import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor; class Beanutils{
//merge two bean by discovering differences
public static <M> void merge(M target, M destination) throws Exception {
BeanInfo beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(target.getClass()); // Iterate over all the attributes
for (PropertyDescriptor descriptor : beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors()) { // Only copy writable attributes
if (descriptor.getWriteMethod() != null) {
Object originalValue = descriptor.getReadMethod()
.invoke(target); // Only copy values values where the destination values is null
if (originalValue == null) {
Object defaultValue = descriptor.getReadMethod().invoke(
destination);
descriptor.getWriteMethod().invoke(target, defaultValue);
} }
}
}
}