Java tutorial
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.LocaleBeanUtils; import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class BeanUtilsExampleV5 { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { BeanUtilsExampleV5 diff = new BeanUtilsExampleV5(); Movie movie = diff.prepareData(); System.err.println( LocaleBeanUtils.getProperty(movie, "dateOfRelease", "dd-MMM-yyyy")); } private Movie prepareData() { Movie movie = new Movie(); movie.setTitle("The Italian Job"); movie.setDateOfRelease(new GregorianCalendar(2000, 0, 1).getTime()); return movie; } } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- import java.util.Map; import java.util.List; import java.util.Date; public class Movie { public Movie() { } public Date getDateOfRelease() { return this.dateOfRelease; } public void setDateOfRelease(Date dateOfRelease) { this.dateOfRelease = dateOfRelease; } public String getTitle() { return this.title; } public void setTitle(String title) {this.title = title; } public Person getDirector() { return this.director; } public void setDirector(Person director) { this.director = director; } public List getActors() { return this.actors; } public void setActors(List actors) { this.actors= actors; } public String[] getKeywords() { return this.keywords; } public void setKeyWords(String[] keywords) { this.keywords = keywords; } public Map getGenre() { return this.genre; } public void setGenre(Map genre) { this.genre = genre; } private Date dateOfRelease; private String title; private Person director; private List actors; private String[] keywords; private Map genre; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- import java.util.Map; import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder; import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder; import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder; public class Person { public Person() { } public String getName() { return this.name == null ? "NoName" : this.name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public int getGender() { return this.gender; } public void setGender(int gender) { // 0 - Indeterminate, 1 - Male, 2 - Female this.gender = (gender > 2 || gender < 0) ? 0 : gender; } public Map getContactNumber() { return this.contactNumber; } public void setContactNumber(Map contactNumber) { this.contactNumber = contactNumber; } /**public boolean equals(Object o) { if(o == this) return true; if(!(o instanceof Person)) return false; Person otherPerson = (Person)o; if(otherPerson.getName().equals(this.name) && otherPerson.getGender() == this.gender) return true; return false; }*/ public boolean equals(Object o) { if(!(o instanceof Person)) return false; Person otherPerson = (Person)o; return new EqualsBuilder() .append(name, otherPerson.getName()) .append(gender, otherPerson.getGender()) .isEquals(); } public int hashCode() { return new HashCodeBuilder(7, 51) .append(name) .append(gender) .append(contactNumber) .toHashCode(); } public String toString() { return new ToStringBuilder(this) .append("Name", name) .append("Gender", gender) .append("Contact Details", contactNumber) .toString(); } private String name; private int gender; private Map contactNumber; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- import java.util.List; public class Actor extends Person { public Actor() { } public List getMovieCredits() { return this.movieCredits; } public void setMovieCredits(List movieCredits) { this.movieCredits = movieCredits; } public long getWorth() { return this.worth; } public void setWorth(long worth) { this.worth = worth; } private List movieCredits; private long worth; }