Release Notes

5.5.1 2014-04-22

5.4.0 2012-12-01

Bug Fixes

  • Mapping null values within List to List mapping causes NPE link

  • Multiple superclass mappings, fields mapped over and over link

  • Deep index mapping for untyped Collection link

  • Iterate mapping with more than one hint fails link

  • Inheritance problems with custom-converters on fields link

  • Fix for generic introspection issues link

  • Does not swallow InterruptedException link

Feature Requests

  • Migration to GitHub

  • Web Site Update

  • Mapping Metadata Introspection link

  • Added possibility to convert Enums from Strings link

  • Load mappings via InputStream link

5.3.2 2011-02-15

Bug Fixes

  • NullPointerException when mapping single field to List link

  • StackOverFlow when using MapperAware Custom Converters link

  • ClassMappings get wrong ClassMap in polymorphism case link

  • Mapping of XMLGregorianCalendar not working link

  • Thread hang during initialization link

  • Add ability to define is-accessible at the type level link

  • one-way doesn’t work at the mapping level link

  • Mapping String collections with "iterate" fails link

Feature Requests

  • Get a handle on mappedFields property from CustomConverter. link

  • BigDecimal and Double mapping link

  • Integrate BeanUtils 1.8 converters link

5.3.1 2010-11-15

Bug Fixes

  • DozerBeanMapper initialization is not thread safe link

  • Collection Generic type not resolved on field levelhttps://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3066742&group_id=133517&atid=727368[link]

