org.kuali.student.r2.common.assembler
Class TransformUtility

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.student.r2.common.assembler.TransformUtility

public class TransformUtility
extends Object

Utility class containing utility methods to aide in DTO & Entity transformations

Field Summary

static String

DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE_DATE_FORMAT

Constructor Summary

TransformUtility()

Method Summary

static String	dateTimeToDynamicAttributeString(Date date) dateTime refers to a date where hours/minutes/seconds are important in addition to the month day year This is used to convert to and from a dynamic attribute which requires a string format.
static Date	dynamicAttributeStringToDateTime(String formattedDateStr) Takes a dynamic attribute representing
static DynAttrConverter<? extends Object>	getConverterByClass(Class clazz)
static <A extends BaseAttributeEntity<O>,O extends AttributeOwner<A>> List<Object>	mergeToEntityAttributes(Class<A> attributeClass, HasAttributes dto, O owner) This merges DTO attributes into Entity attributes and returns the orphaned attributes to delete
static <A extends BaseAttributeEntity<O>,O extends AttributeOwner<A>> List<AttributeInfo>	toAttributeInfoList(AttributeOwner<A> owner) Converts attributes from an entity to list of AttributeInfo objects for a DTO

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE_DATE_FORMAT

public static final String DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE_DATE_FORMAT

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TransformUtility

public TransformUtility()

Method Detail

mergeToEntityAttributes

public static <A extends BaseAttributeEntity<O>,O extends AttributeOwner<A>> List<Object> mergeToEntityAttributes(Class<A> attributeClass,
                                                                                                                  HasAttributes dto,
                                                                                                                  O owner)

This merges DTO attributes into Entity attributes and returns the orphaned attributes to delete

Parameters:

attributeClass - The attribute entity class for the attributes on the entity owner

dto - The dto to copy attributes from

owner - The owner entity of the attributes.

Returns:

The orphaned attributes to delete.

toAttributeInfoList

public static <A extends BaseAttributeEntity<O>,O extends AttributeOwner<A>> List<AttributeInfo> toAttributeInfoList(AttributeOwner<A> owner)

Converts attributes from an entity to list of AttributeInfo objects for a DTO

Parameters:

owner - The entity containing the attributes

Returns:

list of attributeInfo object

dateTimeToDynamicAttributeString

public static String dateTimeToDynamicAttributeString(Date date)

dateTime refers to a date where hours/minutes/seconds are important in addition to the month day year This is used to convert to and from a dynamic attribute which requires a string format.

Parameters:

date - A date object to convert

Returns:

The string version to save it as a dynamic attribute

dynamicAttributeStringToDateTime

public static Date dynamicAttributeStringToDateTime(String formattedDateStr)
                                             throws ParseException

Takes a dynamic attribute representing

Parameters:

formattedDateStr -

Returns:

Throws:

ParseException

getConverterByClass

public static DynAttrConverter<? extends Object> getConverterByClass(Class clazz)