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Fabio Borriello commented on BEANUTILS-524: ------------------------------------------- [~melloware] sounds good! but, with this approach, the common bean util will still have the BULL dependency right? If I understood well the CopyUtilsBean will be something like: {code} package org.apache.commons.beanutils2; import com.hotels.beans.BeanUtils; import com.hotels.beans.transformer.BeanTransformer; import com.hotels.transformer.error.InvalidBeanException; /** * .... */ public class CopyUtilsBean { private final BeanTransformer beanTransformer; public CopyUtilsBean() { this.beanTransformer = new BeanUtils().getTransformer(); } public CopyUtilsBean(final BeanTransformer beanTransformer) { this.beanTransformer = beanTransformer; } /** * <p>Copy property values from the origin bean to the destination bean * class for all cases where the property names are the same. For each * property, a conversion is attempted as necessary. All combinations of * standard JavaBeans and DynaBeans as origin and destination are * supported. Properties that exist in the origin bean, but do not exist * in the destination bean (or are read-only in the destination bean) are * silently ignored and the default value for that type is set.</p> * * <p>To define specific mappings please refer to {@link com.hotels.beans.BeanUtils} * documentation available see: * @see <a href="https://hotelsdotcom.github.io/bull/transformer/bean/samples.html">Bean Transformer documentation</a> * </p> * * @param destClass Destination bean class * @param orig Origin bean whose properties are retrieved * * @throws InvalidBeanException if the destination bean is not valid */ public <T> T copyProperties(final Class<T> destClass, final Object orig) { return beanTransformer.transform(orig, destClass); } } {code} is this what you mean? > Make BeanUtils copyProperties able to copy Immutable, Mutable and Mixed Java > Bean > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: BEANUTILS-524 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEANUTILS-524 > Project: Commons BeanUtils > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Locale BeanUtils / Converters > Reporter: Fabio Borriello > Priority: Major > Time Spent: 10m > Remaining Estimate: 0h > > h4. Overview > the copyProperties method in the BeanUtils class, is able to copy only public > properties or the ones with a public setter method. > it would be really useful if this functionality can be extended in order to > copy any kind of Java Bean: Mutable, Immutable, Mixed. > h4. Solution > Evaluate the possibility to use, behind the scenes, an open source library > that is able to copy Mutable, Immutable and Mixed Java Bean. The library In > object is [BULL|https://github.com/HotelsDotCom/bull]. > This would also make able to copy nested objects. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)