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Is there a way to make Dozer map fields without getter or setters? (Or, what mapper can do this?)

Here's an article on Dozer: https://www.baeldung.com/dozer. It's a mapper that uses reflection to map same-name fields from one object to another (of a completely unrelated class).
I was wondering if this works flexibly with private fields, getters, and setters. That is,
Will private String a map to another object's private String a without either having any getters or setters?
What if only one side has a getter or setter (and the private field is named something different to make sure it's not directly accessing private fields)?
What if one has a getter and the other has a setter for totally mismatching private fields? (But the getter and setter names match.)
I wrote a test program to run in https://www.jdoodle.com/online-java-compiler:
import org.dozer.DozerBeanMapper;
public class Main {
public static class MySource {
// a -> a
private String a;
// getB() -> b
private String hidden_b;
public String getB() { return hidden_b; }
// c -> setC(c)
private String c;
// getD() -> setD(d)
private String hidden_d;
// proper getters and setters on both sides
private String proper;
public String getProper() { return proper; }
// public void setProper(String proper_) { proper = proper_; }
public MySource() {
a = "A Room with a View";
hidden_b = "The Bridge of San Luis Rey";
c = "Civilwarland in Bad Decline";
hidden_d = "Darkness at Noon";
proper = "This should copy, at minimum.";
}
public void print() {
System.out.println("Source");
System.out.println("================================");
System.out.println("a = " + a);
System.out.println("hidden_b = " + hidden_b);
System.out.println("c = " + c);
System.out.println("hidden_d = " + hidden_d);
System.out.println("--------------------------------");
System.out.println("proper = " + proper);
System.out.println("");
}
}
public static class MyTarget {
private String a;
private String b;
private String hidden_c;
private String hidden_e;
public void setC(String param) { hidden_c = param; }
public void setD(String param) { hidden_e = param; }
private String proper;
// public String getProper() { return proper; }
public void setProper(String proper_) { proper = proper_; }
public MyTarget() {}
public void print() {
System.out.println("Target");
System.out.println("================================");
System.out.println("a = " + a);
System.out.println("b = " + b);
System.out.println("hidden_c = " + hidden_c);
System.out.println("hidden_e = " + hidden_e);
System.out.println("--------------------------------");
System.out.println("proper = " + proper);
System.out.println("");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
MySource s = new MySource();
s.print();
System.out.println("Now dozing...");
System.out.println("");
MyTarget t = new DozerBeanMapper().map(s, MyTarget.class);
t.print();
}
}
Note that to run the above code you must add a maven dependency:
Group ID: net.sf.dozer
Artifact ID: dozer
Version: 5.5.1
And also you must try executing a few times because of random timeouts depending on whether the dependency loads fast enough.
Anyway, my output was:
Source
================================
a = A Room with a View
hidden_b = The Bridge of San Luis Rey
c = Civilwarland in Bad Decline
hidden_d = Darkness at Noon
--------------------------------
proper = This should copy, at minimum.
Now dozing...
Target
================================
a = null
b = null
hidden_c = null
hidden_e = null
--------------------------------
proper = This should copy, at minimum.
So, it appears Dozer only works through a getter on the source and a setter on the target, which is disappointing. Or, I'm not using it correctly!
Is there a way to make Dozer more flexible? Or, another mapper library that can achieve this?

