DataObjectUtil.java

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/*
 * Last modification information:
 * $Revision: 1.5 $
 * $Date: 2007-06-27 21:35:14 $
 * $Author: scytacki $
 *
 * Licence Information
 * Copyright 2004 The Concord Consortium 
*/
package org.concord.otrunk.datamodel;


public class DataObjectUtil
{
    /**
     * This does a shallow copy.  It copys the collection objects but 
     * all other resources are just added as references not copied. 
     * @param original
     * @param copy
     */
    public static void copyInto(OTDataObject original, OTDataObject copy)
    {
    	try {
			copyInto(original, copy, null, 0, null, null, false);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
    }
    
    public static void copyInto(OTDataObject source, OTDataObject dest,
	    OTDataList orphanDataList, int maxDepth, OTExternalIDProvider idProvider, OTDataObjectFinder dataObjectFinder, boolean onlyModifications)
	    throws Exception
	{
		Copier.copyInto(source, dest, orphanDataList, maxDepth, idProvider, dataObjectFinder, onlyModifications);
	}
    
    /**
     * 
     * @param original
     * @param otDb
     * @param orphanDataList
     * @param maxDepth if this is -1 then it will copy all the objects
     * @param idProvider
     * @param dataObjectFinder 
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static OTDataObject copy(OTDataObject original, OTDatabase otDb,
	    OTDataList orphanDataList, int maxDepth, OTExternalIDProvider idProvider, OTDataObjectFinder dataObjectFinder, boolean onlyModifications)
	    throws Exception
	{
		OTDataObject copy = otDb.createDataObject(original.getType());

		copyInto(original, copy, orphanDataList, maxDepth, idProvider, dataObjectFinder, onlyModifications);

		return copy;
	}    
}