Is there a efficient way to update entities without manually setting every field ? In repositories w...

# exposed

[Calvin]

Is there a efficient way to update entities without manually setting every field ? In repositories we update fields the following way:

Entity[id].apply {
      	updatedField = "test123"
      }

But this is a bit tedious if the objects are very large and/or contain lists. Is there a method that detects the changes between two objects (the entity object and an updated version of the object) and updates the entity accordingly?

[Bogdan]

Exposed has its own checks, the main thing is that the correct equals are defined

[Bogdan]

i.e. you should just set the values. Alas, there is no automatic mapping. You can look at the libraries

[Calvin]

thats unfortunate

[Bogdan]

if the names match, then you can use reflection

[Bogdan]

https://github.com/JetBrains/Exposed/issues/24
https://github.com/JetBrains/Exposed/issues/497