Generic way to update pojos via getters and setters

Question

Let\'s say I have POJO with getters and setters of different types. I want to write some generic algorithm for updating data from one to another based on just defining getters a

Answer 1

I know you already have an answer but for anyone needing something like this in the future: I have developed a small library around this context - datus.

Here is an example which shows some of its features:

class Person {
  //getters + setters omitted for brevity
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
}

class PersonDTO {
  //getters + setters + empty constructor omitted for brevity
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
}

  //the mutable API defines a mapping process by multiple getter-setter steps
  Mapper mapper = Datus.forTypes(Person.class, PersonDTO.class).mutable(PersonDTO::new)
      .from(Person::getFirstName).into(PersonDTO.setFirstName)
      .from(Person::getLastName)
      .given(Objects::nonNull, ln -> ln.toUpperCase()).orElse("fallback")
      .into(PersonDTO::setLastName)
      .from(/*...*/).into(/*...*/)
      .build();

  Person person = new Person();
person.setFirstName("firstName");
    person.setLastName(null);
    PersonDTO personDto = mapper.convert(person);
/*
    personDto = PersonDTO [
        firstName = "firstName",
        lastName = "fallback"
    ]
*/
    person.setLastName("lastName");
    personDto = mapper.convert(person);
/*
    personDto = PersonDTO [
        firstName = "firstName",
        lastName = "LASTNAME"
    ]
*/