org.apache.commons.betwixt

Class BeanProperty

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.betwixt.BeanProperty

public class BeanProperty
extends Object

Betwixt-centric view of a bean (or pseudo-bean) property. This object decouples the way that the (possibly pseudo) property introspection is performed from the results of that introspection.

Since:

0.5

Author:

Robert Burrell Donkin

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanProperty(org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaProperty dynaProperty) Constructs a BeanProperty from a DynaProperty
BeanProperty(PropertyDescriptor descriptor) Constructs a BeanProperty from a PropertyDescriptor.
BeanProperty(String propertyName, Class propertyType, Expression propertyExpression, Updater propertyUpdater) Construct a BeanProperty.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Descriptor	createXMLDescriptor(IntrospectionConfiguration configuration) Create a XML descriptor from a bean one.
Expression	getPropertyExpression() Gets the expression used to read this property.
String	getPropertyName() Gets the bean name for this property.
Class	getPropertyType() Gets the type of this property.
Updater	getPropertyUpdater() Gets the updater used to write to this properyty.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanProperty

public BeanProperty(String propertyName,
            Class propertyType,
            Expression propertyExpression,
            Updater propertyUpdater)

Construct a BeanProperty.

Parameters:

propertyName - not null

propertyType - not null

propertyExpression - the Expression used to read the property, null if the property is not readable

propertyUpdater - the Updater used to write the property, null if the property is not writable

BeanProperty

public BeanProperty(PropertyDescriptor descriptor)

Constructs a BeanProperty from a PropertyDescriptor.

Parameters:

descriptor - not null

BeanProperty

public BeanProperty(org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaProperty dynaProperty)

Constructs a BeanProperty from a DynaProperty

Parameters:

dynaProperty - not null

Method Detail

getPropertyName

public String getPropertyName()

Gets the bean name for this property. Betwixt will map this to an xml name.

Returns:

the bean name for this property, not null

getPropertyType

public Class getPropertyType()

Gets the type of this property.

Returns:

the property type, not null

getPropertyExpression

public Expression getPropertyExpression()

Gets the expression used to read this property.

Returns:

the expression to be used to read this property or null if this property is not readable.

getPropertyUpdater

public Updater getPropertyUpdater()

Gets the updater used to write to this properyty.

Returns:

the Updater to the used to write to this property or null if this property is not writable.

createXMLDescriptor

public Descriptor createXMLDescriptor(IntrospectionConfiguration configuration)

Create a XML descriptor from a bean one. Go through and work out whether it's a loop property, a primitive or a standard. The class property is ignored.

Parameters:

configuration - IntrospectionConfiguration, not null

Returns:

a correctly configured NodeDescriptor for the property