Package com.hotels.beans.populator

Class Populator<O>

java.lang.Object

com.hotels.beans.populator.Populator<O>

Type Parameters:

O - the type of the object to get populated.

public abstract class Populator<O>
extends Object

Populator for collection or map objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<K> O	getPopulatedObject(Class<K> targetClass, String fieldName, O fieldValue)	Populates the array of the target object with the values into the source object.
protected abstract O	getPopulatedObject(Field field, O fieldValue)	Populates the array of the target object with the values into the source object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPopulatedObject

protected abstract O getPopulatedObject(Field field,
                                        O fieldValue)

Populates the array of the target object with the values into the source object.

Parameters:

field - the field to be populated

fieldValue - the source object from which extract the values

Returns:

a populated list of elements

getPopulatedObject

public final <K> O getPopulatedObject(Class<K> targetClass,
                                      String fieldName,
                                      O fieldValue)

Populates the array of the target object with the values into the source object.

Type Parameters:

K - the target object type

Parameters:

targetClass - the destination object class

fieldName - the field to be populated

fieldValue - the source object from which extract the values

Returns:

a populated list of elements