[Webwork-user] usefull copyBeanToMap method for webwork

[Francisco H. <lag...@ho...>]

I was looking for a method to copy a Bean to a Map, I was able to find lots 
of methods that copied Maps to Beans.. not any for Bean to Map, anyways, 
heres my attempt at one.. anyone else think this method might be useful in 
webwork?

      public static void copyBeanToMap(Object from, Map to)
            throws IllegalArgumentException {
        try {
            Object[] writeParameters = new Object[1];
            String val;
            PropertyDescriptor[] propertiesFrom = 
getPropertyDescriptors(from.getClass());
            for (int j = 0; j < propertiesFrom.length; j++) {
                PropertyDescriptor pdFrom = propertiesFrom[j];
            val = (String) pdFrom.getReadMethod().invoke(from, new 
Object[0]);
                to.put(pdFrom.getDisplayName(), val);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bean copy failed:" + e);
        }
    }

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