copy

Description

This tag copies the specified property value from the source bean to the target bean.

Tag Body

Empty

Restrictions

If the name attribute is not specified then uses a parent bean tag to locate the bean on which to operate.

Attributes

This tag has the following attributes for which the Required value is “Yes” and “No”:

name

Name of the bean to use.

source

Name of the bean to copy from.

property

Name of the bean property to copy.

Properties

None.

Example(s)

<%-- copy 'time' property from d1 to d2 --%>
<util:bean name="d1" type="java.util.Date"/>
...
<util:bean name="d2" type="java.util.Date"/>
...
<util:copy name="d2" property="time" source="d1"/>