IllegalAccessException, > InstantiationException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException { > final Car aCar = new Car(); > aCar.setField(5); > final Car copyCar = (Car) BeanUtils.cloneBean(aCar); > System.out.println("Field = " + copyCar.getField()); > } > } > *************************** -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]