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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.scripting.groovyloader.core




public class GroovyPropertyMapper
{


  public GroovyPropertyMapper() {
    super();
  }

  /**
   * central algorithm which determines which property values are overwritten and which are not
   */
  public static void mapProperties(def target, def src) {
    src.properties.each {property ->
      //ok here is the algorithm, basic datatypes usually are not copied but read in anew and then overwritten
      //later on
      //all others can be manually overwritten by adding an attribute <attributename>_changed

      try {
        if (target.properties.containsKey(property.key)
                && !property.key.equals("metaClass")        //the class information and meta class information cannot be changed
                && !property.key.equals("class")            //otherwise we will get following error
                // java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class
                && !(
        target.properties.containsKey(property.key + "_changed") //||
        //nothing further needed the phases take care of that
        )) {
          target.setProperty(property.key, property.value)
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {

      }
    }
  }
}

