Deep-copies the values from one object to the other
//package com.ryanm.util;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Random;
/**
* I can't think of anywhere else to put them
*
* @author ryanm
*/
public class Util
{
/**
* Deep-copies the values from one object to the other
*
* @param <T>
* @param from
* the source of the copied data
* @param to
* The destination of the copied data
*/
public static <T> void copyFields( T from, T to )
{
for( Field f : from.getClass().getFields() )
{
try
{
if( isPrimitivish( f.getType() ) )
{
f.set( to, f.get( from ) );
}
else
{
copyFields( f.get( from ), f.get( to ) );
}
}
catch( IllegalArgumentException e )
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch( IllegalAccessException e )
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
private static boolean isPrimitivish( Class c )
{
return c.isPrimitive() || c == String.class || c == Boolean.class
|| c == Byte.class || c == Short.class || c == Character.class
|| c == Integer.class || c == Float.class || c == Double.class
|| c == Long.class;
}
}
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