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Simplest (best?):
fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = PersonRecord( name = "$firstName $lastName", age = age, tel = tel ) -
Reflection (not great performance):
fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = with(PersonRecord::class.primaryConstructor!!) { val propertiesByName = PersonForm::class.memberProperties.associateBy { it.name } callBy(args = parameters.associate { parameter -> parameter to when (parameter.name) { "name" -> "$firstName $lastName" else -> propertiesByName[parameter.name]?.get(this@toPersonRecord) } }) } -
Cached reflection (okay performance but not as fast as #1):
open class Transformer<in T : Any, out R : Any> protected constructor(inClass: KClass<T>, outClass: KClass<R>) { private val outConstructor = outClass.primaryConstructor!! private val inPropertiesByName by lazy { inClass.memberProperties.associateBy { it.name } } fun transform(data: T): R = with(outConstructor) { callBy(parameters.associate { parameter -> parameter to argFor(parameter, data) }) } open fun argFor(parameter: KParameter, data: T): Any? { return inPropertiesByName[parameter.name]?.get(data) } } val personFormToPersonRecordTransformer = object : Transformer<PersonForm, PersonRecord>(PersonForm::class, PersonRecord::class) { override fun argFor(parameter: KParameter, data: PersonForm): Any? { return when (parameter.name) { "name" -> with(data) { "$firstName $lastName" } else -> super.argFor(parameter, data) } } } fun PersonForm.toPersonRecord() = personFormToPersonRecordTransformer.transform(this) -
Storing Properties in a Map
data class PersonForm(val map: Map<String, Any?>) { val firstName: String by map val lastName: String by map val age: Int by map // maybe many fields exist here like address, card number, etc. val tel: String by map } // maps to ... data class PersonRecord(val map: Map<String, Any?>) { val name: String by map // "${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")}" })