douglasrodrigo / bfmapper

java bean mapper

bfmapper: Java Bean Converter

Installing:

Clone bfmapper project and install in your local repository

mvn clean install

Use it like a maven dependency on your project

  <dependency>
     <groupId>br.com.bfmapper</groupId>
	 <artifactId>bfmapper</artifactId>
	 <version>1.1.6</version>
   </dependency>

Usage:

writing bean mapper rules

 public class StudentMappingRules implements RulesMapper {

  @Override
  public void loadRules() {
   MappingRules.addRule(new Converter(StudentA.class, Student.class) {{
   // not necessary to put equals name properties
   add("age", "age");
   //custom transformers
   add("birthday", "birthday").with(new DateTimeTransformer("ddMMyyyy"));
   //default values
   addDefault(Student.class, "gender", Gender.MALE);
   //chained values
   add("address", "address.address1");
   }});
 }
}

converting objects:

Student student = new Mapping().apply(studentA).to(Student.class);

multiple applies

Student student = new Mapping().apply(studentA).apply(carMappedPrevioslyToStudent).to(Student.class);

You can see more utilization on tests!