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Excluding Fields

Dozer supports excluding fields from a mapping using the field-exclude tag. We also support field excludes going one-way as shown in the example. 

         
<field-exclude> 
  <a>fieldToExclude</a> 
  <b>fieldToExclude</b> 
</field-exclude>           

<field-exclude type="one-way""> 
  <a>fieldToExclude</a> 
  <b>fieldToExclude</b> 
</field-exclude>

Wildcard - excluding default field mappings

There's also a flag (wildcard) set on class mapping which controls whether the default mapping (which applies to pair of properties of the same name) should be done. The default value is true. For example: 

          
<mapping wildcard="false">
    <class-a>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObject</class-a>
    <class-b>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObjectPrime</class-b>
    <field>
       <a>field1</a>
       <b>field1</b>
    </field>   
</mapping>

This configuration would cause only the fields field1 in both classes to be mapped, even if both classes share a property with the same name calledfield2.

Exclude Mapping Null Values

You can bypass the mapping of null values. If this is specified, the dest field mapping is bypassed at runtime and the destination value setter method will not be called if the src value is null. This can be specified at the mapping or class level. For example: 

           
<mapping map-null="false">
  <class-a>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObject</class-a>
  <class-b>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObjectPrime</class-b>    
  <field>
    <a>field4</a>
    <b>to.one</b>
  </field>
</mapping>

OR...

           
<mapping>
  <class-a>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObject</class-a>
  <class-b map-null="false">org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObjectPrime
  </class-b>    
  <field>
    <a>field4</a>
    <b>to.one</b>
  </field>
</mapping>

Exclude Mapping Empty Strings

You can bypass the mapping of empty String values. If this is specified, the dest field mapping is bypassed at runtime and the destination value setter method will not be called if the src value is an empty String. This can be specified at the mapping or class level. For example: 

           
<mapping map-empty-string="false">
  <class-a>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObject</class-a>
  <class-b>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObjectPrime</class-b>    
  <field>
    <a>field4</a>
    <b>to.one</b>
  </field>
</mapping>

OR...

           
<mapping>
  <class-a>org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObject</class-a>
  <class-b map-empty-string="false">
      org.dozer.vo.AnotherTestObjectPrime
  </class-b>    
  <field>
    <a>field4</a>
    <b>to.one</b>
  </field>
</mapping>