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package org.apache.commons.beanutils2;

import java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils2.expression.Resolver;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * 
JavaBean property population methods.
 *
 * 
This class provides implementations for the utility methods in
 * {@link BeanUtils}.
 * Different instances can be used to isolate caches between classloaders
 * and to vary the value converters registered.
 *
 * @see BeanUtils
 * @since 1.7
 */

public class BeanUtilsBean {



    /**
     * Contains {@code BeanUtilsBean} instances indexed by context classloader.
     */
    private static final ContextClassLoaderLocal
            BEANS_BY_CLASSLOADER = new ContextClassLoaderLocal() {
                        // Creates the default instance used when the context classloader is unavailable
                        @Override
                        protected BeanUtilsBean initialValue() {
                            return new BeanUtilsBean();
                        }
                    };

    /**
     * Gets the instance which provides the functionality for {@link BeanUtils}.
     * This is a pseudo-singleton - an single instance is provided per (thread) context classloader.
     * This mechanism provides isolation for web apps deployed in the same container.
     *
     * @return The (pseudo-singleton) BeanUtils bean instance
     */
    public static BeanUtilsBean getInstance() {
        return BEANS_BY_CLASSLOADER.get();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the instance which provides the functionality for {@link BeanUtils}.
     * This is a pseudo-singleton - an single instance is provided per (thread) context classloader.
     * This mechanism provides isolation for web apps deployed in the same container.
     *
     * @param newInstance The (pseudo-singleton) BeanUtils bean instance
     */
    public static void setInstance(final BeanUtilsBean newInstance) {
        BEANS_BY_CLASSLOADER.set(newInstance);
    }



    /**
     * Logging for this instance
     */
    private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BeanUtilsBean.class);

    /** Used to perform conversions between object types when setting properties */
    private final ConvertUtilsBean convertUtilsBean;

    /** Used to access properties*/
    private final PropertyUtilsBean propertyUtilsBean;

    /** A reference to Throwable's initCause method, or null if it's not there in this JVM */
    private static final Method INIT_CAUSE_METHOD = getInitCauseMethod();



    /**
     * 
Constructs an instance using new property
     * and conversion instances.
     */
    public BeanUtilsBean() {
        this(new ConvertUtilsBean(), new PropertyUtilsBean());
    }

    /**
     * 
Constructs an instance using given conversion instances
     * and new {@link PropertyUtilsBean} instance.
     *
     * @param convertUtilsBean use this {@code ConvertUtilsBean}
     * to perform conversions from one object to another
     *
     * @since 1.8.0
     */
    public BeanUtilsBean(final ConvertUtilsBean convertUtilsBean) {
        this(convertUtilsBean, new PropertyUtilsBean());
    }

    /**
     * 
Constructs an instance using given property and conversion instances.
     *
     * @param convertUtilsBean use this {@code ConvertUtilsBean}
     * to perform conversions from one object to another
     * @param propertyUtilsBean use this {@code PropertyUtilsBean}
     * to access properties
     */
    public BeanUtilsBean(
                            final ConvertUtilsBean convertUtilsBean,
                            final PropertyUtilsBean propertyUtilsBean) {

        this.convertUtilsBean = convertUtilsBean;
        this.propertyUtilsBean = propertyUtilsBean;
    }



    /**
     * 
Clone a bean based on the available property getters and setters,
     * even if the bean class itself does not implement Cloneable.
     *
     * 

     * Note: this method creates a shallow clone.
     * In other words, any objects referred to by the bean are shared with the clone
     * rather than being cloned in turn.
     * 
     *
     * @param bean Bean to be cloned
     * @return the cloned bean
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InstantiationException if a new instance of the bean's
     *  class cannot be instantiated
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public Object cloneBean(final Object bean)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException,
            InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException {

        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Cloning bean: " + bean.getClass().getName());
        }
        Object newBean = null;
        if (bean instanceof DynaBean) {
            newBean = ((DynaBean) bean).getDynaClass().newInstance();
        } else {
            newBean = bean.getClass().newInstance();
        }
        getPropertyUtils().copyProperties(newBean, bean);
        return newBean;

