groovy.lang

Class MetaProperty

java.lang.Object

groovy.lang.MetaProperty

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachedField, MetaArrayLengthProperty, MetaBeanProperty, MetaExpandoProperty

public abstract class MetaProperty
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a property on a bean which may have a getter and/or a setter

Version:

$Revision: 7922 $

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.String	name
protected java.lang.Class	type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getModifiers()
java.lang.String	getName()
abstract java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.Object object)
java.lang.Class	getType()
abstract void	setProperty(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.Object newValue) Sets the property on the given object to the new value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected final java.lang.String name

type

protected java.lang.Class type

Constructor Detail

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(java.lang.String name,
            java.lang.Class type)

Method Detail

getProperty

public abstract java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.Object object)

Returns:

the property of the given object

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the property could not be evaluated

setProperty

public abstract void setProperty(java.lang.Object object,
               java.lang.Object newValue)

Sets the property on the given object to the new value

Parameters:

object - on which to set the property

newValue - the new value of the property

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the property could not be set

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

Returns:

the type of the property

getModifiers

public int getModifiers()