[BeanUtiils] recursion of describe

[Jennifer Jones <je...@polk.com>]

I'm trying to take a DTO, convert it to a hashmap of String/String pairs
which can then be read back into a hashmap and use
BeanUtils.populate(dto, map) to reconstruct the object.  Are there any
BeanUtils or PropertyUtils methods that will automatically handle
arrayed, mapped and nested properties or is this something I need to
write myself?  The describe method doesn't go far enough.  I would like
a method that gives something back like 
{name=MyName, zipCode[0].state=MI, zipCode[0].zip=48335,
zipCode[1].state=MA, zipCode[1].zip=01860}
so that it can be stored in a database and read back into the DTO using
BeanUtils.populate.

Thanks,
Jennifer



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