I need a simple DTO creation tool that will either
- Create it on the fly (for example, cglib - create a class object and DTO on the fly)
- Or an Eclipse plugin that takes Entity and generates a DTO (the user will indicate which tree graph will be included, and for not included, it will include foreign keys, not related objects, etc.).
eg. take something like this
@Entity
@Table(name="my_entity")
public class MyEntity {
@Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id;
private String name;
@ManyToOne
private RelatedEntity related;
public RelatedEntity getRelated(){
return related;
}
...
And create something like this:
@Entity
@Table(name="my_entity")
public class MyEntity imlpements MyEntityDTO {
@Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id;
private String name;
@ManyToOne
private RelatedEntity related;
public RelatedEntity getRelated(){
return related;
}
...
public Long getRelatedId(){return related.getId();}
And the DTO interfaces:
public interface MyEntityDTO {
public String getId();
public String getName();
public Long getRelatedId();
public RelatedEntityDTO getRelated();
...
}
public interface RelatedEntityDTO {
...
}
If we do not want to include children in the schedule, remove it from the DTO interface:
public interface MyEntityDTO {
public String getId();
public String getName();
public Long getRelatedId();
...
I am sure that there is an eclipse plugin for it, and if not, I force someone to write it or explain why what I want is not useful (and offer an alternative suggestion)