David Leangen created FELIX-5561:
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Summary: Support for merging?
Key: FELIX-5561
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-5561
Project: Felix
Issue Type: Wish
Components: Converter
Reporter: David Leangen
Would it be reasonable for the Converter to support a "merge" operation? Or is
that just too far out of scope.
Example - merging a partial map into an existing object:
Object o2 = converter.merge( m ).into( o1 ).
Example of "complex" chaining operation - merging two maps, and converting to
object:
Object o2 = converter.merge( m1 ).into( m2 ).to( Object.class );
Just thinking hypothetically for now.
I can imagine cases where partial updates need to be applied. For instance, if
a "Contact" object exists, and we only want to update one or two fields, the
Converter could assist:
Contact updated = converter.merge( "{name:'Joe Smith', nickname:'joey'} ).into(
contact );
If this is too far out of scope, I'll drop it here. Otherwise, I'll play around
with it a bit and let you know how that goes.
wdyt?
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