Okay, here are my findings. Hopefully this helps someone.
Dozer 5.5.1 was supposed to be able to do this via "class-level is-accessible." However, there was a bug. It was fixed for future releases, e.g. Dozer 6.1+. (The package moved to a new group, org.github.dozermapper.) The steps were a little complicated though, and eventually I gave up to try ModelMapper, which was much nicer. So here's my code.
Include this package:
Group ID: org.modelmapper
Artifact ID: modelmapper
Version: 2.3.2
Here's how to use it:
import org.modelmapper.ModelMapper;
import org.modelmapper.config.Configuration;
public class Main {
public static class MySource {
// a -> a
private String a;
// getB() -> b
private String hidden_b;
public String getB() { return hidden_b; }
// c -> setC(c)
private String c;
// getD() -> setD(d)
private String hidden_d;
// proper getters and setters on both sides
private String proper;
public String getProper() { return proper; }
// public void setProper(String proper_) { proper = proper_; }
public MySource() {
a = "A Room with a View";
hidden_b = "The Bridge of San Luis Rey";
c = "Civilwarland in Bad Decline";
hidden_d = "Darkness at Noon";
proper = "This should copy, at minimum.";
}
public void print() {
System.out.println("Source");
System.out.println("================================");
System.out.println("a = " + a);
System.out.println("hidden_b = " + hidden_b);
System.out.println("c = " + c);
System.out.println("hidden_d = " + hidden_d);
System.out.println("--------------------------------");
System.out.println("proper = " + proper);
System.out.println("");
}
}
public static class MyTarget {
private String a;
private String b;
private String hidden_c;
private String hidden_e;
public void setC(String param) { hidden_c = param; }
public void setD(String param) { hidden_e = param; }
private String proper;
// public String getProper() { return proper; }
public void setProper(String proper_) { proper = proper_; }
public MyTarget() {}
public void print() {
System.out.println("Target");
System.out.println("================================");
System.out.println("a = " + a);
System.out.println("b = " + b);
System.out.println("hidden_c = " + hidden_c);
System.out.println("hidden_e = " + hidden_e);
System.out.println("--------------------------------");
System.out.println("proper = " + proper);
System.out.println("");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
ModelMapper modelMapper = new ModelMapper();
modelMapper.getConfiguration()
.setFieldMatchingEnabled(true)
.setFieldAccessLevel(Configuration.AccessLevel.PRIVATE);
MySource s = new MySource();
s.print();
System.out.println("Now dozing...");
System.out.println("");
MyTarget t = modelMapper.map(s, MyTarget.class);
t.print();
}
}
Here's my output:
Source
================================
a = A Room with a View
hidden_b = The Bridge of San Luis Rey
c = Civilwarland in Bad Decline
hidden_d = Darkness at Noon
--------------------------------
proper = This should copy, at minimum.
Now dozing...
Target
================================
a = A Room with a View
b = The Bridge of San Luis Rey
hidden_c = Civilwarland in Bad Decline
hidden_e = null
--------------------------------
proper = This should copy, at minimum.
The fourth case didn't copy over but I don't really care about that case. I think it can easily achieved with a different ModelMapper configuration though. Maybe try LOOSE copying. Or worst case, manually bind the getter and setter methods in the config.

Dozer by default uses getters and setters, however you can tell Dozer (via mapping) to access the fields directly
http://dozer.sourceforge.net/documentation/custommethods.html
BTW, Dozer 5 and 6 contains an API based mapping as well.

I am trying to implement OOP concepts with java

When i try to compile an aggregation program , i receive an error saying "class,interface,enum expected". Here is my code. please help me solve this issue.
class employee
{
private String name;
private String address;
private float salary;
public employee(String na, String add,float sal)
{
name = na;
address = add;
salary = sal;
}
public void showEmpDetails()
{
System.out.println("Name " + name);
System.out.println("Address " + address);
System.out.println("Salary " + salary );
System.out.println();
}
}
import java.util.vector;
class company
{
private String comname;
private vector vt;
public company(String na)
{
comname = na;
vt = new vector();
}
public void addEmployee(employee e)
{
vt.addElement(e);
}
public void showComDetails()
{
System.out.println("Company Name " + comname);
int x = vt.size();
int y = 0;
while(y<x)
{
object e = vt.elementAt(y);
e.showEmpDetails();
y++;
}
}
}
public class demo
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
employee e1 = new employee("Ashan","Kandy",2000.0f);
employee e2 = new employee("Steve","California",2500.0f);
employee e3 = new employee("Elon","South Africa",2500.0f);
company c1 = new company("Apple");
c1.addEmployee(e1);
c1.addEmployee(e2);
c1.addEmployee(e3);
c1.showComDetails();
}
}
Note:- i receive only one error. and also can anybody tell me why can't i have more than one public class in java.

Well, your code has more than one error actually. The reason for your specific error is that import should be at beginning of the file, not in the middle.
And my understanding of why only one public class is allowed for each file is:
It makes things clearer.
By reading the class name and document to this class, you could quickly know what the whole file is used for. If we allow multiple public classes in one file, like C++, then we have to jump inside of the file to understand it.
Notice Java is a strong object-oriented language, i.e. everything in Java is Object. So when importing, you are importing a file. It would be more complicated if one file contains multiple public classes.
It simplify testing.
Each public class could have a main function. And you could run any main function of a file Demo.java simply by java Demo. This is really nice, so that you could write test code, or example of usage in main function to show other contributor how this class should be used.
There have to be other more in-depth reason for single public class in Java. But these are my perspective.

