java.beans
Class IndexedPropertyDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
      java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
          java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor

public class IndexedPropertyDescriptor

extends PropertyDescriptor

An IndexedPropertyDescriptor describes a property that acts like an array and has an indexed read and/or indexed write method to access specific elements of the array.

An indexed property may also provide simple non-indexed read and write methods. If these are present, they read and write arrays of the type returned by the indexed read method.

Constructor Summary
IndexedPropertyDescriptor ( String  propertyName, Class  beanClass)           This constructor constructs an IndexedPropertyDescriptor for a property that follows the standard Java conventions by having getFoo and setFoo accessor methods, for both indexed access and array access.
IndexedPropertyDescriptor ( String  propertyName, Class  beanClass, String  readMethodName,  getterName, String  writeMethodName,  setterName, String  indexedReadMethodName,  indexedGetterName, String           This constructor takes the name of a simple property, and method names for reading and writing the property, both indexed and non-indexed.
IndexedPropertyDescriptor ( String  propertyName, Method  readMethod,  getter, Method  writeMethod,  setter, Method  indexedReadMethod,  indexedGetter, Method           This constructor takes the name of a simple property, and Method objects for reading and writing the property.

 

Method Summary
boolean	equals ( Object  obj)           Compares this PropertyDescriptor against the specified object.
Class	getIndexedPropertyType ()           Gets the Class object of the indexed properties' type.
Method	getIndexedReadMethod ()           Gets the method that should be used to read an indexed property value.
Method	getIndexedWriteMethod ()           Gets the method that should be used to write an indexed property value.
int	hashCode ()           Returns a hash code value for the object.
void	setIndexedReadMethod ( Method           Sets the method that should be used to read an indexed property value.
void	setIndexedReadMethod setIndexedWriteMethod ( Method           Sets the method that should be used to read write an indexed property value.
void	setIndexedWriteMethod ( Method           Sets the method that should be used to write an indexed property value.

 

Methods inherited from class java.beans. PropertyDescriptor
createPropertyEditor , getPropertyEditorClass , getPropertyType , getReadMethod , getWriteMethod , isBound , isConstrained , setBound , setConstrained , setPropertyEditorClass , setReadMethod , setWriteMethod

 

Methods inherited from class java.beans. FeatureDescriptor
attributeNames , getDisplayName , getName , getShortDescription , getValue , isExpert , isHidden , isPreferred , setDisplayName , setExpert , setHidden , setName , setPreferred , setShortDescription , setValue

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone , finalize , getClass , hashCode , notify , notifyAll , toString , wait , wait , wait

 

Constructor Detail

IndexedPropertyDescriptor

public IndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                                 Class beanClass)
                          throws IntrospectionException

This constructor constructs an IndexedPropertyDescriptor for a property that follows the standard Java conventions by having getFoo and setFoo accessor methods, for both indexed access and array access.

Thus if the argument name is "fred", it will assume that there is an indexed reader method "getFred", a non-indexed (array) reader method also called "getFred", an indexed writer method "setFred", and finally a non-indexed writer method "setFred".

Parameters:

propertyName - The programmatic name of the property.

beanClass - The Class object for the target bean.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.

IndexedPropertyDescriptor

public IndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                                 Class beanClass,
                                 String readMethodName,
  getterName,
 String writeMethodName,
  setterName,
 String indexedReadMethodName,
  indexedGetterName,
 String indexedWriteMethodName)
  indexedSetterName)
 throws IntrospectionException

This constructor takes the name of a simple property, and method names for reading and writing the property, both indexed and non-indexed.

Parameters:

propertyName - The programmatic name of the property.

beanClass - The Class object for the target bean.

readMethodName getterName - The name of the method used for reading the property values as an array. May be null if the property is write-only or must be indexed.

writeMethodName setterName - The name of the method used for writing the property values as an array. May be null if the property is read-only or must be indexed.

indexedReadMethodName indexedGetterName - The name of the method used for reading an indexed property value. May be null if the property is write-only.

indexedWriteMethodName indexedSetterName - The name of the method used for writing an indexed property value. May be null if the property is read-only.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.

IndexedPropertyDescriptor

public IndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
                                 Method readMethod,
  getter,
 Method writeMethod,
  setter,
 Method indexedReadMethod,
  indexedGetter,
 Method indexedWriteMethod)
  indexedSetter)
 throws IntrospectionException

This constructor takes the name of a simple property, and Method objects for reading and writing the property.

Parameters:

propertyName - The programmatic name of the property.

readMethod getter - The method used for reading the property values as an array. May be null if the property is write-only or must be indexed.

writeMethod setter - The method used for writing the property values as an array. May be null if the property is read-only or must be indexed.

indexedReadMethod indexedGetter - The method used for reading an indexed property value. May be null if the property is write-only.

indexedWriteMethod indexedSetter - The method used for writing an indexed property value. May be null if the property is read-only.

Throws:

IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.

getIndexedReadMethod

public Method getIndexedReadMethod()

Gets the method that should be used to read an indexed property value.

Returns:

The method that should be used to read an indexed property value. May return null if the property isn't indexed or is write-only.

setIndexedReadMethod

public void setIndexedReadMethod(Method readMethod)
  getter)
 throws IntrospectionException

Sets the method that should be used to read an indexed property value.

Parameters:

readMethod getter - The new indexed read getter method.

Throws:

IntrospectionException

getIndexedWriteMethod

public Method getIndexedWriteMethod()

Gets the method that should be used to write an indexed property value.

Returns:

The method that should be used to write an indexed property value. May return null if the property isn't indexed or is read-only.

setIndexedWriteMethod

public void setIndexedWriteMethod(Method writeMethod)
  setter)
 throws IntrospectionException

Sets the method that should be used to write an indexed property value.

Parameters:

writeMethod setter - The new indexed write setter method.

Throws:

IntrospectionException

getIndexedPropertyType

public Class getIndexedPropertyType()

Gets the Class object of the indexed properties' type. The returned Class may describe a primitive type such as int. This is the type that will be returned by the indexedReadMethod.

Returns:

The Class for the indexed properties' type; may return null if the type cannot be determined. The Java Class for the indexed properties type. Note that the Class may describe a primitive Java type such as "int".

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares this PropertyDescriptor against the specified object. Returns true if the objects are the same. Two PropertyDescriptors are the same if the read, write, property types, property editor and flags are equivalent.

Overrides:

equals in class PropertyDescriptor

Parameters:

obj - the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Object.hashCode() , Hashtable

hashCode

 
public int hashCode () 

Returns a hash code value for the object. See Object.hashCode() for a complete description.

Overrides:

hashCode in class PropertyDescriptor

Returns:

a hash code value for this object.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object) , Hashtable