Mapper mapper = DozerBeanMapperBuilder.buildDefault();
DestinationObject destObject = mapper.map(sourceObject, DestinationObject.class);Usage
Dozer Bean Mapper
Before we go over setting up custom xml bean mappings, let us look at a simple example of using Dozer. The Dozer mapping implementation has a method called map which takes a source object and either a destination object or destination object class type. After mapping the two objects it then returns the destination object with all of its mapped fields.
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DestinationObject destObject = new DestinationObject();
mapper.map(sourceObject, destObject);Dozer operates in two general modes: implicit and explicit.
Implicit mode is activated by default and tries to resolve mappings for you. It uses simple assumptions that if two objects are passed for mapping then bean properties with the same names should be mapped. If there are additional mappings needed, which can not be derived by the naming you should add those either via XML, annotations or API.
Explicit mode assumes that no mappings should be performed or "guessed" until you have specified those specifically. The amount of coding is higher in explicit mode, but sometimes you would like to have full control on what is going on during the mappings process and this approach is also used in many of the productive applications. Implicit/Explicit mapping switch is called "wildcard" in Dozer.
Injecting Custom Mapping Files
The Dozer mapping xml file(s) define any custom mappings that can’t be automatically performed by the Dozer mapping engine.
Any custom Dozer mapping files need to be injected into the Mapper implementation
via DozerBeanMapperBuilder#withMappingFiles(..) method.
Preferably, you will be using an IOC framework such as Spring for these Dozer injection requirements. Alternatively, the injection of mapping files can be done programmatically. Below is a programmatic approach to creating a bean mapper. Note that this is NOT the recommended way to retrieve the bean mapper. Each new instance needs to be initialized and this consumes time as well as resources. If you are using the mapper this way just wrap it using the singleton pattern.
Mapper mapper = DozerBeanMapperBuilder.create()
.withMappingFiles("dozerBeanMapping.xml", "someOtherDozerBeanMappings.xml")
.build();
DestinationObject destObject = mapper.map(sourceObject, DestinationObject.class);Spring Integration
The following is an example how the Mapper bean would be configured via Spring.
<bean id="mapper" class="com.github.dozermapper.core.DozerBeanMapper">
<property name="mappingFiles">
<list>
<value>dozer-global-configuration.xml</value>
<value>dozer-bean-mappings.xml</value>
<value>more-dozer-bean-mappings.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>