context based mapping
collection and array mapping handling lists, sets, arrays and allowing for class type hints
support for custom converters
custom bean factories for beans that do not follow the javabean specification
inheritance mapping including abstract classes and interfaces
field exclusion and custom getter() setter() functionality
copy-by-reference and 'self' mappingnull and empty quote source value exclusionbi-directional or one-way mapping
string to date mapping
data type conversion like string to integer wrapper or string to primitive
class level mapping recursion and deep property mapping
<buzzword>spring integration</buzzword>
map backed property support
8x speed improvement over dozer 1.x