BeanUtils Tutorial

Description

Java Bean Mapper is part of the Apache Commons BeanUtils library from the Apache Software Foundation. This project provides useful tools around the standard JavaBeans Component API with reflection-based java.beans.Introspector mechanism of mapping. The mapping under the hood is provided by the org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils class. Can only be used for simple and not profound mappings.

Features

Pros & Cons

Pros

• good performance

• easy-to-use and easy-to-follow object mapping approach

Cons

• cannot process recursive object mappings

• fully depends on setter method availability

Use cases

Links

• Official Site
• Official Repository
• Java BeanMapper Alternatives