    }

    /**
     * 
Copy property values from the origin bean to the destination bean
     * for all cases where the property names are the same.  For each
     * property, a conversion is attempted as necessary.  All combinations of
     * standard JavaBeans and DynaBeans as origin and destination are
     * supported.  Properties that exist in the origin bean, but do not exist
     * in the destination bean (or are read-only in the destination bean) are
     * silently ignored.
     *
     * 
If the origin "bean" is actually a {@code Map}, it is assumed
     * to contain String-valued simple property names as the keys, pointing at
     * the corresponding property values that will be converted (if necessary)
     * and set in the destination bean. Note that this method
     * is intended to perform a "shallow copy" of the properties and so complex
     * properties (for example, nested ones) will not be copied.
     *
     * 
This method differs from {@code populate()}, which
     * was primarily designed for populating JavaBeans from the map of request
     * parameters retrieved on an HTTP request, is that no scalar->indexed
     * or indexed->scalar manipulations are performed.  If the origin property
     * is indexed, the destination property must be also.
     *
     * 
If you know that no type conversions are required, the
     * {@code copyProperties()} method in {@link PropertyUtils} will
     * execute faster than this method.
     *
     * 
FIXME - Indexed and mapped properties that do not
     * have getter and setter methods for the underlying array or Map are not
     * copied by this method.
     *
     * @param dest Destination bean whose properties are modified
     * @param orig Origin bean whose properties are retrieved
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the {@code dest} or
     *  {@code orig argument is null or if the dest}
     *  property type is different from the source type and the relevant
     *  converter has not been registered.
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     */
    public void copyProperties(final Object dest, final Object orig)
        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {

        // Validate existence of the specified beans
        if (dest == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException
                    ("No destination bean specified");
        }
        if (orig == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No origin bean specified");
        }
        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("BeanUtils.copyProperties(" + dest + ", " +
                      orig + ")");
        }

        // Copy the properties, converting as necessary
        if (orig instanceof DynaBean) {
            final DynaProperty[] origDescriptors =
                ((DynaBean) orig).getDynaClass().getDynaProperties();
            for (final DynaProperty origDescriptor : origDescriptors) {
                final String name = origDescriptor.getName();
                // Need to check isReadable() for WrapDynaBean
                // (see Jira issue# BEANUTILS-61)
                if (getPropertyUtils().isReadable(orig, name) &&
                    getPropertyUtils().isWriteable(dest, name)) {
                    final Object value = ((DynaBean) orig).get(name);
                    copyProperty(dest, name, value);
                }
            }
        } else if (orig instanceof Map) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            final
            // Map properties are always of type 
            Map propMap = (Map) orig;
            for (final Map.Entry entry : propMap.entrySet()) {
                final String name = entry.getKey();
                if (getPropertyUtils().isWriteable(dest, name)) {
                    copyProperty(dest, name, entry.getValue());
                }
            }
        } else /* if (orig is a standard JavaBean) */ {
            final PropertyDescriptor[] origDescriptors =
                getPropertyUtils().getPropertyDescriptors(orig);
            for (final PropertyDescriptor origDescriptor : origDescriptors) {
                final String name = origDescriptor.getName();
                if ("class".equals(name)) {
                    continue; // No point in trying to set an object's class
                }
                if (getPropertyUtils().isReadable(orig, name) &&
                    getPropertyUtils().isWriteable(dest, name)) {
                    try {
                        final Object value =
                            getPropertyUtils().getSimpleProperty(orig, name);
                        copyProperty(dest, name, value);
                    } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                        // Should not happen
                    }
                }
            }
        }

    }

    /**
     * 
Copy the specified property value to the specified destination bean,
     * performing any type conversion that is required.  If the specified
     * bean does not have a property of the specified name, or the property
     * is read only on the destination bean, return without
     * doing anything.  If you have custom destination property types, register
     * {@link Converter}s for them by calling the {@code register()}
     * method of {@link ConvertUtils}.
     *
     * 
IMPLEMENTATION RESTRICTIONS:
     * 

     * 
Does not support destination properties that are indexed,
     *     but only an indexed setter (as opposed to an array setter)
     *     is available.
     * 
Does not support destination properties that are mapped,
     *     but only a keyed setter (as opposed to a Map setter)
     *     is available.
     * 
The desired property type of a mapped setter cannot be
     *     determined (since Maps support any data type), so no conversion
     *     will be performed.
     * 
     *
     * @param bean Bean on which setting is to be performed
     * @param name Property name (can be nested/indexed/mapped/combo)
     * @param value Value to be set
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     */
    public void copyProperty(final Object bean, String name, Object value)
        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {

        // Trace logging (if enabled)
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("  copyProperty(");
            sb.append(bean);
            sb.append(", ");
            sb.append(name);
            sb.append(", ");
            if (value == null) {
                sb.append("");
            } else if (value instanceof String) {
                sb.append((String) value);
            } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                final String[] values = (String[]) value;
                sb.append('[');
                for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
                    if (i > 0) {
                        sb.append(',');
                    }
                    sb.append(values[i]);
                }
                sb.append(']');
            } else {
                sb.append(value.toString());
            }
            sb.append(')');
            log.trace(sb.toString());
        }

        // Resolve any nested expression to get the actual target bean
        Object target = bean;
        final Resolver resolver = getPropertyUtils().getResolver();
        while (resolver.hasNested(name)) {
            try {
                target = getPropertyUtils().getProperty(target, resolver.next(name));
                name = resolver.remove(name);
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                return; // Skip this property setter
            }
        }
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("    Target bean = " + target);
            log.trace("    Target name = " + name);
        }

        // Declare local variables we will require
        final String propName = resolver.getProperty(name); // Simple name of target property
        Class type = null;                         // Java type of target property
        final int index  = resolver.getIndex(name);         // Indexed subscript value (if any)
        final String key = resolver.getKey(name);           // Mapped key value (if any)

        // Calculate the target property type
        if (target instanceof DynaBean) {
            final DynaClass dynaClass = ((DynaBean) target).getDynaClass();
            final DynaProperty dynaProperty = dynaClass.getDynaProperty(propName);
            if (dynaProperty == null) {
                return; // Skip this property setter
            }
            type = dynaPropertyType(dynaProperty, value);
        } else {
            PropertyDescriptor descriptor = null;
            try {
                descriptor =
                    getPropertyUtils().getPropertyDescriptor(target, name);
                if (descriptor == null) {
                    return; // Skip this property setter
                }
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                return; // Skip this property setter
            }
            type = descriptor.getPropertyType();
            if (type == null) {
                // Most likely an indexed setter on a POJB only
                if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
                    log.trace("    target type for property '" +
                              propName + "' is null, so skipping ths setter");
                }
                return;
            }
        }
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("    target propName=" + propName + ", type=" +
                      type + ", index=" + index + ", key=" + key);
        }

        // Convert the specified value to the required type and store it
        if (index >= 0) {                    // Destination must be indexed
            value = convertForCopy(value, type.getComponentType());
            try {
                getPropertyUtils().setIndexedProperty(target, propName,
                                                 index, value);
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                throw new InvocationTargetException
                    (e, "Cannot set " + propName);
            }
        } else if (key != null) {            // Destination must be mapped
            // Maps do not know what the preferred data type is,
            // so perform no conversions at all
            // FIXME - should we create or support a TypedMap?
            try {
                getPropertyUtils().setMappedProperty(target, propName,
                                                key, value);
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                throw new InvocationTargetException
                    (e, "Cannot set " + propName);
            }
        } else {                             // Destination must be simple
            value = convertForCopy(value, type);
            try {
                getPropertyUtils().setSimpleProperty(target, propName, value);
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                throw new InvocationTargetException
                    (e, "Cannot set " + propName);
            }
        }

