originalHelper.setProperty(bean, "description", String.class, descConfig);

        PlexusConfiguration timeoutConfig = new XmlPlexusConfiguration("timeout");
        timeoutConfig.setValue("123");
        originalHelper.setProperty(bean, "timeout", Long.class, timeoutConfig);
    }

    @Benchmark
    public void benchmarkOptimizedHelper() throws Exception {
        RealisticTestBean bean = new RealisticTestBean();

        SomeBean bean = new SomeBean();

        Xpp3Dom config = toConfig("<file>test</file>");

        DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest request = new DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest();
        request.setBean(bean).setConfiguration(config);

        configurator.configureBean(request);

        assertEquals(Paths.get("test"), bean.file);
    }

    @Test

                }
                for (var bean : locator.get().locate(toGuiceKey(valueType))) {
                    if (isPlexusBean(bean)) {
                        Binding<?> b = new BindingToBeanEntry<>(valueType)
                                .toBeanEntry(bean)
                                .prioritize(bean.getRank());
                        String name = bean.getKey() instanceof com.google.inject.name.Named n ? n.value() : "";

package org.apache.maven.configuration;

/**
 * Preprocesses a value from a bean configuration before the bean configurator unmarshals it into a bean property. A
 * common use case for such preprocessing is the evaluation of variables within the configuration value.
 *
 */
public interface BeanConfigurationValuePreprocessor {

    /**
     * Preprocesses the specified bean configuration value. The optional type provided to this method is a hint (not a

        sessionManager.errors().saveMessages(messages);
    }

    /**
     * Copies properties from source bean to destination bean.
     * This is a utility method that wraps BeanUtil.copyBeanToBean with custom options.
     *
     * @param src the source bean object
     * @param dest the destination bean object
     * @param option a consumer function to configure copy options
     */

    }

    @Test
    void testSetPropertyWithField() throws Exception {
        TestBean bean = new TestBean();
        PlexusConfiguration config = new XmlPlexusConfiguration("test");
        config.setValue("fieldValue");

        when(evaluator.evaluate("fieldValue")).thenReturn("fieldValue");

        helper.setProperty(bean, "directField", String.class, config);

        SomeBean bean = new SomeBean();

        Xpp3Dom config = toConfig("<file>test</file>");

        DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest request = new DefaultBeanConfigurationRequest();
        request.setBean(bean).setConfiguration(config);

        configurator.configureBean(request);

        assertEquals(new File("test"), bean.file);
    }

    @Test

/**
 * Unmarshals some textual configuration from the POM or similar into the properties of a bean. This component works
 * similar to the way Maven configures plugins from the POM, i.e. some configuration like {@code <param>value</param>}
 * is mapped to an equally named property of the bean and converted. The properties of the bean are supposed to either
 * have a public setter or be backed by an equally named field (of any visibility).
 *

        }
    }

    /**
     * Copies the source Bean to a new instance of the destination Bean and returns it.
     *
     * @param <T> The type of the destination Bean.
     * @param src The source Bean. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @param destClass The type of the destination Bean. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return The newly copied Bean.
     */

nameProperty.setValue(bean, "John Doe");

// Bean copying with flexible options
BeanUtil.copyBeanToBean(source, destination);
BeanUtil.copyBeanToBean(source, destination, options -> 
    options.exclude("password", "internalId"));

// Convert between beans and maps
Map<String, Object> map = BeanUtil.copyBeanToNewMap(bean);
MyBean newBean = BeanUtil.copyMapToNewBean(map, MyBean.class);
```

### Type Conversion