Better way to map Kotlin data objects to data objects

  1. Simplest (best?):

    fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = PersonRecord(
            name = "$firstName $lastName",
            age = age,
            tel = tel
    )
    
  2. Reflection (not great performance):

    fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = with(PersonRecord::class.primaryConstructor!!) {
        val propertiesByName = PersonForm::class.memberProperties.associateBy { it.name }
        callBy(args = parameters.associate { parameter ->
            parameter to when (parameter.name) {
                "name" -> "$firstName $lastName"
                else -> propertiesByName[parameter.name]?.get(this@toPersonRecord)
            }
        })
    }
    
  3. Cached reflection (okay performance but not as fast as #1):

    open class Transformer<in T : Any, out R : Any>
    protected constructor(inClass: KClass<T>, outClass: KClass<R>) {
        private val outConstructor = outClass.primaryConstructor!!
        private val inPropertiesByName by lazy {
            inClass.memberProperties.associateBy { it.name }
        }
    
        fun transform(data: T): R = with(outConstructor) {
            callBy(parameters.associate { parameter ->
                parameter to argFor(parameter, data)
            })
        }
    
        open fun argFor(parameter: KParameter, data: T): Any? {
            return inPropertiesByName[parameter.name]?.get(data)
        }
    }
    
    val personFormToPersonRecordTransformer = object
    : Transformer<PersonForm, PersonRecord>(PersonForm::class, PersonRecord::class) {
        override fun argFor(parameter: KParameter, data: PersonForm): Any? {
            return when (parameter.name) {
                "name" -> with(data) { "$firstName $lastName" }
                else -> super.argFor(parameter, data)
            }
        }
    }
    
    fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = personFormToPersonRecordTransformer.transform(this)
    
  4. Storing Properties in a Map

    data class PersonForm(val map: Map<String, Any?>) {
        val firstName: String   by map
        val lastName: String    by map
        val age: Int            by map
        // maybe many fields exist here like address, card number, etc.
        val tel: String         by map
    }
    
    // maps to ...
    data class PersonRecord(val map: Map<String, Any?>) {
        val name: String    by map // "${firstName} ${lastName}"
        val age: Int        by map // copy of age
        // maybe many fields exist here like address, card number, etc.
        val tel: String     by map // copy of tel
    }
    
    fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = PersonRecord(HashMap(map).apply {
        this["name"] = "${remove("firstName")} ${remove("lastName")}"
    })
    

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