org.joda.property.impl
Class BeanMetaData

java.lang.Object
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public class BeanMetaData

extends java.lang.Object

MetaData about a Bean derived by reflection. This is cached for performance by bean type.

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

Field Summary

protected BeanMethods	iBeanMethods The bean methods instance
protected PropertyMetaData[]	iPropertyMetaData The list of methods in the interface which refer to properties
protected java.lang.Class	iType The type that this is the meta data for

Constructor Summary

protected

BeanMetaData(java.lang.Class beanType) Constructor.

Method Summary

BeanMethods	getBeanMethods() Get the BeanMethods implementation, where additional non-property methods are specified.
java.lang.Class	getBeanType() Get the type of the bean.
static BeanMetaData	getMetaData(java.lang.Class beanType) Get an instance of a BeanMetaData.
PropertyMetaData[]	getPropertyMetaData() Get the property meta data array describing the bean
PropertyMetaData	getPropertyMetaData(java.lang.String propertyName) Get a property meta data object by property name.
protected BeanMethods	initBeanMethods(java.lang.Class beanInterface) Get the BeanMethods class associated with the bean
java.lang.String	toString() Get a debugging string representing this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

iType

protected final java.lang.Class iType

The type that this is the meta data for

iPropertyMetaData

protected final PropertyMetaData[] iPropertyMetaData

The list of methods in the interface which refer to properties

iBeanMethods

protected BeanMethods iBeanMethods

The bean methods instance

Constructor Detail

BeanMetaData

protected BeanMetaData(java.lang.Class beanType)

Constructor.

Parameters:

beanType - the type of the bean, either interface or class

Method Detail

getMetaData

public static BeanMetaData getMetaData(java.lang.Class beanType)

Get an instance of a BeanMetaData. This will check the cache, creating a new instance if necessary.

Parameters:

beanType - the type of the bean, either interface or class

Returns:

a shared instance of the BeanMetaData

initBeanMethods

protected BeanMethods initBeanMethods(java.lang.Class beanInterface)

Get the BeanMethods class associated with the bean

Returns:

BeanMethods instance

getPropertyMetaData

public PropertyMetaData[] getPropertyMetaData()

Get the property meta data array describing the bean

Returns:

property meta data array

getPropertyMetaData

public PropertyMetaData getPropertyMetaData(java.lang.String propertyName)

Get a property meta data object by property name.

Returns:

property meta data object

getBeanType

public java.lang.Class getBeanType()

Get the type of the bean. This may be an interface or a class depending on the approach in use.

Returns:

bean type

getBeanMethods

public BeanMethods getBeanMethods()

Get the BeanMethods implementation, where additional non-property methods are specified. The BeanMethods concept is only used by the interface approach to designing a Joda model.

Returns:

BeanMethods object or null

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Get a debugging string representing this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

debugging string