    }

    /**
     * 
Return the entire set of properties for which the specified bean
     * provides a read method. This map contains the to {@code String}
     * converted property values for all properties for which a read method
     * is provided (i.e. where the getReadMethod() returns non-null).
     *
     * 
This map can be fed back to a call to
     * {@code BeanUtils.populate()} to re-constitute the same set of
     * properties, modulo differences for read-only and write-only
     * properties, but only if there are no indexed properties.
     *
     * 
Warning: if any of the bean property implementations
     * contain (directly or indirectly) a call to this method then
     * a stack overflow may result. For example:
     * 

     * class MyBean
     * {
     *    public Map getParameterMap()
     *    {
     *         BeanUtils.describe(this);
     *    }
     * }
     * 
     * 

     * will result in an infinite regression when {@code getParametersMap}
     * is called. It is recommended that such methods are given alternative
     * names (for example, {@code parametersMap}).
     * 
     * @param bean Bean whose properties are to be extracted
     * @return Map of property descriptors
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public Map describe(final Object bean)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        if (bean == null) {
        //            return (Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
            return new java.util.HashMap<>();
        }

        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Describing bean: " + bean.getClass().getName());
        }

        final Map description = new HashMap<>();
        if (bean instanceof DynaBean) {
            final DynaProperty[] descriptors =
                ((DynaBean) bean).getDynaClass().getDynaProperties();
            for (final DynaProperty descriptor : descriptors) {
                final String name = descriptor.getName();
                description.put(name, getProperty(bean, name));
            }
        } else {
            final PropertyDescriptor[] descriptors =
                getPropertyUtils().getPropertyDescriptors(bean);
            final Class clazz = bean.getClass();
            for (final PropertyDescriptor descriptor : descriptors) {
                final String name = descriptor.getName();
                if (getPropertyUtils().getReadMethod(clazz, descriptor) != null) {
                    description.put(name, getProperty(bean, name));
                }
            }
        }
        return description;

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified array property of the specified
     * bean, as a String array.
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name Name of the property to be extracted
     * @return The array property value
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String[] getArrayProperty(final Object bean, final String name)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getProperty(bean, name);
        if (value == null) {
            return null;
        } else if (value instanceof Collection) {
            final ArrayList values = new ArrayList<>();
            for (final Object item : (Collection) value) {
                if (item == null) {
                    values.add(null);
                } else {
                    // convert to string using convert utils
                    values.add(getConvertUtils().convert(item));
                }
            }
            return values.toArray(new String[values.size()]);
        } else if (value.getClass().isArray()) {
            final int n = Array.getLength(value);
            final String[] results = new String[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                final Object item = Array.get(value, i);
                if (item == null) {
                    results[i] = null;
                } else {
                    // convert to string using convert utils
                    results[i] = getConvertUtils().convert(item);
                }
            }
            return results;
        } else {
            final String[] results = new String[1];
            results[0] = getConvertUtils().convert(value);
            return results;
        }

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified indexed property of the specified
     * bean, as a String.  The zero-relative index of the
     * required value must be included (in square brackets) as a suffix to
     * the property name, or {@code IllegalArgumentException} will be
     * thrown.
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name {@code propertyname[index]} of the property value
     *  to be extracted
     * @return The indexed property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getIndexedProperty(final Object bean, final String name)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getIndexedProperty(bean, name);
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value);

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified indexed property of the specified
     * bean, as a String.  The index is specified as a method parameter and
     * must *not* be included in the property name expression
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name Simple property name of the property value to be extracted
     * @param index Index of the property value to be extracted
     * @return The indexed property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getIndexedProperty(final Object bean,
                                            final String name, final int index)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getIndexedProperty(bean, name, index);
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value);

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified indexed property of the specified
     * bean, as a String.  The String-valued key of the required value
     * must be included (in parentheses) as a suffix to
     * the property name, or {@code IllegalArgumentException} will be
     * thrown.
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name {@code propertyname(index)} of the property value
     *  to be extracted
     * @return The mapped property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getMappedProperty(final Object bean, final String name)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getMappedProperty(bean, name);
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value);

