0.1.2

New Feature

Start to support the population for inherited fields of derived classes. (#3)

Demonstration

Assume we have Base and Derived classes like below:

class Base {
    public int     baseInt;
    public String  name;  // hidden field
    public Instant time;  // hidden field
}

class Derived {
    public int    derivedInt;
    public long   derivedLong;
    public String name;  // hides base class field
    public Date   time;  // hides base class field
}

When we create instances of the Derived class with DerivedModeler , it will populate all the fields declared in Base and Derived classes, including hidden fields like Base#name and Base#time.

@Modeler(type = Derived.class) class ModelHelper {}

Derived o = DerivedModeler.next();

assert o.baseInt       != null;
assert ((Base) o).name != null;
assert ((Base) o).time != null;

assert o.derivedInt       != null;
assert o.derivedLong      != null;
assert ((Derived) o).name != null;
assert ((Derived) o).time != null;

Hidden fields are not supported by generated Builders

Please note that the hidden fields could not be customized via the builder provided by easymodeling, for example:

Derived o = DerivedModeler.builder().name("some name").time(Instant.EPOCH).build();

assert ((Base) o).name    != "some name";
assert ((Derived) o).name == "some name";

assert ((Base) o).time    != Instant.EPOCH;
assert ((Derived) o).time == Instant.EPOCH;