I will do that. Just seems like a lot of overhead. Especially on an large dataset with a lot of rows.
Troy ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [Hibernate] updating exiting objects with a new clone > Troy McKinnon wrote: > > The only way I can see doing this now is to transfer the field values > > from myItem to fromDatabase. > > (Note: using the reflect package to do this is fairly trivial - but just > > more work ) > > If there was some way to updateSimilar or updateFromClone or similar > > method that would allow an update with a different object, that would be > > nice to have. > > Have a look at the BeanUtils utility which lets you copy all attributes > from one bean to another. That should nicely solve your problem. > > -Dave > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel
