Spring: Programmatically bind object from request

Question

Is there a way to programmatically bind form data to an object knowing the class type? I thought there would be something like

T instance = something.pleaseDoSomeMagicBind(class, request)

somewhere or something similar, but I had no luck so far.

Thank you

Answer 1

Thanks to Sotirios (you saved my sanity) hint, I've been able to achieve what I've been looking for and I'm leaving here my findings if anyone else is interested

final WebDataBinder binder = new WebDataBinder(BeanUtils.instantiate(clazz));
ServletRequestParameterPropertyValues values = new ServletRequestParameterPropertyValues(request);
binder.bind(values);
final BindingResult result = binder.getBindingResult();