Feature Requests

  • Apache Camel Integration Improvement link

5.3.0 2010-10-10

Bug Fixes

  • ReflectionUtils.findAMethod can escape by returning null link

  • Unnecessary call to a method link

  • XMLGregorianCalendar instantiation fails link

  • DateFormat instantiation fails link

  • Mixed-type values in Map are incorrectly converted link

  • Fail to map an object graph correctly link

  • Semi-undocumented dependency on XMLBeans link

  • Bug with Javassist link

  • Bug in TypeResolver with generics/inheritance link

  • Remove-orphans is not handled when mapping java.util.Map link

  • Hard to use XML config when mapping from/to java.util.Map link

  • Deep property mapping and is-accesssible=true incompatible link

Feature Requests

  • Alternative Java API for mappings link

  • Commons Logging replaced with SLF4J link

  • Improved Hibernate proxy handling link

  • Warning on duplicate mappings link

  • Improved generics handling link

5.2.2 2010-06-09

Bug Fixes

  • CustomConverterContainer puts null results in cache link

  • NPE in SimpleElementReader link

  • DozerConverter fails on primitive to primitive map link

  • T extends Enum<StatisticType> link

  • Statistics are not thread safe link

  • Copy-by-reference ignored when object is in a Set link

  • ConcurrentModificationException on the first map link

  • Mapping primitive List → primitive array does not work link

Feature Requests

  • Allow static createMethod on any class link

  • Improve debug logging link

5.2.1 2010-04-28

Bug Fixes

  • Forgotten Custom Converter Parameter in Map-backed Mappings link

  • DozerConverter does not Check for Runtime Types Properly link

  • Support for XMLGregorianCalendar link

  • Support of Map implementations other than HashMap link

Feature Requests

  • Dozer OSGi Bundle link

  • Expression Language Support (javax.el) link

  • Drop Dependency on Apache Commons Collections link

5.2.0 2010-01-24

Bug Fixes

  • Failing Top Level Mapping (this → this) link

  • NPE on Missing Getter link

  • Exception Message Imrovement link

  • Iterate Mapping does not Check Previously Mapped Objects link

  • Stack Overflow on Recursive Object Graphs link

  • Race Condition in Statistics Area link

  • Date to Calendar Convertation link

  • Stored References to Generated Classes link

  • Fail on null Value in Set link

  • Exception on Mapping of XMLGregorianCalendar link

  • Non-Standard getter/setter names and deep-mapping issue link

  • Fix for null Element in Array link

Feature Requests

  • Support for Spring Resources link

  • Support for Collections without Setters link

  • Custom Converter with Injected Mapper link

5.1 2009-08-25

Bug Fixes

  • JAXBBeanFactory can not create bean for nested type link

  • Mapping definition of super interface is ignored link

  • Inheritance mapping with proxy object link

  • Processing Map with Null entry fails link

  • Date Format is not used for collection elements link

  • Memory Leak on Web Container reload when using JMX Beans link

  • Hints does not work for inherited classes link

  • Null values are not copied to destination Map link

  • Map with List entries is mapped incorrectly link

  • NPE when missing one of the class names in mapping definition link

Feature Requests

  • Support for Generic return types link

  • Generics in Custom Converter API link

  • Support for custom proxy resolver link

  • Support for custom class loaders link

5.0 2009-03-03

Migration Guide

Change Description New - Dozer 5.0 Old - Dozer 4.4.1

Increased minimum JDK requirements

Requires JDK 1.5+

Required JDK 1.4+

Repackaged Dozer classes

org.dozer

net.sf.dozer.util.mapping

Maven group id

net.sf.dozer

net.sf.dozer

Added Generics to public api

A dest = mapper.map(b, A.class)

A dest = (A) mapper.map(b, A.class)

Switched to XSD instead of DTD

beanmapping.xsd

dozerbeanmapping.dtd

Renamed some public Interfaces

BeanFactory

BeanFactoryIF

CustomFieldMapper

CustomFieldMapperIF

Mapper

MapperIF

Repackaged some public Interfaces

org.dozer.CustomConverter

net.sf.dozer.util.mapping.converters.CustomConverter

org.dozer.ConfigurableCustomConverter

net.sf.dozer.util.mapping.converters.ConfigurableCustomConverter

org.dozer.DozerEventListener

net.sf.dozer.util.mapping.event.DozerEventListener

Upgraded 3rd party dependencies

commons-collections 3.2.1

commons-collections 3.1

commons-beanutils 1.8.0

commons-beanutils 1.7.0

commons-lang 2.4

commons-lang 2.2

commons-logging 1.1.1

commons-logging 1.0.3

junit 4.5

junit 3.8

+

Bug Fixes and Patches

  • DozerResolver should resolve the DTD using class classLoader link

  • Inheritance + Map-Id link

  • Exclude test classes from the dist jar link

  • Timestamp mapping broken link

  • Map method lookup link

  • DozerBeanMapper doesn’t resolve graphs properly link

  • Bug using MapIds link

  • Bug with MapIds using Hints link

Feature Requests

  • Change maven group id link

  • Repackage dozer classes link

  • Add Generics to public Mapper interface link

  • Upgrade to JUnit 4 link

  • Upgrade 3rd party dependencies link

  • Switch to XSD instead of DTD link

  • Migrate to JDK 5 link

  • Rename some public interfaces link

4.4.1 2009-01-31

Bug Fixes

  • Using ContextClassLoader to load classes link

4.4 2008-12-27

Bug Fixes and Patches

  • Global Configuration is Ignored link

  • Throw exception if more than one global configuration found link

  • Problem loading Dozer bean mapper from Spring link

  • Error in loading mapping files located in jar file link

  • NullPointerException link

  • Problem with Java 1.5 enum and inheritance link

  • Deep Index Custom Converter Problem link

  • Bug fix not indexed properties (List - Vector) link

  • Deep index patch link

  • Collection deep index issue link

  • Deep Mapping with custom setter method does not work when default setter exists link

