RE: [Springframework-developer] OT: Data Mapping with JavaBeans

[March, A. <am...@so...>]

Mapforce is awesome.  That is all.

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> Of Torsten Juergeleit
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:40 AM
> To: spr...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Springframework-developer] OT: Data Mapping with
JavaBeans
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> Good point.
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> In our case the external JavaBeans (defined via XML
> schema and generated via Castor) contain only a very
> small subset of the data available in the internal
> JavaBeans (defined via XML schema and generated via
> Castor too). So the external ones only within the
> system-specific adapter. This adapter is responsible
> to create the generic JavaBeans (defined via XML
> schema and generated via Castor too) with the data
> from the external ones and sending these into our
> system or vice versa. This process of transforming
> JavaBeans is what I am looking for.
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> Has anyone experience with tools like Altova's
> MapForce which support code generation for XML schema
> mapping (XSD to XSD)?
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> Torsten
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> --- Rob Butler <cro...@ya...> wrote:
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> > This may or may not work for you, but here's a
> > suggestion.
> >
> > If possible, have the internal generic JavaBeans
> > implement an interface.  The code which uses these
> > generic JavaBeans should be coded to the interface
> > so
> > that various implementations of it can be used.
> >
> > Then, instead of mapping data from the external
> > JavaBeans to your generic ones, you implement new
> > implementations of the generic JavaBeans, which
> > encapsulate the system-specific ones within them.
> > The
> > implementation of the generic JavaBean interface can
> > then call the appropriate methods of the
> > system-specific JavaBean to obtain the data they
> > would
> > need.
> >
> > There is no "mapping" where data is read out of one
> > bean and placed in another, just methods in your
> > "generic" JavaBeans (which implement the interface)
> > and make calls to the system-specific JavaBeans for
> > data.
> >
> > Just an idea.
> > Later
> > Rob
> >
> > --- Torsten Juergeleit <tju...@ya...> wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe the bright people on the Spring developer
> > list
> > > can give me a hint for the following
> > > non-Spring-related topic:
> > >
> > > We are using XML messages to communicate with
> > > external
> > > systems. At the boundaries of our system these XML
> > > messages are mapped / bound to JavaBeans via
> > Castor.
> > > Within a system-specific adapter these external
> > > JavaBeans are mapped to our internal, generic
> > > JavaBeans.
> > >
> > > What we need now is an easy to use / configure and
> > > performant way to map data between different
> > > JavaBeans.
> > >
> > > Any experiences / suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanx.
> > > Torsten
> > >
> > >
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