How to return a private variable

Ok so I'm trying to get a better understanding of how to return a private variable from a class that I have created. I've only provided a small snippet of my main program to explain my question, so if more information is needed please let me know. My goal is to return a string from the class (working great), but also be able to return the private variables individually as needed (example used below is "flight_number").
public class Flights {
private String dest_city, dest_state, departureDate, departureTime;
private int flight_number;
public Flights(String city, String state, String dDate, String dTime, int flightNumber) {
dest_city = city;
dest_state = state;
departureDate = dDate;
departureTime = dTime;
flight_number = flightNumber;
}
public String toString() {
return "Flight number: " + flight_number + " Destination: " + dest_city + "," + dest_state + " Departing on:" + departureDate + " at" + departureTime + ".";
}
}
public class dummy {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Uses the constructor to set values
Flights flight1 = new Flights("Houston", "Texas", "12/20/2014", "12:40 pm", 100);
System.out.println(flight1);
System.out.println(flight_number); // Error: `flight_number` cannot be resolved to a variable.
}
}

You need to add a public getter in Flights and call it from main:
public class Flights {
// all the private fields
public int getFlightNumber() {
return this.flight_number;
}
}
In Main:
public static void main(String[] args) {
Flights flight1 = new Flights("Houston", "Texas"); //...
System.out.println(flight1);
System.out.println(flight1.getFlightNumber()); // call the getter
}

You should start with an editor like eclipse and that should help you get started quickly. Getters and Setters is what you need, but start with Eclipse and you should do better.

Problems when creating methods in my task

The goal is to produce this:
Picture of the task summary here
These are the errors I get when I try to compile:
screen shot
I have changed and fixed most of the more obvious errors I think which was mainly just stupid of me. Sorry.
I have this code
public class Ex5Program {
public void start() {
Tutor[] tutors = createTutorsArray();
printTutors(tutors);
printOnLeaveList(tutors);
updateTutorDetails(tutors[1]);
printNewTutorDetails(tutors[1]);
Tutor tutorWithMostPapers = getTutorWithMostPapers(tutors);
printTutorWithMostPapers(tutorWithMostPapers);
}
private Tutor[] createTutorsArray() {
String[] noPapers = {};
String[] introductoryPapers = {"CompSci101", "CompSci111"};
String[] coreStage1Papers = {"CompSci101", "CompSci105"};
String[] allStageOnePapers = {"CompSci111", "CompSci101", "CompSci105"};
String[] stageTwoPapers = {"CompSci210", "CompSci220", "CompSci225", "CompSci230"};
Tutor[] tutors = new Tutor[7];
tutors[5] = new Tutor("Sad Sack", 86302, introductoryPapers, false);
tutors[4] = new Tutor("Crystal Ball", 49123, introductoryPapers, false);
tutors[2] = new Tutor("Earl Lee Riser", 40879, allStageOnePapers, true);
tutors[3] = new Tutor("Tom Katt", 50876, stageTwoPapers, false);
tutors[1] = new Tutor("Candy Kane", 30869, noPapers, false);
tutors[0] = new Tutor("Carrie Oakey", 30987, coreStage1Papers, true);
tutors[6] = new Tutor("Sonny Day", 49586, stageTwoPapers, true);
return tutors;
}
private void printTutors(Tutor[] tutors) {
System.out.println("Current Tutors");
System.out.println("==============");
for (int i = 0; i < tutors.length; i++) {
System.out.print(i + 1 + ". ");
System.out.println(tutors[i].toString());
}
}
private void printOnLeaveList(Tutor[] tutors) {
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Tutors Currently on Leave");
System.out.println("=========================");
for (int i = 0; i < tutors.length; i++) {
if (tutors[i].isOnLeave()) {
System.out.println(tutors[i].getName());
}
}
}
private void updateTutorDetails(Tutor tutor) {
tutor.setName("Ali Katt");
tutor.setStaffId(23456);
String[] stage1Papers = {"CompSci101", "CompSci105", "CompSci111"};
tutor.setPapers(stage1Papers);
tutor.setOnLeave(true);
}
private void printNewTutorDetails(Tutor tutor) {
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Updated details");
System.out.println("===============");
System.out.println("Name: " + tutor.getName());
System.out.println("Id: " + tutor.getStaffId());
String[] papers = tutor.getPapers();
System.out.print("Papers: ");
if (papers.length > 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < papers.length; i++) {
System.out.print(papers[i] + " ");
}
} else {
System.out.print("None");
}
System.out.println();
if (tutor.isOnLeave()) {
System.out.println("Currently on leave");
}
}
private Tutor getTutorWithMostPapers(Tutor[] tutors) {
Tutor tutorWithMostPapersSoFar = tutors[0];
for (int i = 0; i < tutors.length; i++) {
if (tutors[i].teachesMorePapersThan(tutorWithMostPapersSoFar)) {
tutorWithMostPapersSoFar = tutors[i];
}
}
return tutorWithMostPapersSoFar;
}
private void printTutorWithMostPapers(Tutor tutorWithMostPapers) {
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Most papers");
System.out.println("===========");
System.out.println(tutorWithMostPapers.getName() + " teaches more papers than any other tutor.");
}
}
and I created this code here(It has been changed):
public class Tutor {
// instance variables
private String name;
private int staffId;
private String[] papers;
private boolean onLeave;
public Tutor(String name, int staffId, String[] papers, boolean onLeave) {
// Complete this constructor method
this.name = name;
this.staffId = staffId;
this.papers = papers;
this.onLeave = onLeave;
}
// Insert getName() method here
public String getName(){
return name;
}
// Insert setName() method here
public void setName(String name){
this.name = name;
}
// Insert getStaffId() method here
public int getStaff(){
return staffId;
}
// Insert setStaffId() method here
public void setStaffId(int StaffId){
this.staffId = staffId;
}
// Insert getPapers() method here;
public String[] getPapers(){
return papers;
}
// Insert setPapers() method here
public void setPapers(String[] papers){
this.papers = papers;
}
// Insert isOnLeave() method here
public boolean isOnLeave(){
return onLeave;
}
// Insert setOnLeave() method here
public void setOnLeave(boolean OnLeave){
this.onLeave = onLeave;
}
// Insert toString() method here
public String toString(){
return name + "(Staff id:"+staffId+")";
}
// Insert teachesMorePapersThan() method here
public Tutor teachesMorePapersThan(Tutor other){
return(papers.length>other.papers.length);
}
}