  • Improve an exception message link

Feature Requests

  • Reorganize test mapping and config files in src tree link

4.3 2008-12-03

Bug Fixes

  • Class hierarchies are not mapped in descending order link

  • Map-backed properties are not copied using deep mapping link

  • Mapping with remove-orphans changes the mapped list order link

  • Mapping with remove-orphans should call remove() on the list link

  • Bug in ReflectionUtils.getInterfacePropertyDescriptors() link

  • Classloading approach is not recommended link

  • NullPointerException when mapping a map link

  • Subclasses are not recognized link

  • Mapping with parent-child relation does not work link

  • Missing destination read method throws NPE link

  • MappingProcessor does not use hints from DestHintContainer link

Feature Requests

  • Backport to commons-collections 3.0 link

  • Mask in copy-by-reference link

  • Support for Javassist proxy objects link

  • Config parameter for Custom Converter link

  • Fix FindBugs issues link

  • Documentation update link

4.2.1 2008-06-22

Bug Fixes

4.2 2007-12-16

Bug Fixes

  • Update spring custom converter documentation 1841449

  • Trim Strings issue with data type conversion 1841448

  • Orphans not removed from Sets 1822421

  • TimeZone not copied when mapping Calendar 1815199

  • Problem when getters and setters are on different interfaces 1814758

  • Unexpected exception in LogMsgFactory 1797808

  • Map-backed mapping with map-id 1796344

  • Custom converter called on null source field 1792048

  • Patch for determining source field type 1823435

4.1 2007-09-22

Bug Fixes

  • Inheritance issue(s) with proxied data objects 1777357

  • Array mapping with XMLBeans throws NoSuchMehtod exception 1773425

  • Mapping Started Event Not firing on mapping 1768660

  • Inheritance mapping not working correctly - Part Deux 1757573

  • Test Cases section not diplaying correctly in web site docs 1657562

Feature Requests

  • Update inheritance mapping doc’s 1778316

  • Repackage functional/e2e tests 1777076

  • Using multiple instances of CustomConverter 1770440

  • Dozer vs. XmlBeans generated primitive types 1764916

  • DozerEvent - sourceObject always null. 1762642

  • Path to ResourceLoader to accept any URL 1757321

  • Run existing tests in both unproxied and cglib proxied mode 1756584

  • Removal of orphans in destination collection 1755838

  • Allow global configuration of relationship-type 1750158

4.0 2007-07-15

Bug Fixes

  • Field custom converter bug with Map data types 1749982

  • Prob w/ map-get-method and date-format 1733793

  • Global custom converters missing in default ClassMap 1728385

  • Copy Reference mapping instructions ignored for subclasses 1728159

  • mvn eclipse:eclipse does not get all dependencies 1727717

  • Prob w/ map-get-method and CustomConverter 1724104

Feature Requests

  • Misc code cleanup and refactoring 1754179

  • Refactor/Clean Up Dest Bean Creator 1752379

  • Mapping deep level field in Indexed structure 1752329

  • Add map-id to field mapping debug output 1750157

  • Push mapping value hierarchy down to ClassMap and FieldMap 1749805

  • Add bidirectional relationship between FieldMap and ClassMap 1749804

  • Don’t expose DozerField and DozerClass objects 1749802

  • Remove PRIME feature from the docs 1736864

  • Major refactor of Map backed properties 1734665

  • Repackage ClassMap.java 1734228

  • Load classes consistently 1734163

  • Cleanup of internal exception handling 1734161

  • Add config support for auto trimming of strings 1707034

  • Mapping deep level field in Indexed structure 1473800

3.4 2007-05-19

Bug Fixes

  • Incorrectly recognizing JDK 6.0 1717547

  • Null pointer on MappingProcessor at Line 282 1717318

  • Change the way we determine JDK Version 1715819

  • Lost and Duplicated Objects 1715496

  • Fix Map VO with no custom mappings 1713550

  • Propagate exceptions while parsing allowed-exceptions xml 1713242

  • NPE when Date String when no date format specified 1711580

  • inappropriate subclass mappings applied 1674199

  • Inheritance mapping not working correctly 1486105

  • bidirectionnal mapping with sets subclasses 1664984

Feature Requests

  • Change util classes to static 1713604

  • Add PMD and Findbugs reports 1712886

  • Remove NotFoundException and DozerRuntimeExceptions 1712513

  • Add class level javadoc for classes missing it 1696636

3.3.1 2007-04-28

Bug Fixes

  • Remove Spring runtime dependency. Revert back to using Apache Commons to get Property Descriptors 1709117

