1 /*
2 * EL4J, the Extension Library for the J2EE, adds incremental enhancements to
3 * the spring framework, http://el4j.sf.net
4 * Copyright (C) 2006 by ELCA Informatique SA, Av. de la Harpe 22-24,
5 * 1000 Lausanne, Switzerland, http://www.elca.ch
6 *
7 * EL4J is published under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
8 * Version 2.1. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
9 *
10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * For alternative licensing, please contact info@elca.ch
16 */
17 package ch.elca.el4j.util.dom.reflect;
18
19 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
20 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
21
22 /**
23 * represents a property.
24 *
25 * In code, a property is declared using a public field or a setter/getter pair.
26 * Properties declared using fields are writable, properties declared using
27 * accessors are writable if and only if setters are declared.
28 *
29 * @svnLink $Revision: 3883 $;$Date: 2009-08-04 15:35:01 +0200 (Di, 04. Aug 2009) $;$Author: swismer $;$URL: https://el4j.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/el4j/branches/el4j_3_1/el4j/framework/modules/core/src/main/java/ch/elca/el4j/util/dom/reflect/Property.java $
30 *
31 * @author Adrian Moos (AMS)
32 */
33
34 public class Property extends Member {
35 /** this property's type. */
36 public final Class<?> type;
37
38 /** can this property not be written? */
39 public final boolean readonly;
40
41 /** creates the property information object declared by field {@code f}
42 * in {@code declaring.clazz}. */
43 Property(EntityType declaring, Field f) {
44 super(
45 declaring,
46 f.getName()
47 );
48 type = f.getType();
49 readonly = false;
50 }
51
52 /** creates the property information object describing a property
53 * declared in a getter/setter pair.
54 * @param declaring the declaring entity type
55 * @param getter the getter
56 * @param name the property's name as defined by the Java Beans standard
57 * @param setter the setter
58 */
59 Property(EntityType declaring, Method getter, String name, Method setter) {
60 super(
61 declaring,
62 name
63 );
64 type = getter.getReturnType();
65 readonly = setter == null;
66 }
67 }