dgraham 2004/12/18 17:15:33 Modified: dbutils/xdocs examples.xml Log: Added tips for mapping strange column names to bean properties. PR: 32414 Revision Changes Path 1.7 +20 -0 jakarta-commons/dbutils/xdocs/examples.xml Index: examples.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/dbutils/xdocs/examples.xml,v retrieving revision 1.6 retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 --- examples.xml 19 Mar 2004 00:25:39 -0000 1.6 +++ examples.xml 19 Dec 2004 01:15:33 -0000 1.7 @@ -149,6 +149,26 @@ your application. The provided implementation delegates datatype conversion to the JDBC driver. </p> +<p> +BeanProcessor maps columns to bean properties as documented in the +<a href="apidocs/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.html#toBean(java.sql.ResultSet,%20java.lang.Class)">BeanProcessor.toBean()</a> javadoc. +Column names must match the bean's property names case insensitively. +For example, the <code>firstname</code> column would be stored in the bean +by calling its <code>setFirstName()</code> method. However, many database +column names include characters that either can't be used or are not typically +used in Java method names. You can do one of the following to map +these columns to bean properties: +<ol> + <li> + Alias the column names in the SQL so they match the Java names: + <code>select social_sec# as socialSecurityNumber from person</code> + </li> + <li> + Subclass BeanProcessor and override the <a href="apidocs/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.html#mapColumnsToProperties(java.sql.ResultSetMetaData,%20java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[])">mapColumnsToProperties()</a> + method to strip out the offending characters. + </li> +</ol> +</p> </section> </body>
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