Nested Classes - CustomRowMapper !! Not a Problem Anymore !! - Part 2
Tags: java, mysql, springboot, coding
Published: 2022-03-29 04:07:12

**What is Spring Boot:**
Spring Boot is an open source, microservice-based Java web framework.

**RowMapper:**
RowMapper<T> interface is used by JdbcTemplate for mapping rows of a ResultSet on a per-row basis.

**Introduction**
Here we are going to use custom row mapper when we want list of objects as return type.

**Problem in RowMapper for nested Classes:**
We can't directly assign  parameters returned from DB to the class model because we never able to exact individual primitive data types variable due to nesting of classes.
##Class Diagram used in this Example:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uhdhjxwr3ylkpuyhmpi2.png)


##Simple Class : Not Nested Class
**SportsMasterDTO.java**
```java
package workspace;

public class SportsMasterDTO {
  private int id;
  private String sportsCode;

  public int getId() {
    return id;
  }

  public void setId(int id) {
    this.id = id;
  }

  public String getSportsCode() {
    return sportsCode;
  }

  public void setSportsCode(String sportsCode) {
    this.sportsCode = sportsCode;
  }
}

```
**SportsMetaDTO Class:**
```java
package workspace;

public class SportsMetaDTO {
  private int id;
  private int sportsName;
  private int sportsMasterId;
  public int getId() {
    return id;
  }
  public void setId(int id) {
    this.id = id;
  }
  public int getSportsName() {
    return sportsName;
  }
  public void setSportsName(int sportsName) {
    this.sportsName = sportsName;
  }
  public int getSportsMasterId() {
    return sportsMasterId;
  }
  public void setSportsMasterId(int sportsMasterId) {
    this.sportsMasterId = sportsMasterId;
  }
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "SportsMetaDTO [id=" + id + ", sportsName=" + sportsName + ", sportsMasterId="
        + sportsMasterId + "]";
  }
}

```
**ThresholdDTO class**
```java
package workspace;

public class ThresholdDTO {
  private int id;
  private int sportsMetaDataId;
  private String value;

  public int getId() {
    return id;
  }

  public void setId(int id) {
    this.id = id;
  }

  public int getSportsMetaDataId() {
    return sportsMetaDataId;
  }

  public void setSportsMetaDataId(int sportsMetaDataId) {
    this.sportsMetaDataId = sportsMetaDataId;
  }

  public String getValue() {
    return value;
  }

  public void setValue(String value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "ThresholdDTO [id=" + id + ", sportsMetaDataId=" + sportsMetaDataId + ", value=" + value
        + "]";
  }
  

}

```
## Nested Class:

**Nested Class: SportsThresholdCommonDTO**

```java
package workspace;

public class SportsThresholdCommonDTO {
  private SportsMasterDTO sportsMasterDTO;
  private SportsMetaDTO sportsMetaDTO;
  private ThresholdDTO thresholdDTO;
  public SportsMasterDTO getSportsMasterDTO() {
    return sportsMasterDTO;
  }
  public void setSportsMasterDTO(SportsMasterDTO sportsMasterDTO) {
    this.sportsMasterDTO = sportsMasterDTO;
  }
  public SportsMetaDTO getSportsMetaDTO() {
    return sportsMetaDTO;
  }
  public void setSportsMetaDTO(SportsMetaDTO sportsMetaDTO) {
    this.sportsMetaDTO = sportsMetaDTO;
  }
  public ThresholdDTO getThresholdDTO() {
    return thresholdDTO;
  }
  public void setThresholdDTO(ThresholdDTO thresholdDTO) {
    this.thresholdDTO = thresholdDTO;
  }
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "SportsThresholdCommonDTO [sportsMasterDTO=" + sportsMasterDTO + ", sportsMetaDTO="
        + sportsMetaDTO + ", thresholdDTO=" + thresholdDTO + "]";
  }
}
```

**MYSQL Query Which contain joins on 3 tables with no limit**
```mysql
select 
  sm.id as sportsMasterId, 
  sm.sportsCode, 
  smd.id as sportsMetaId, 
  smd.sportsName, 
  smd.sportsMasterId, 
  t.id as thresholdId, 
  t.sportsMetaDataId, 
  t.value 
from 
  sportsMaster 
  inner join sportsMetaData smd on sm.id = smd.sportsMasterId 
  inner join threshold t on t.sporsMetaDataId = smd.id

```

**How to use row mapper if mysql returns a list of objects for nested class:**
**Java Method**
```java
public List<AlertingMasterThresholdCommonDTO> getSportsThresholdCommonList() {
    String sql =
        "select sm.id as sportsMasterId, sm.sportsCode, smd.id as sportsMetaId, smd.sportsName, smd.sportsMasterId, t.id as thresholdId, t.sportsMetaDataId, t.value from sportsMaster inner join sportsMetaData smd on sm.id = smd.sportsMasterId inner join threshold t on t.sporsMetaDataId = smd.id";
    return sportsThresholdCommonMapperList
        .mapper(jdbcTemplate.queryForList(sql));
  }
```

##<u>The Wait Ends Here !!!</u>

**Mapper Class**
```java
package workspace;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class SportsThresholdCommonMapperList {
  public List<SportsThresholdCommonDTO> mapper(List<Map<String, Object>> rows) {
    List<SportsThresholdCommonDTO> sportsThresholdCommonDTOs = new ArrayList<>();
    for (Map rs : rows) {
      SportsThresholdCommonDTO sportsThresholdCommonDTO = new SportsThresholdCommonDTO();
      SportsMasterDTO sportsMasterDTO = new SportsMasterDTO();
      SportsMetaDTO sportsMetaDTO = new SportsMetaDTO();
      ThresholdDTO thresholdDTO = new ThresholdDTO();
      sportsMasterDTO.setId((Integer) rs.get("sportsMasterId"));
      sportsMasterDTO.setSportsCode((String) rs.get("sportsCode"));
      sportsMetaDTO.setId((Integer) rs.get("sportsMetaId"));
      sportsMetaDTO.setSportsName((String) rs.get("sportsName"));
      sportsMetaDTO.setSportsMasterId((Integer) rs.get("sportsMasterId"));
      thresholdDTO.setId((Integer) rs.get("thresholdId"));
      thresholdDTO.setSportsMetaDataId((Integer) rs.get("sportsMetaId"));
      thresholdDTO.setValue((String) rs.get("value"));
      sportsThresholdCommonDTO.setSportsMasterDTO(sportsMasterDTO);
      sportsThresholdCommonDTO.setSportsMetaDTO(sportsMetaDTO);
      sportsThresholdCommonDTO.setThresholdDTO(thresholdDTO);
      sportsThresholdCommonDTOs.add(sportsThresholdCommonDTO);
    }
    return sportsThresholdCommonDTOs;
  }
}
```
##Alternate Way:
1. Make a new model which contains variable of all classes
2. Make Aliases to map t model properly
3. Result will be a unnested class with all data.

**Drawback of making another model**
1. Maintainability overheads
2. Making aliases and keeping different names in all models


**Conclusion**
We are able to get nested class object list from mysql with the help of custom row mapper.