3.3 2007-04-26

Bug Fixes

  • Throw exception if map-id cannot be resolved 1706291

  • When adding default field mappings, skip getter’s w/params 1705525

  • When discovering default field mappings require corresponding get/set method 1704085

  • Global Bean Factory not applied to default mappings 1700448

  • Non-Cumulative mapping issues 1698069

Feature Requests

  • Use Spring’s BeanUtils.getPropDescriptors() instead of jakarta 1707014

  • When auto registering mbeans check if mbean is already reg’d 1697294

  • Recursive object mapping not working with interfaces 1658168

  • Improve collection handling, esp. non-cumulative mapping 1482749

3.2.1 2007-04-08

Feature Requests

  • Boolean to number auto conversion 1695408

  • Added statistics for custom converter mappings 1695380

  • Small performance improvement for jdk1.5 users 1694734

3.2 2007-04-03

Bug Fixes

  • 3.1 Release not backwards compatible with JDK 1.3 1692620

  • Destination Value always null in CustomConverter 1679996

  • Indexed Mapping broke when is-accessible is true 1673152

  • Allowed Exceptions not working for default mappings 1658569

  • Remove is-accessible option from configuration and mapping sections in the DTD 1692603

  • Set mapping problem when field starts in upper case in mapping xml file 1549738

Feature Requests

  • Auto register Dozer JMX MBeans with the platform mbean server 1690327

  • Private constructor support when creating new instances of data objects 1690298

  • Create quick reference page for mapping xml options 1657611

  • Set/get method for last field in deep-chaing 1456486

  • Add documentation for existing custom converter support of Array types 1691021

3.1 2007-03-25

Patches

  • Bi-direction is-accessible 1664865

Bug Fixes

  • Dramatic Performance Degradation with Interfaces 1684237

Feature Requests

  • Transparent Java 5 enums support 1685083

  • Move dozer to subversion 1684934

  • Maven 2 Repo 1677946

  • Resolve collection hints from Java 5 generic type information 1677376

3.0 2007-02-08

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed custom converter cache 1644966

  • Fixed wildcard mapping not working with interface inheritance 1636354

  • Fixed inherited setters not found with interface inheritances 1637106

  • Fixed mapping from object to array 1616229

  • Fixed ClassMapFinder does not find ClassMap for interfaces 1615377

  • Added Spring FactoryBean 1613791

  • Fixed is-accessible problem with abstract super classes 1599457

  • Fixed ClassMap not found for interface mapping 1554793

  • Fixed issue with custom converters not being invoked for null values 1563795

Feature Requests

  • Upgrade build infrastructure to Maven2 1651498

  • Removed dependency on log4j 1644537

  • Misc performance improvements 1645687

  • Cleaned up indexed logic and custom converter logic 1620589

  • Prevent infinite loop for bi-directional data object relationships 1596766

  • Added support for custom converters at field level 1476780

  • Modified custom converting matching logic 1481357

  • Added support for custom field mappers 1654784

2.4 2006-10-14

Bug Fixes

  • Added ability to load custom mapping files from outside of classpath 1563130

  • Runtime exceptions no longer wrapped in MappingException 1561837

  • Fixed primitive array to List mapping issue 1561184

  • Fixed ConcurrentModificationException 1550275

  • Fixed Proxy/Hibernate Lazy Init Object Issues 1572949

Feature Requests

  • Request for passing up RuntimeException when stop on error is set to false 1513128

  • Request for JAXB object factory 1572996

  • Request for allowing alternate declaration of mapping files 1480372

  • Request for proper null conversion for "proxy" mappings 1471808

  • Request for Mapping deep level field in Indexed structure 1473800

2.3 2006-09-01

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed String to indexed Set using a destination hint 1543202

  • Fixed duplicate map-id’s found 1539461

  • Fixed unable to map SortedSet subinterface 1538441

  • Fixed source property desciptor caching 1537668

  • Fixed isAccessible not being able to find private fields 1503670

  • Fixed index mapping with Set 1480666

  • Attempted to fix ConcurrentModificationException 1550275

Feature Requests

  • Request for new logging category for startup/init information 1475235

  • Request for bypass of set dest value when the dest value already equals src value 1481427