Typo: toString() not tostring(), which results in Object.toString() is being invoked and the intended formatted string is not being returned. Change to:
#Override public String toString()
Using the #Override annotation would have produced a compiler error in the case of tostring() being the method name and alerted you to the error, because no method of that name exists in a superclass.
Several of the setter methods have missing parameters:
// Insert setPapers() method here
public void setPapers(){
this.papers = papers;
}
// Insert setOnLeave() method here
public void setOnLeave(){
this.OnLeave = OnLeave;
}

First error: setStaffID()
You are calling it using an int, but on your method you say it doesn't have any parameter.
Take a look that you have some others errors caused by the same mistake. Correct them first...

You need to look at the error text to find the problems. While a newbie may instinctively just dismiss the error messages as uselesss (as a result of years of clicking the x or cancel or whatever on windows dialogues), The error text is actually the most useful resource for figuring out what the error is, 90% of the time.
For instance, the first error reads
File: F:\course related stuff\101\Lab06\Ex5\Ex5Program.java [line: 54]
Error: method setStaffId in class Tutor cannot be applied to given types;
required: no arguments
found: int
reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
If you read it carefully, you can see it tells you the name of the file, the line number, the method call name, the class name containing the method, and some additional information about the exact type of error. It is even telling you what you did wrong in calling the method, by putting an "int" where "no arguments" were required, that the "actual and formal argument lists differ in length".
Read the other error messages, and you will see that they actually tell you what the problem is.
This code also needs newlines inserted to group blocks of stuff, comments added to explain exactly how it works, and a few java style violations fixed - some teachers grade for style and clarity as well as just functionality.
Also, if the reason you are failing your class is because you don't understand how to program, it may be because of excessive use of stack overflow to solve the problems. In the real world, if you can just use somebody else's code, that's great, but the point of a programming class is is to teach you how to come up with your own code, not how to use somebody else's.

Well it's not easy to help, because i think you don't know what you are doing. But first thing when you create a set method like this:
public void setPapers(){
this.papers = papers;
}
you should declare the arguments like this:
public void setPapers(String[] papers){
this.papers = papers;
}
and you should know that variables names is caseSensitive so :
private boolean onLeave;
public boolean isOnLeave(){
//return OnLeave; this variable is not declared
return onLeave;
}
I think you need to study a little more, because you can't read the compilation errors.

How To Pass a JRBeanCollectionDataSource to iReport?

