fix: #45 Error casting collection at response resource

Author: marcosvidolin

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ![ditiow](docs/assets/logo.png)
 
-[ ![Download](https://api.bintray.com/packages/marcosvidolin/maven/ditiow/images/download.svg?version=1.1.0) ](https://bintray.com/marcosvidolin/maven/ditiow/1.0.0/link) [![Codacy Badge](https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/5f79c15a8aa44706afcf49261c1a6ef1)](https://www.codacy.com/manual/marcosvidolin/ditiow?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=marcosvidolin/ditiow&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade) ![Build](https://github.com/marcosvidolin/ditiow/workflows/Java%20CI%20with%20Gradle/badge.svg?branch=master)
+[ ![Download](https://api.bintray.com/packages/marcosvidolin/maven/ditiow/images/download.svg?version=1.2.0) ](https://bintray.com/marcosvidolin/maven/ditiow/1.2.0/link) [![Codacy Badge](https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/5f79c15a8aa44706afcf49261c1a6ef1)](https://www.codacy.com/manual/marcosvidolin/ditiow?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=marcosvidolin/ditiow&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade) ![Build](https://github.com/marcosvidolin/ditiow/workflows/Java%20CI%20with%20Gradle/badge.svg?branch=master)
 
 Ditiow is an aspect library designed to help you safely expose features of your Spring REST API without having to expose data from the persistence or business layer of your application.
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Ditiow is an aspect library designed to help you safely expose features of your
     - Gradle
 
     ```groovy
-    compile 'com.vidolima:ditiow:1.1.0'
+    compile 'com.vidolima:ditiow:1.2.0'
     ```
    
    - Maven
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Ditiow is an aspect library designed to help you safely expose features of your
    <dependency>
    	<groupId>com.vidolima</groupId>
    	<artifactId>ditiow</artifactId>
-   	<version>1.1.0</version>
+   	<version>1.2.0</version>
    	<type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    ```

build.gradle

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ buildscript {
     ext.projectName = 'ditiow'
     ext.projectGroup = 'com.vidolima'
     ext.projectArtifact = 'ditiow'
-    ext.projectVersion = '1.1.0'
+    ext.projectVersion = '1.2.0'
 
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()

src/main/java/com/vidolima/ditiow/assembler/AbstractAssembler.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ protected <T> T createCopy(final Object obj, final Class<T> classOfTargetObject
     }
 
     if (obj instanceof Collection<?>) {
-      return (T) createCollectionCopy((Collection<?>) obj, classOfTargetObject);
+      return (T) createCollectionCopy((Collection<?>) obj, classOfTargetObject, ignoreProperties);
     }
 
     try {
@@ -67,7 +68,6 @@ protected <T> T createCopy(final Object obj, final Class<T> classOfTargetObject
     }
   }
 
-
   /**
    * Return a new object (instance of "T") with all values copied from the the given object.
    *
@@ -85,22 +85,35 @@ protected <T> T createCopy(final Object obj, final Class<T> classOfTargetObject)
    *
    * @param objs object to be copied
    * @param classOfTargetObject the class of the target object
+   * @param ignoreProperties properties to be ignored
    * @param <T> return type
    * @return T
    */
-  protected <T> Collection<T> createCollectionCopy(Collection<?> objs, final Class<T> classOfTargetObject) {
+  protected <T> Collection<T> createCollectionCopy(Collection<?> objs, final Class<T> classOfTargetObject
+          , final String[] ignoreProperties) {
+
     if (objs == null) {
       return null;
     }
-    Collection<T> targetObject;
-    try {
-      targetObject = (Collection<T>) classOfTargetObject.newInstance();
-    } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
-      throw new IllegalCopyException("Could not create new instance of the target class.", e);
-    }
+
+    Collection<T> targetObject = new ArrayList<>();
+
     for (Object obj : objs) {
-      targetObject.add(this.assembly(obj, classOfTargetObject));
+      targetObject.add(this.assembly(obj, classOfTargetObject, ignoreProperties));
     }
     return targetObject;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a new object (instance of "T") with all values copied from the the given object.
+   *
+   * @param objs object to be copied
+   * @param classOfTargetObject the class of the target object
+   * @param <T> return type
+   * @return T
+   */
+  protected <T> Collection<T> createCollectionCopy(Collection<?> objs, final Class<T> classOfTargetObject) {
+    return this.createCollectionCopy(objs, classOfTargetObject, null);
+  }
+
 }