org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding
Class DataBindingUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.binding.DataBindingUtils

public class DataBindingUtils
extends Object

Utility methods to perform data binding from Grails objects

Since:

1.0

Created: Sep 13, 2007 Time: 2:34:11 PM

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Constructor Summary

DataBindingUtils()

Method Summary

static void	assignBidirectionalAssociations(Object object, Map source, GrailsDomainClass domainClass) Associations both sides of any bidirectional relationships found in the object and source map to bind
static BindingResult	bindObjectToDomainInstance(GrailsDomainClass domain, Object object, Object source) Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary
static BindingResult	bindObjectToDomainInstance(GrailsDomainClass domain, Object object, Object source, List include, List exclude, String filter) Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary
static BindingResult	bindObjectToInstance(Object object, Object source) Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary
static BindingResult	bindObjectToInstance(Object object, Object source, List include, List exclude, String filter) Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataBindingUtils

public DataBindingUtils()

Method Detail

assignBidirectionalAssociations

public static void assignBidirectionalAssociations(Object object,
                                                   Map source,
                                                   GrailsDomainClass domainClass)

Associations both sides of any bidirectional relationships found in the object and source map to bind

Parameters:

object - The object

source - The source map

domainClass - The DomainClass for the object

bindObjectToInstance

public static BindingResult bindObjectToInstance(Object object,
                                                 Object source)

Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary

Parameters:

object - The object to bind to

source - The source object

Returns:

A BindingResult or null if it wasn't successful

bindObjectToDomainInstance

public static BindingResult bindObjectToDomainInstance(GrailsDomainClass domain,
                                                       Object object,
                                                       Object source)

Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary

Parameters:

domain - The GrailsDomainClass instance

object - The object to bind to

source - The source object

Returns:

A BindingResult or null if it wasn't successful

See Also:

GrailsDomainClass

bindObjectToInstance

public static BindingResult bindObjectToInstance(Object object,
                                                 Object source,
                                                 List include,
                                                 List exclude,
                                                 String filter)

Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary

Parameters:

object - The object to bind to

source - The source object

include - The list of properties to include

exclude - The list of properties to exclud

filter - The prefix to filter by

Returns:

A BindingResult or null if it wasn't successful

bindObjectToDomainInstance

public static BindingResult bindObjectToDomainInstance(GrailsDomainClass domain,
                                                       Object object,
                                                       Object source,
                                                       List include,
                                                       List exclude,
                                                       String filter)

Binds the given source object to the given target object performing type conversion if necessary

Parameters:

domain - The GrailsDomainClass instance

object - The object to bind to

source - The source object

include - The list of properties to include

exclude - The list of properties to exclud

filter - The prefix to filter by

Returns:

A BindingResult or null if it wasn't successful

See Also:

GrailsDomainClass