Simple Mapper

I created this library because I'm tired of big xml-based or annotation-based mapping frameworks when all I need is a very basic mapping between business objects and lightweight DTOs with a similar structure.

Simple Mapper is a java objects mapper meant to be very easy-to-use and intuitive. It looks for setters in the destination object and try to find the corresponding getter in the source object. It manages cyclic dependencies, inheritance, and hooks.

Get it

Simple Mapper is available in Maven Central:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.joanzapata.mapper</groupId>
    <artifactId>simple-mapper</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.10</version>
</dependency>

Basics

You do all the mapping with the Mapper object and its map() method.

// First, create a ```Mapper``` object.
Mapper mapper = new Mapper();

// Map a plain old java object with map()
BookDTO bookDTO = mapper.map(book, BookDTO.class);

// Mapper will detect lists and maps so you can do things like:
List<BookDTO> bookListDTO = mapper.map(bookList, BookDTO.class);
Map<Long, BookDTO> bookListDTO = mapper.map(bookMap, Long.class, BookDTO.class);

Inheritance

If you need support for inheritance, you must provide the mappings of the subclasses:

Mapper mapper = new Mapper()
    .mapping(B.class, B'.class)
    .mapping(C.class, C'.class);

• You can register mapping in both directions by using the biMapping method.

Name binding

The mapper supports name variations, that means for example that public Book getBook() in the source object is considered as a valid candidate for public void setBookDTO(BookDTO bookDTO) in the destination object. The library currently manage DTO and BO name variations.

Hooks

If you need custom mapping or additional operations after some mappings, you can provide hooks:

Mapper mapper = new Mapper()
    .hook(new Hook<BookEntry, BookEntryDTO>() {
        @Override
        public void extraMapping(BookEntry source, BookEntryDTO destination) {
            // Do additional operations in the destination object
        }
    };
});

• Hooks are called after the object has been fully mapped.
• Hooks are guaranteed to be called in the order you added them to the mapper.

Custom Mapping

If you need to totally handle the mapping of certain types, you can provide custom mappers:

Mapper mapper = new Mapper()
    .customMapper(new CustomMapper<PhoneEntry, PhoneEntryDTO>() {
        @Override
        public PhoneEntryDTO map(PhoneEntry source, MappingContext context) {
            // Here you can create a PhoneEntryDTO by yourself and return it.
            PhoneEntryDTO phoneEntryDTO = new PhoneEntryDTO();
            phoneEntryDTO.setNumber(source.getNumber());
            phoneEntryDTO.setName(source.getName());
            return phoneEntryDTO;
            
            // You can also delegate it to another mapper, in this case don't
            // forget to pass the mapping context along with the source:
            return phoneEntryMapper.map(source, PhoneEntryDTO.class, context);
        }
    };
});

If you need to provide a custom mapping both ways, you can use a CustomBiMapper:

Mapper mapper = new Mapper()
    .customBiMapper(new CustomBiMapper<PhoneEntry, PhoneEntryDTO>() {
        @Override
        public PhoneEntryDTO mapForward(PhoneEntry source, MappingContext context) {
            // Mapping
        }
    
        @Override
        public PhoneEntry mapBackward(PhoneEntryDTO source, MappingContext context) {
            // Mapping
        }
    };
});

Strict Mode

The simple-mapper is very permissive by default. If something wrong happens mapping a property, it gives up and goes to the next property to map. You can override this behavior by setting the StrictMode. In this mode, the map() function will raise a StrictModeException if something goes wrong:

• No getter found that matches a setter in the destination object.
• Types mismatch between getter and setter.
• Destination object doesn't have an empty constructor.
• Any other bad thing happens during the mapping.

Mapper mapper = new Mapper().strictMode();

License

Copyright 2013 Joan Zapata

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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