README.md

Overview

The module projects of the parent project moved to its own projects.

• jobj-clone
• jobj-compare
• jobj-contract-verifier
• jobj-copy
• jobj-core
• jobj-differ
• jobj-merge

The jobject-extensions project provides main operation that you can do with java objects.

When programming with java you offen have to clone, copy and some times you have even merge objects. Thats exactly the functionality what this library provides. There are several extension methods for the java core class Object. The feature extension methods can be provided over the lombok library.

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Key features:

1. very small size
2. extension methods for java core class Object for clone, copy and merge
3. modularize, import only the functionality you need
4. simple to use

Note

No animals were harmed in the making of this library.

Donations

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License

The source code comes under the liberal MIT License, making jobject-extensions great for all types of applications.

javadoc

jobject-clone

jobject-copy

jobject-merge

Maven dependency

Maven dependency is now on sonatype. Check out sonatype repository for latest snapshots and releases.

Add the following maven dependency to your project pom.xml if you want to import the core functionality of jobject-extensions:

Than you can add the dependency to your dependencies:

<properties>
		...
	<!-- JOBJECT-EXTENSIONS versions -->
	<jobject-extensions.version>3.1.2</jobject-extensions.version>		
	<jobject-clone.version>${jobject-extensions.version}</jobject-clone.version>
	<jobject-copy.version>${jobject-extensions.version}</jobject-copy.version>
	<jobject-merge.version>${jobject-extensions.version}</jobject-merge.version>
		...
</properties>

You can add the following dependencies to your project for use the functionality of jobject-extensions.

Add the following maven dependency to your project pom.xml if you want to import the core functionality of jobject-clone:

	<dependencies>
		...
		<!-- JOBJECT-CLONE DEPENDENCY -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>de.alpharogroup</groupId>
			<artifactId>jobject-clone</artifactId>
			<version>${jobject-clone.version}</version>
		</dependency>
		...
	</dependencies>

Add the following maven dependency to your project pom.xml if you want to import the functionality of jobject-copy:

	<dependencies>
		...
		<!-- JOBJECT-COPY DEPENDENCY -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>de.alpharogroup</groupId>
			<artifactId>jobject-copy</artifactId>
			<version>${jobject-copy.version}</version>
		</dependency>
		...
	</dependencies>		

Add the following maven dependency to your project pom.xml if you want to import only the jobject-merge:

	<dependencies>
		...
		<!-- JOBJECT-MERGE DEPENDENCY -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>de.alpharogroup</groupId>
			<artifactId>jobject-merge</artifactId>
			<version>${jobject-merge.version}</version>
		</dependency>
		...
	</dependencies>

You can of course import all dependencies of jobject-extensions:

	<dependencies>
		...
		<!-- JOBJECT-EXTENSIONS DEPENDENCIES -->
		<!-- JOBJECT-CLONE DEPENDENCY -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>de.alpharogroup</groupId>
			<artifactId>jobject-clone</artifactId>
			<version>${jobject-clone.version}</version>
		</dependency>
		<!-- JOBJECT-COPY DEPENDENCY -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>de.alpharogroup</groupId>
			<artifactId>jobject-copy</artifactId>
			<version>${jobject-copy.version}</version>
		</dependency>
		<!-- JOBJECT-MERGE DEPENDENCY -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>de.alpharogroup</groupId>
			<artifactId>jobject-merge</artifactId>
			<version>${jobject-merge.version}</version>
		</dependency>
		...
	</dependencies>

Semantic Versioning

The versions of jobject-extensions are maintained with the Semantic Versioning guidelines.

Release version numbers will be incremented in the following format:

<major>.<minor>.<patch>

For detailed information on versioning you can visit the wiki page.

Want to Help and improve it?

The source code for jobject-extensions are on GitHub. Please feel free to fork and send pull requests!

Create your own fork of lightblueseas/jobject-extensions/fork

To share your changes, submit a pull request.

Don't forget to add new units tests on your changes.

Contacting the Developers

Do not hesitate to contact the jobject-extensions developers with your questions, concerns, comments, bug reports, or feature requests.

• Feature requests, questions and bug reports can be reported at the issues page.

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Credits

Travis CI
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Nexus Sonatype repositories
jobject-clone
jobject-copy
jobject-merge
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coveralls.io
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javadoc.io
jobject-clone
jobject-copy
jobject-merge
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