/*
 * Created on Jun 30, 2004
 *
 */
package net.sourceforge.fenixedu.util.beanUtils;

import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import net.sourceforge.fenixedu.dataTransferObject.InfoObject;
import net.sourceforge.fenixedu.domain.DomainObject;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;

/**
 * @author Luis Cruz
 * 
 */
public class FenixPropertyUtils extends PropertyUtils {

    public static void copyProperties(Object dest, Object orig) throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
	    NoSuchMethodException {

	if (dest == null) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("No destination bean specified");
	}
	if (orig == null) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("No origin bean specified");
	}

	PropertyDescriptor origDescriptors[] = getPropertyDescriptors(orig);
	for (int i = 0; i < origDescriptors.length; i++) {
	    String name = origDescriptors[i].getName();
	    if (canBeCopied(name)) {
		if (isReadable(orig, name)) {
		    if (isWriteable(dest, name)) {
			Object value = getSimpleProperty(orig, name);
			if (notADomainObject(value)) {
			    setSimpleProperty(dest, name, value);
			}
		    }
		}
	    }
	}

    }

    private static boolean notADomainObject(Object value) {
	return !((value instanceof DomainObject) || value instanceof InfoObject);
    }

    public static boolean canBeCopied(String name) {
	if (name == null || name.equals("idInternal") || name.equals("ackOptLock") || name.startsWith("key")) {
	    return false;
	}
	return true;

    }

}