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified mapped property of the specified
     * bean, as a String.  The key is specified as a method parameter and
     * must *not* be included in the property name expression
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name Simple property name of the property value to be extracted
     * @param key Lookup key of the property value to be extracted
     * @return The mapped property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getMappedProperty(final Object bean,
                                           final String name, final String key)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getMappedProperty(bean, name, key);
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value);

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the (possibly nested) property of the specified
     * name, for the specified bean, as a String.
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name Possibly nested name of the property to be extracted
     * @return The nested property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if a nested reference to a
     *  property returns null
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getNestedProperty(final Object bean, final String name)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getNestedProperty(bean, name);
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value);

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified property of the specified bean,
     * no matter which property reference format is used, as a String.
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name Possibly indexed and/or nested name of the property
     *  to be extracted
     * @return The property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getProperty(final Object bean, final String name)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        return getNestedProperty(bean, name);

    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the specified simple property of the specified
     * bean, converted to a String.
     *
     * @param bean Bean whose property is to be extracted
     * @param name Name of the property to be extracted
     * @return The property's value, converted to a String
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException if an accessor method for this
     *  property cannot be found
     */
    public String getSimpleProperty(final Object bean, final String name)
            throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException {

        final Object value = getPropertyUtils().getSimpleProperty(bean, name);
        return getConvertUtils().convert(value);

    }

    /**
     * 
Populate the JavaBeans properties of the specified bean, based on
     * the specified name/value pairs.  This method uses Java reflection APIs
     * to identify corresponding "property setter" method names, and deals
     * with setter arguments of type {@code String, boolean},
     * {@code int, long, float}, and
     * {@code double}.  In addition, array setters for these types (or the
     * corresponding primitive types) can also be identified.

     *
     * 
The particular setter method to be called for each property is
     * determined using the usual JavaBeans introspection mechanisms.  Thus,
     * you may identify custom setter methods using a BeanInfo class that is
     * associated with the class of the bean itself.  If no such BeanInfo
     * class is available, the standard method name conversion ("set" plus
     * the capitalized name of the property in question) is used.
     *
     * 
NOTE:  It is contrary to the JavaBeans Specification
     * to have more than one setter method (with different argument
     * signatures) for the same property.
     *
     * 
WARNING - The logic of this method is customized
     * for extracting String-based request parameters from an HTTP request.
     * It is probably not what you want for general property copying with
     * type conversion.  For that purpose, check out the
     * {@code copyProperties()} method instead.
     *
     * @param bean JavaBean whose properties are being populated
     * @param properties Map keyed by property name, with the
     *  corresponding (String or String[]) value(s) to be set
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     */
    public void populate(final Object bean, final Map properties)
        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {

        // Do nothing unless both arguments have been specified
        if (bean == null || properties == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("BeanUtils.populate(" + bean + ", " +
                    properties + ")");
        }

        // Loop through the property name/value pairs to be set
        for(final Map.Entry entry : properties.entrySet()) {
            // Identify the property name and value(s) to be assigned
            final String name = entry.getKey();
            if (name == null) {
                continue;
            }

            // Perform the assignment for this property
            setProperty(bean, name, entry.getValue());

        }

    }

    /**
     * 
Set the specified property value, performing type conversions as
     * required to conform to the type of the destination property.
     *
     * 
If the property is read only then the method returns
     * without throwing an exception.
     *
     * 
If {@code null} is passed into a property expecting a primitive value,
     * then this will be converted as if it were a {@code null} string.
     *
     * 
WARNING - The logic of this method is customized
     * to meet the needs of {@code populate()}, and is probably not what
     * you want for general property copying with type conversion.  For that
     * purpose, check out the {@code copyProperty()} method instead.
     *
     * 
WARNING - PLEASE do not modify the behavior of this
     * method without consulting with the Struts developer community.  There
     * are some subtleties to its functionality that are not documented in the
     * Javadoc description above, yet are vital to the way that Struts utilizes
     * this method.
     *
     * @param bean Bean on which setting is to be performed
     * @param name Property name (can be nested/indexed/mapped/combo)
     * @param value Value to be set
     *
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if the caller does not have
     *  access to the property accessor method
     * @throws InvocationTargetException if the property accessor method
     *  throws an exception
     */
    public void setProperty(final Object bean, String name, final Object value)
        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {

