Java tutorial
/** * Code contributed to the Learning Layers project * http://www.learning-layers.eu * Development is partly funded by the FP7 Programme of the European * Commission under Grant Agreement FP7-ICT-318209. * Copyright (c) 2014, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. * For a list of contributors see the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory * of this distribution. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package de.hska.ld.content.dto; import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty; import de.hska.ld.content.persistence.domain.Comment; import java.lang.reflect.Field; public class CommentDto extends Comment { private Long jsonParentId; @JsonProperty("jsonParentId") public Long getJsonParentId() { if (this.getParent() != null) { jsonParentId = this.getParent().getId(); this.setParent(null); } return jsonParentId; } @JsonProperty("jsonParentId") public void setJsonParentId(Long id) { if (this.getParent() != null) { jsonParentId = this.getParent().getId(); } else { jsonParentId = id; } } public CommentDto() { } public CommentDto(Comment comment) { try { // extract and set values per reflection Class subclass = comment.getClass(); Class superclass = subclass.getSuperclass(); while (superclass != null) { Field[] declaredFields = superclass.getDeclaredFields(); for (Field commentfield : declaredFields) { commentfield.setAccessible(true); Object obj = commentfield.get(comment); commentfield.set(this, obj); } superclass = superclass.getSuperclass(); } Field[] declaredFields = comment.getClass().getDeclaredFields(); for (Field commentfield : declaredFields) { commentfield.setAccessible(true); Object obj = commentfield.get(comment); commentfield.set(this, obj); } this.setId(comment.getId()); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // } this.getJsonParentId(); } }