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 *
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package grails.databinding;

/**
 * StructuredBindingEditors convert structured data in a Map
 * into an object.  Typically a structured editor will pull
 * several values out of the Map that are necessary to initialize
 * the state of the object.
class Address {
    String state
    String city
}
class StructuredAddressBindingEditor implements StructuredBindingEditor {

    public Object getPropertyValue(Object obj, String propertyName, Map<String, Object> source) {
        def address = new Address()

        address.state = source[propertyName + '_someState']
        address.city = source[propertyName + '_someCity']

        address
    }
}

def binder = new SimpleDataBinder()
binder.registerStructuredEditor Address, new StructuredAddressBindingEditor()
def resident = new Resident()
def bindingSource = [:]
bindingSource.name = 'Scott'
bindingSource.homeAddress_someCity = "Scott's Home City"
bindingSource.homeAddress_someState = "Scott's Home State"
bindingSource.workAddress_someState = "Scott's Work State"
bindingSource.workAddress = 'struct'
bindingSource.homeAddress = 'struct'

binder.bind resident, bindingSource

resident.name == 'Scott'
resident.homeAddress
assert resident.homeAddress.city == "Scott's Home City"
assert resident.homeAddress.state == "Scott's Home State"
assert resident.workAddress
assert resident.workAddress.state == "Scott's Work State"
assert resident.workAddress.city == null

 *
 * @author Jeff Brown
 * @since 3.0
 * @see SimpleDataBinder#registerStructuredEditor(Class, StructuredBindingEditor)
 */
public interface StructuredBindingEditor extends BindingHelper {

    /**
     * The value returned from this method will be bound to
     * the property specified by propertyName.
     *
     * @param obj The object that data binding is being applied to
     * @param propertyName The name of the property data binding is being applied to
     * @param source The source containing all of the values being bound to this object
     * @return The value which should be bound to propertyName
     */
    T getPropertyValue(Object obj, String propertyName, DataBindingSource source);

}