  • Request to use static map of threadsafe primitive + wrapper converters 1481500

  • Request to make DozerBeanMapper.getMappingProcessor() protected 1470425

  • Request for improve testability/readability of the code base 1543302

  • Request to remove SourceField, DestinationField classes 1480804

  • Request to remove SrcClass, DestClass, SrcHint, DestHint, and Hydrate classes 1539455

  • Request to move duplicate assemble key logic to common place 1481505

  • Request to add more unit testing around JMX controller classes 1481538

  • Request to make map-id more intuitive from a coding perspective 1484397

  • Request to clean up PMD errors 1539639

  • Request to add more comments to the code base 1543264

2.2 2006-04-29

  • Request Implement Event Listening Model RFE 1470590

  • Request Remove Hydrate and Dehydrate mapping code RFE 1474422

  • Request Remove mapping with just source object RFE 1474413

  • Request Mapping XmlBean to JavaBeans Objects RFE 1468926

  • Request DozerBeanMapper extensibility RFE 1470425

  • Request field-exclude does not support type one-way RFE 1474440

  • Fixed Duplicate Class Mapping Found Issue 1477786

  • Fixed custom converter(s) and primitive matching Issue 1474216

  • Fixed CGLIB Source Class - object not instance of declaring class Issue 1427982

  • Added JMX integration and hooks. RFE 1475229

  • Added runtime Statistics support. RFE 1475228

  • Added support for Dozer configuration via properties file. RFE 1475232

  • Cleaned up project documentation. RFE 1470452

2.1.1 2006-04-18

  • Fixed performance degradation.

2.1 2006-03-15

2.0.2 2006-02-29

  • Added PDF Users Guide

  • Request for more log.dubug statements to help diagnosing mapping problems RFE 1445372

  • Fixed log.error when an exception is thrown and stop on errors is true RFE 1445376

2.0.1 2006-02-02

  • Request for allow override to exclude mapping of null src field value RFE 1413480

  • Request for allow override to exclude mapping of "" src field value RFE 1417170

  • Request check mapping file for duplicate entries RFE 1416905

  • Fixed Hint is not used for Array to List Issue 1413429

  • Fixed Context Based Mapping and Nested Context based mapping does not work unless a Map Issues 1413443 and 1413451

  • Fixed LinkedHashMap not compatible with JDK 1.3 Issues 1419357

  • Fixed NPE when sourceFieldValue is null in logFieldMappingError() method

2.0 2006-01-16

  • Request for create dozer 1.x - 2.x migration documentation. RFE 1397121

  • Request for increase performance 4X - 8X. RFE 1381246

  • Request for XML tags more consistent. RFE 1381249

  • Request for custom create methods. RFE 1386770

  • Request for remove static BeanMapper. RFE 1381248

  • Fixed exclude-field doesn’t work on an indexed property Issue 1404944

  • Fixed Better error message for null top level src object Issue 1386663

  • Fixed OO domain objs to flat VO obj w/ interface issue Issue 1391777

  • Fixed Default ClassMap not getting CustomConverters Issue 1384887

1.5.8.1 2005-12-08

  • Request for ability to have overloaded set() methods. RFE 1375559

  • Request for upgrade to commons-lang-2.1. RFE 1375457

  • Request for ability to map field w/out get() set() Methods. This is a partial implementation. RFE 1373285

  • Request for if no destination for List, Set, Map inst. source class when appropriate. RFE 1373219

  • Request for enhanced ability to copy map to map. RFE 1372011

  • Request for Set to Array, Array to Set, Set to List, List to Set. RFE 1370482

  • Fixed compatibility with JDK 1.3. At one point we had this…​and then reverted back by using LinkedHashSet.

