I have such enum:
public enum PartnershipIndicator {
VENDOR("VENDOR"), COPARTNER("COPARTNER"), BUYER("BUYER");
String code;
private PartnershipIndicator(String code) {
this.code = code;
}
public String getCode() {
return code;
}
public static PartnershipIndicator valueOfCode(String code) {
for (PartnershipIndicator status : values()) {
if (status.getCode().equals(code)) {
return status;
}
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Partnership status cannot be resolved for code " + code);
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return code;
}
}
I need to convert it to String and vice versa. Now, it is done by custom converter. But i want to do it via dozer mappings (if it is possible). If i do not write any mappings to the dozer confing, i get
org.dozer.MappingException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: by.dev.madhead.demo.test_java.model.PartnershipIndicator.<init>()
exception. I cannot add default public constructor to enum, as it is not possible. So, i wrote a trick with internal code and valueOfCode() / toString(). It does not work. Then, i've mapped it in dozer config:
<mapping>
<class-a>java.lang.String</class-a>
<class-b create-method="valueOfCode">by.dev.madhead.demo.test_java.model.PartnershipIndicator</class-b>
</mapping>
It does not work. I tried valueOfCode(), one-way mappings. Nothing works. Enum to String conversion does not work too, i get empty Strings.
Any ideas?
Not sure if this is still an issue, but maybe help for anyone searching. But here is implemented solution to this:
@Override
public Object convert(Object destination, Object source, Class<?> destinationClass, Class<?> sourceClass) {
if(source == null)
return null;
if(destinationClass != null){
if(destinationClass.getSimpleName().equalsIgnoreCase("String")){
return this.getString(source);
}else if( destinationClass.isEnum()){
return this.getEnum(destinationClass, source);
}else{
throw new MappingException(new StrBuilder("Converter ").append(this.getClass().getSimpleName())
.append(" was used incorrectly. Arguments were: ")
.append(destinationClass.getClass().getName())
.append(" and ")
.append(source).toString());
}
}
return null;
}
private Object getString(Object object){
String value = object.toString();
return value;
}
private Object getEnum(Class<?> destinationClass, Object source){
Object enumeration = null;
Method [] ms = destinationClass.getMethods();
for(Method m : ms){
if(m.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("valueOf")){
try {
enumeration = m.invoke( destinationClass.getClass(), (String)source);
}
catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return enumeration;
}
}
return null;
}
The StrBuilder class when building the exception message is from the apaches common-lang libs. But other than that a simple reflection to solve this issue. Just add to a class that implements CustomConverter and then in your dozer mapping xml file add the following configuration:
<configuration>
<custom-converters>
<converter type="com.yourcompany.manager.utils.dozer.converters.EnumStringBiDirectionalDozerConverter">
<class-a>java.lang.Enum</class-a>
<class-b>java.lang.String</class-b>
</converter>
</custom-converters>
</configuration>
Note that you can only list a configuration once between all of your mapping files (if you have multiple) otherwise dozer will complain. What I typically do is place my custom converter configurations in one file for simplicity. Hope this helps!
There isn't a default enum to String mapping in Dozer. See Data type conversion from Dozer docs. So you have two options:
- You can write a custom converter that uses generics to handle any enum.
- Or, you could submit a patch to Dozer to add enum<->String mapping to the default mappings.