Access map elements through a new BeanWrapperImp(HashMap)

[elygre]

I would like to use a BeanWrapper (or similar) to access properties of objects contained in a map, somewhat like this:

// Wiring
Person p = new Person (...);
p.setFullName("Eirik Lygre")
Map bean = new HashMap();
bean.put ("user", p);
BeanWrapper wrapper = new BeanWrapper (bean)

// Set property on person
wrapper.set ("user.fullName", "Eirik Lygre")

This does not currently work, and there is an open JIRA-request for it (https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-2058; BeanWrapper does not support objects that are maps/arrays/lists themselves). My question is therefore as follows:

• Is there a well-known workaround, ie through configuring or subclassing the BeanWrapper, or creating some sort of magic around it?
• Is there any other Spring-related technology that will do this for me?
• Is there any other non-spring related technology that will do this for me?

Eirik

[chelu]

For example, you can use a MapHolder and access to property map['user'']

BeanWrapper wrapper = new BeanWrapperImp(new MapHolder(map));

public class MapHolder {
	private Map map;

	public MapHolder(Map map) {
		this.map = map;
	}

	public Map getMap() {
		return map;
	}

	public void setMap(Map map) {
		this.map = map;
	}
}

Cheers