GetterSetter

Getters and Setters in Piriti

Getters / Setters

When mapping data from JSON / XML to POJOs Piriti tries to assign the mapped values to the annotated fields. If the fields are not accessible Piriti tries to use default getters / setter methods. Sometimes you want to have private fields and no setter. In order to still map the data you can use custom getters / setters. Suppose you have the following POJO: public class Project { private String name; private List members;

    public Project()
    {
        this.members = new ArrayList<User>();
    }


    public String getName()
    {
        return name;
    }


    public void setName(String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }


    public List<User> getMembers()
    {
        return members;
    }
    
    
    public void clearMembers()
    {
        members.clear();
    }


    public void addMember(User user)
    {
        members.add(user);
    }
}

There's no way to set the members directly. In this case you can implement a custom setter: public class ProjectMembersSetter implements PropertySetter<Project, List> { @Override public void set(Project model, List value) { model.clearMembers(); if (value != null) { for (User user : value) { model.addMember(user); } } } } and use it in the mappping for members: public class Project { ... @Setter(ProjectMembersSetter.class) private List members; ... }