  • Fixed Null Value in String Array causes NPE Issue 1373824

  • Fixed Deep property mapping and Inheritance Issue 1372000

1.5.8 2005-11-29

  • Request for enhancement remove dependency on Castor. RFE 1369801

  • Request for enhancement ability to Initialize DozerBeanMapper. RFE 1367803

  • Request for ability to inject custom converters. RFE 1363361

  • Request for enhancement for making CustomConverters global to all mapping files. RFE 1363358

  • Fixed InterFace isAssignableFrom Class Issue 1365701

  • Fixed Iterator to Array/List Issue 1364373

  • Fixed Array to Array mapping Issue 1361105

1.5.7 2005-11-15

  • Added support to map to/from a Map or Struts like DynaActionForm object. Dozer now supports mapping to/from any Map backed property. It can implement the Map Interface or be a custom map object: Forum Thread 452530

  • Request for enhancement declare a class as copy-by-reference RFE 1345821

  • Request for enhancement No way to reference self (this) in field mapping RFE 1277096

  • Request for enhancement for Collapse <field-deep> tag into <field> tag. All <field-deep> tags need to be replaced with <field> tags. RFE 1347953

  • Applied patch for Spring bean factory injection: Patch 1349799

  • Fixed Configuration Overrides Not Working Issue 1352438

  • Fixed multiple levels of custom mapping processed in wrong order Issue 1346370

  • Fixed regression on finding most specific destination mapping Issue 1346342

  • Fixed ExcludeFieldMap not inherited Issue 1345816

1.5.6 2005-10-30

  • <field-deep> enhancements: Support for copy-by-reference and type (one-way) attributes.

  • Added News section on home page. Latest release number is now on left-hand side navigation column.

  • Added support for copying an object by reference: Forum Thread

  • Request for enhancement for Custom Bean Creation Factories: RFE 1325412

  • Applied patch for MappingProcessor exception handling refactoring: Patch 1333634

  • Applied patch for finding most specific mapping: Patch 1325524

  • Fixed Empty String value is getting lost during mapping Issue 1342611

  • Fixed one-way overriden by default field mappings Issue 1339074

  • Fixed Using an Interface for a Custom Converter Class Issue 1342127

  • Fixed wrong destination object for list of custom converted object Issue 1332606

  • Fixed custom convertor not associated with hints Issue 1321647

1.5.5 2005-10-13

  • Fixed incorrect set mapping for existing destination set Issue

  • Fixed Use of Default ClassMap with date formatting Issue

  • If the destination object was mapped and is NULL, we now map it.

  • When mapping Array → Array or List → Array do not need hints anymore. This does not apply to Object Arrays.

  • Fixed Another Hydrate and Non-Cumulative Issue

  • Fixed DTD has field-method and field-iterate methods Issue

  • Fixed Field-Deep String to List Error Issue

1.5.4 2005-09-20

  • Added ability to Map the destination object to Interfaces, Abstract Classes, or Super Classes. See this thread for more information

  • Fixed the Hydrate and Non-Cumulative Issue

  • Removed samples folder until we can make it more up-to-date.

1.5.3 2005-09-16

  • Fixed Custom Mapping and made the interface cleaner issue

  • Fixed blank string conversion bug 1292080

1.5.2 2005-09-14

  • Added support for multiple source and destination hints in Collection and Array mapping

  • Fixed Mapping inheritance issue(s)

  • Iterate type methods can now return an Iterator for their get() method.

1.5.1 2005-09-07

  • Added <field> level one-way mapping. i.e. <field type="one-way">

  • Removed <field-method> and <field-iterate-method> and now use the <field> in combination with attributes. See this thread for more information. This has also been updated in the documentation.

  • DTD validation was disabled. It is now working.

  • Thanks to Seb :) the ClassLoader issues have been put to bed.

1.5.0.1 2005-08-31

  • Fixed ClassLoader issue

1.5.0 2005-08-30

  • Fixed map by reference defect 1264347

  • Integrated with Spring. Dozer can be used statically and as a bean

  • Fixed a global wildcard bug.

