import java.util.Date;

public class People {

  private String name;
  private int age;
  private Date birth;

  public People(String name, int age, Date birth) {
    super();
    this.name = name;
    this.age = age;
    this.birth = birth;
  }

  public People() {
    super();
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "People [name=" + name + ", age=" + age + ", birth=" + birth + "]";
  }

  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

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

  public int getAge() {
    return age;
  }

  public void setAge(int age) {
    this.age = age;
  }

  public Date getBirth() {
    return birth;
  }

  public void setBirth(Date birth) {
    this.birth = birth;
  }

}

@Test
public void springBeanUtilsTest(){
  People oldPeople = new People("oldName",100,new Date());
  People newPeople = new People();

  //BeanUtils.copyProperties(Object source,Object target);  
  BeanUtils.copyProperties(oldPeople, newPeople);

  System.out.println(oldPeople);
  System.out.println(newPeople);
}

People [name=oldName, age=100, birth=Wed Jul 19 18:46:13 CST 2017]
People [name=oldName, age=100, birth=Wed Jul 19 18:46:13 CST 2017]

@Test
public void springBeanUtilsTest(){
  People oldPeople = new People(null,100,new Date());
  People newPeople = new People("newName",20,null);

  //BeanUtils.copyProperties(Object source,Object target);  
  BeanUtils.copyProperties(oldPeople, newPeople);

  System.out.println(oldPeople);
  System.out.println(newPeople);
}

People [name=null, age=100, birth=Wed Jul 19 19:04:48 CST 2017]
People [name=null, age=100, birth=Wed Jul 19 19:04:48 CST 2017]

@Test
public void springBeanUtilsTest(){
  People oldPeople = new People("oldName",100,null);
  People newPeople = new People("newName",20,new Date());

  //BeanUtils.copyProperties(Object source,Object target);  
  BeanUtils.copyProperties(oldPeople, newPeople);

  System.out.println(oldPeople);
  System.out.println(newPeople);
}

People [name=oldName, age=100, birth=null]
People [name=oldName, age=100, birth=null]

BeanUtils.copyProperties(Object source,Object target, String... ignoreProperties);

/**
 * 
 * @Title: getNullPropertyNames 
 * @Description: 获取一个对象中属性值为null的属性名字符串数组
 * @param source
 * @return
 */
public static String[] getNullPropertyNames (Object source) {
  final BeanWrapper src = new BeanWrapperImpl(source);
  java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] pds = src.getPropertyDescriptors();

  Set<String> emptyNames = new HashSet<String>();
  for(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor pd : pds) {
    Object srcValue = src.getPropertyValue(pd.getName());
    if (srcValue == null) emptyNames.add(pd.getName());
  }
  String[] result = new String[emptyNames.size()];
  return emptyNames.toArray(result);
}

@Test
public void copyBeanNotNull(){
  People oldPeople = new People(null, 100, null);
  People newPeople = new People("newName", 20, new Date());

  //BeanUtils.copyProperties(Object source,Object target, String... ignoreProperties);  
  BeanUtils.copyProperties(oldPeople, newPeople, getNullPropertyNames(oldPeople));

  System.out.println(oldPeople);
  System.out.println(newPeople);
  for(String key : getNullPropertyNames(oldPeople)){
    System.out.println(key);
  }
}

People [name=null, age=100, birth=null]
People [name=newName, age=100, birth=Wed Jul 19 23:31:05 CST 2017]
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