I'm currently trying to use jasper to help me create reports. I have the information and data that I want displayed in this method:
private void writeToFile(final List<ScenarioLoadModel> sceneLoadModel) throws Exception {
final BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("/Uma/nft/result.psv"));
for (final ScenarioLoadModel slm : sceneLoadModel) {
bw.write(slm.getScenarioId() + PSP + slm.getScenarioId() + PSP + slm.getScenarioConfig().getName() + PSP + slm.getLoad() + PSP + "" + EOL);
if (!slm.getScenarios().isEmpty()) {
final int tempCount = slm.getScenarios().get(0).getTemplates().size();
final int sceneCount = slm.getScenarios().size();
for (int tempIdx = 0; tempIdx < tempCount; tempIdx++) {
String id = null;
int pass = 0;
int fail = 0;
final Map<String, BigDecimal> metricMap = new HashMap<String, BigDecimal>();
final DefaultStatisticalCategoryDataset dataset = new DefaultStatisticalCategoryDataset();
for (int sceneIdx = 0; sceneIdx < sceneCount; sceneIdx++) {
final Template temp = slm.getScenarios().get(sceneIdx).getTemplates().get(tempIdx);
if (temp.isError()) {
fail++;
} else {
pass++;
}
if (sceneIdx == 0) {
id = temp.getId();
}
final MetricGroupModel mgm = slm.getScenarios().get(sceneIdx).getMetricGroupModel().get(tempIdx);
if (mgm != null) {
for (final MetricModel mm : mgm.getMetricModel()) {
for (final MetricValue mv : mm.getMetricValue()) {
dataset.add(mv.getValue(), new BigDecimal(0.0), mv.getType(), id);
}
}
}
}
final TemplateConfig tc = TemplateManager.getTemplateConfig(id);
bw.write(slm.getScenarioId() + PSP);
bw.write(id + PSP + tc.getName() + PSP + 1 + PSP + pass + "/" + fail);
for (final Object row : dataset.getRowKeys()) {
final Number mean = dataset.getValue((String) row, id);
bw.write(PSP + row + PSP + mean);
}
bw.write(EOL);
}
}
}
bw.close();
}
From my understanding I create Beans and then put them all in a Bean Factory, to create my object that will be ready to be passed to iReport.
How can I put all this information into a Bean? I essentially want the bean to include the scenario/test case and whether or not it passed. (This is for test automation)

I tried to read your code to make a a best guess at what columns you would want, but with no context, I have no clue. All the bean is a pojo, with private fields and public getters and setters.
Assuming there is no grouping and essentially each ScenarioLoadModel will correspond to one row in the report you would end up with a bean like this:
public class ScenariaResults {
private String id;
private String name;
private String load;
private int passCount;
private int failCount;
public ScenariaResults(String id, String name, String load, int passCount,
int failCount) {
super();
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
this.load = load;
this.passCount = passCount;
this.failCount = failCount;
}
public String getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(String id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getLoad() {
return load;
}
public void setLoad(String load) {
this.load = load;
}
public int getPassCount() {
return passCount;
}
public void setPassCount(int passCount) {
this.passCount = passCount;
}
public int getFailCount() {
return failCount;
}
public void setFailCount(int failCount) {
this.failCount = failCount;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "ScenariaResults [id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ", load="
+ load + ", passCount=" + passCount + ", failCount="
+ failCount + "]";
}
}
So basically in the code you have above you build instances of ScenarioResults and add them to a list. Once you have the list, all you need to do is create a JRDataSource:
List<ScenarioResults> dataBeanList = ...call your method to get the list of results
//create the datasource
JRDataSource dataSource = new JRBeanCollectionDataSource(dataBeanList);
Now when designing the report in iReport it can be a little tricky to get the fields imported automatically. Basically first add your project with the bean to the classpath in iReports (could just point it to the bin folder or jar file`): Tools -> options -> classpath tab. Now follow these steps to add the fields.
Click the following icon:
Select the JavaBean Datasource tab.
Enter the classname of your bean. (ex. ScenarioResults)
Click Read attributes
Highlight the fields you want in the report and click Add Selected Field(s).
Click OK.
Now if you want to test what the report looks like with data, and not just an empty datasource, this is where the Factory comes in. It is only for testing while using iReport. You need to create a class that will essentially create a dummy data set for you. It should look something like:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class ScenarioResultsFactory {
public static List<ScenarioResults> createBeanCollection() {
List<ScenarioResults> list = new ArrayList<ScenarioResults>();
list.add(new ScenarioResults("1", "test", "load", 10, 5));
//add as many as you want
return list;
}
}
Now you need to create a Datasource pointing to it in iReport.
Next to the Datasource dropdown in the toolbar click the icon with the tooltip `Report Datasources.
Click New.
Select JavaBeans set datasource. Click Next.
For name enter ScenarioResultsFactory.
For the Factory class you need to put the classname including package. So if the class is in the com package you should have com.ScenarioResultsFactory here.
For the static method put createBeanCollection if not already there.
Check the Use field description check box. Click Test to make sure it worked.
Click Save.