  • Upgraded to caster 0.9.6 to fix for allowing whitespace in the XML files

  • Addressed adding vs. updating List. We were not truly updating the list

1.4.6 2005-08-19

  • Addressed adding vs. updating List objects

  • Added GenericFieldMap which extends FieldMap so we can have custom behavior on simple field mappings.

  • Finally :) fixed ClassLoader bug 1263159

  • Dozer now supports overriding getter() and setter() method names

  • Addressed Cloneable VS SerializationUtils.clone() issue

1.4.5 2005-08-18

  • Addressed the ClassLoader defect issue

  • Addressed the Pass By Reference issue

  • Addressed the field exclude getter() setter() issue

1.4.4 2005-08-16

  • Added one-way mapping at mapping level into DTD

  • Added unit test for one-way mapping

  • <field> level tag source and destination hint functionality did not work unless it was an array or list. This has been fixed.

1.4.3 2005-08-15

  • Moved to DTD validation from XSD validation per defect ID 1256049

  • Added <field-exclude> tag.

  • Fixed bug where branch and lower level objects which were on the source and already been instantiated were being new()ed up on conversion back to the source.

  • If a Java Bean did not have a getter() or setter() method we would throw NPE. We now throw a MappingException with description.

1.4.2 2005-08-10

  • Support for JDK 1.3

1.4.1 2005-07-28

  • Deep field output for logging arrays

  • Field-deep tag now supports sourceTypeHint and destinationTypeHints

1.4 2005-07-11

  • Removed test data retrieval from Spring

  • MapperException is now a RuntimeException

  • Fields in a base class can now be mapped in the mapping file and all of the corresponding sub-classes will not have to specify those fields

  • Multiple mapping files can be added to the dozerContext.xml file.

1.3.3 2005-06-07

  • Added Getting Started section to documentation

  • Fixed bug inability to locate mapping file in a jar file at runtime

1.3.2 2005-06-03

  • Fixed bug 1214291 NullPointerException when no fields

  • Changed license to Apache, Version 2.0

1.3.1 2005-06-02

  • Fixed incorrect error message stating that beanmapping.xml was not in the classpath

  • Fixed documentation so that images appear offline

  • Added note about using log4j.properties file

1.3 2005-06-01

  • Fixed deep field mapping logic

  • Renamed castormappings.xml to dozercastormappings.xml

  • Changed default dozer mappings file to dozerBeanMapping.xml. beanmapping.xml is still supported for backwards compatability.

  • Allow override of default mapping file that will get loaded by using system property. -Ddozer.configuration=myBeanMapping.xml

  • Resolved some of the pmd errors

  • Added a validate method to Mapping Reader. We need to add more.

  • Apply top level configuration props to children during initialization process. Removed double checking in the code

  • Apply top level configuration props to default class map in processor.

  • Added some todos to working doc.

  • Added deep mapping examples to samples

  • XSD Schema validation

  • XSD Schema is now on the website

1.2 2005-05-03

  • Created a dozer-full.jar file which includes all of the run-time dependency classes needed

  • Mappings file can now be empty except for begin and end mappings tag

  • Added global configuration XML to contain settings for wildcard, dateformat, error handling, and custom converters

  • changes to allow each mapping element override global settings, and some even at the field level

  • added a check for infinite loops during mapping

  • user can specify whether or not Dozer throws exceptions or eats exceptions

  • added the ability to specify custom converter objects to handle special mapping/conversion cases

  • created a mapping processor object to allow the use of local variables. Mapper class methods are still static for ease of use.

  • Added more unit tests, as always

1.1 2005-04-06

  • fixed mapping bug with methodMap and methodDehydrate where it would transform but not convert

  • many infrastructure changes: moved beanmapping.xml parsing to castor

  • fixed bug where bogus data conversion from String to Wrapper would not produce any errors

  • The code was changed to get the default mappings after it loads the custom mappings

  • String conversions to a Date object based on a date format

  • beanmapping.xml file now has field-deep, field-hydrate, field-dehydrate, field-method, and field-iterate-method elements

  • Added more unit tests