        // Trace logging (if enabled)
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("  setProperty(");
            sb.append(bean);
            sb.append(", ");
            sb.append(name);
            sb.append(", ");
            if (value == null) {
                sb.append("");
            } else if (value instanceof String) {
                sb.append((String) value);
            } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                final String[] values = (String[]) value;
                sb.append('[');
                for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
                    if (i > 0) {
                        sb.append(',');
                    }
                    sb.append(values[i]);
                }
                sb.append(']');
            } else {
                sb.append(value.toString());
            }
            sb.append(')');
            log.trace(sb.toString());
        }

        // Resolve any nested expression to get the actual target bean
        Object target = bean;
        final Resolver resolver = getPropertyUtils().getResolver();
        while (resolver.hasNested(name)) {
            try {
                target = getPropertyUtils().getProperty(target, resolver.next(name));
                if (target == null) { // the value of a nested property is null
                    return;
                }
                name = resolver.remove(name);
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                return; // Skip this property setter
            }
        }
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("    Target bean = " + target);
            log.trace("    Target name = " + name);
        }

        // Declare local variables we will require
        final String propName = resolver.getProperty(name); // Simple name of target property
        Class type = null;                         // Java type of target property
        final int index  = resolver.getIndex(name);         // Indexed subscript value (if any)
        final String key = resolver.getKey(name);           // Mapped key value (if any)

        // Calculate the property type
        if (target instanceof DynaBean) {
            final DynaClass dynaClass = ((DynaBean) target).getDynaClass();
            final DynaProperty dynaProperty = dynaClass.getDynaProperty(propName);
            if (dynaProperty == null) {
                return; // Skip this property setter
            }
            type = dynaPropertyType(dynaProperty, value);
            if (index >= 0 && List.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
                type = Object.class;
            }
        } else if (target instanceof Map) {
            type = Object.class;
        } else if (target != null && target.getClass().isArray() && index >= 0) {
            type = Array.get(target, index).getClass();
        } else {
            PropertyDescriptor descriptor = null;
            try {
                descriptor =
                    getPropertyUtils().getPropertyDescriptor(target, name);
                if (descriptor == null) {
                    return; // Skip this property setter
                }
            } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
                return; // Skip this property setter
            }
            if (descriptor instanceof MappedPropertyDescriptor) {
                if (((MappedPropertyDescriptor) descriptor).getMappedWriteMethod() == null) {
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        log.debug("Skipping read-only property");
                    }
                    return; // Read-only, skip this property setter
                }
                type = ((MappedPropertyDescriptor) descriptor).
                    getMappedPropertyType();
            } else if (index >= 0 && descriptor instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
                if (((IndexedPropertyDescriptor) descriptor).getIndexedWriteMethod() == null) {
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        log.debug("Skipping read-only property");
                    }
                    return; // Read-only, skip this property setter
                }
                type = ((IndexedPropertyDescriptor) descriptor).
                    getIndexedPropertyType();
            } else if (index >= 0 && List.class.isAssignableFrom(descriptor.getPropertyType())) {
                type = Object.class;
            } else if (key != null) {
                if (descriptor.getReadMethod() == null) {
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        log.debug("Skipping read-only property");
                    }
                    return; // Read-only, skip this property setter
                }
                type = value == null ? Object.class : value.getClass();
            } else {
                if (descriptor.getWriteMethod() == null) {
                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        log.debug("Skipping read-only property");
                    }
                    return; // Read-only, skip this property setter
                }
                type = descriptor.getPropertyType();
            }
        }

