net.sf.morph.transform
Interface Copier

All Superinterfaces:

net.sf.composite.Component, Transformer

All Known Subinterfaces:

DecoratedCopier, NodeCopier

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayCopier, AssemblerCopier, BasePropertyNameCopier, ChainedTransformer, CombiningCopier, ConditionalCopier, ContainerCopier, ContainerOfBeansCopier, CopierDecorator, CumulativeCopier, DefaultToBooleanConverter, DefaultToTextConverter, DisassemblerCopier, ImmutableComponentArrayCopier, MapCopier, NOPCopier, PropertyExpressionMappingCopier, PropertyNameMappingCopier, PropertyNameMatchingCopier, SetExpressionCopier, SimpleDelegatingTransformer, TextToContainerCopier, TypeChangingGraphTransformer

public interface Copier
extends Transformer

An object that can copy information from a source object to a destination object.

Since:

October 31, 2004

Author:

Matt Sgarlata

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.morph.transform.Transformer

TRANSFORMATION_TYPE_CONVERT, TRANSFORMATION_TYPE_COPY

Method Summary

void	copy(java.lang.Object destination, java.lang.Object source, java.util.Locale locale) Copies information from the given source to the given destination.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.morph.transform.Transformer

getDestinationClasses, getSourceClasses

Method Detail

copy

void copy(java.lang.Object destination,
          java.lang.Object source,
          java.util.Locale locale)
          throws TransformationException

Copies information from the given source to the given destination.

Parameters:

destination - the object to which information is written

source - the object from which information is read

locale - the locale of the current user, which may be null if the locale is unknown or not applicable

Throws:

TransformationException - if source or destination are null or
an error occurrs while copying