BeanUtils copyProperties API to ignore null and specific propertie
apache-commons-beanutils, java, mapping, spring
Solution
If you want to ignore `null`-value you have to do it with the following line of code before copying properties:
BeanUtilsBean.getInstance().getConvertUtils().register(false, false, 0);
Problem
Spring's `BeanUtils.copyProperties()` provides option to ignore specific properties while copying beans: ``` public static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, String[] ignoreProperties) throws BeansException ``` Does the Apache Commons BeanUtils provide a similar feature? Also is it possible to ignore null values while using Spring's `BeanUtils.copyProperties()`, I see this feature with Commons BeanUtils: ``` Date defaultValue = null; DateConverter converter = new DateConverter(defaultValue); ConvertUtils.register(converter, Date.class); ``` Can I achieve the same with Spring's BeanUtils?