        // Convert the specified value to the required type
        Object newValue = null;
        if (type.isArray() && index < 0) { // Scalar value into array
            if (value == null) {
                final String[] values = new String[1];
                values[0] = null;
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert(values, type);
            } else if (value instanceof String) {
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert(value, type);
            } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert((String[]) value, type);
            } else {
                newValue = convert(value, type);
            }
        } else if (type.isArray()) {         // Indexed value into array
            if (value instanceof String || value == null) {
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert((String) value,
                                                type.getComponentType());
            } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert(((String[]) value)[0],
                                                type.getComponentType());
            } else {
                newValue = convert(value, type.getComponentType());
            }
        } else {                             // Value into scalar
            if (value instanceof String) {
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert((String) value, type);
            } else if (value instanceof String[]) {
                newValue = getConvertUtils().convert(((String[]) value)[0],
                                                type);
            } else {
                newValue = convert(value, type);
            }
        }

        // Invoke the setter method
        try {
          getPropertyUtils().setProperty(target, name, newValue);
        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
            throw new InvocationTargetException
                (e, "Cannot set " + propName);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Gets the {@code ConvertUtilsBean} instance used to perform the conversions.
     *
     * @return The ConvertUtils bean instance
     */
    public ConvertUtilsBean getConvertUtils() {
        return convertUtilsBean;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the {@code PropertyUtilsBean} instance used to access properties.
     *
     * @return The ConvertUtils bean instance
     */
    public PropertyUtilsBean getPropertyUtils() {
        return propertyUtilsBean;
    }

    /**
     * If we're running on JDK 1.4 or later, initialize the cause for the given throwable.
     *
     * @param  throwable The throwable.
     * @param  cause     The cause of the throwable.
     * @return  true if the cause was initialized, otherwise false.
     * @since 1.8.0
     */
    public boolean initCause(final Throwable throwable, final Throwable cause) {
        if (INIT_CAUSE_METHOD != null && cause != null) {
            try {
                INIT_CAUSE_METHOD.invoke(throwable, cause);
                return true;
            } catch (final Throwable e) {
             // can't initialize cause
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * 
Converts the value to an object of the specified class (if
     * possible).
     *
     * @param value Value to be converted (may be null)
     * @param type Class of the value to be converted to
     * @return The converted value
     *
     * @throws ConversionException if thrown by an underlying Converter
     * @since 1.8.0
     */
    protected Object convert(final Object value, final Class type) {
        final Converter converter = getConvertUtils().lookup(type);
        if (converter != null) {
            if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
                log.trace("        USING CONVERTER " + converter);
            }
            return converter.convert(type, value);
        }
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Performs a type conversion of a property value before it is copied to a target
     * bean. This method delegates to {@link #convert(Object, Class)}, but null
     * values are not converted. This causes null values to be copied verbatim.
     *
     * @param value the value to be converted and copied
     * @param type the target type of the conversion
     * @return the converted value
     */
    private Object convertForCopy(final Object value, final Class type) {
        return value != null ? convert(value, type) : value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a Method allowing access to
     * {@link Throwable#initCause(Throwable)} method of {@link Throwable},
     * or {@code null} if the method
     * does not exist.
     *
     * @return A {@code Method for Throwable.initCause}, or
     * {@code null} if unavailable.
     */
    private static Method getInitCauseMethod() {
        try {
            final Class[] paramsClasses = new Class[] { Throwable.class };
            return Throwable.class.getMethod("initCause", paramsClasses);
        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
            final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BeanUtils.class);
            if (log.isWarnEnabled()) {
                log.warn("Throwable does not have initCause() method in JDK 1.3");
            }
            return null;
        } catch (final Throwable e) {
            final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BeanUtils.class);
            if (log.isWarnEnabled()) {
                log.warn("Error getting the Throwable initCause() method", e);
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Determines the type of a {@code DynaProperty}. Here a special treatment
     * is needed for mapped properties.
     *
     * @param dynaProperty the property descriptor
     * @param value the value object to be set for this property
     * @return the type of this property
     */
    private static Class dynaPropertyType(final DynaProperty dynaProperty,
            final Object value) {
        if (!dynaProperty.isMapped()) {
            return dynaProperty.getType();
        }
        return value == null ? String.class : value.getClass();
    }
}