This Component is used for mapping Objects. Mainly, for mapping DTOs to Entities / Entities to DTOs.

Mapper.java

package com.tal.spring.bean.mapper;

import org.modelmapper.ModelMapper;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * This {@link Component} is used for mapping {@code Object}s. Mainly, for
 * mapping DTOs to Entities / Entities to DTOs.
 * <p>
 * Requires:
 *
 * <pre>
 * <i>Gradle:</i>
 * dependencies {
 *     <b> compileOnly 'org.modelmapper:modelmapper:2.3.5' </b>
 * }
 * </pre>
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Tal Jacob
 * @version 1.0
 * @see org.modelmapper.ModelMapper
 */
@Component public class Mapper extends ModelMapper {

    public <S, T> List<T> mapList(List<S> source, Class<T> targetClass) {
        return source.stream().map(element -> this.map(element, targetClass))
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

}