ch.elca.el4j.util.codingsupport
Class BeanPropertyUtils

java.lang.Object
  ch.elca.el4j.util.codingsupport.BeanPropertyUtils

public final class BeanPropertyUtils
extends Object

Utility class to get/set properties generically.

Author:

David Bernhard (DBD)

File-location:

BeanPropertyUtils

Last check-in date:

2009-08-04 13:59:45 +0200 (Di, 04. Aug 2009) by swismer for revision 3873

Method Summary

static Object	getProperty(Object entity, String propertyName) Generically get a property.
static Object	getPropertySimplified(Object entity, String propertyName) Generically get a property, casting arrays to collections.
static Method	getReadMethod(Class<?> entityClass, String propertyName) Get the read method of a property.
static Method	getWriteMethod(Class<?> entityClass, String propertyName) Get the write method of a property.
static void	setProperty(Object entity, String propertyName, Object value) Generically set a property.
static void	setPropertySimplified(Object entity, String propertyName, Object value) Generically set a property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getProperty

public static Object getProperty(Object entity,
                                 String propertyName)

Generically get a property.

Parameters:

entity - The entity to get a property on.

propertyName - The property name to get.

Returns:

The property value as returned from reading the property.

getPropertySimplified

public static Object getPropertySimplified(Object entity,
                                           String propertyName)

Generically get a property, casting arrays to collections.

Parameters:

entity - The entity to get a property on.

propertyName - The property name to get.

Returns:

The property value. If it was an array, it is returned as a collection.

setProperty

public static void setProperty(Object entity,
                               String propertyName,
                               Object value)

Generically set a property.

Parameters:

entity - The entity to set the property on.

propertyName - The property name.

value - The value to set.

setPropertySimplified

public static void setPropertySimplified(Object entity,
                                         String propertyName,
                                         Object value)

Generically set a property. If the setter requires an array, a collection may be passed too in which case it is put into an array.

Parameters:

entity - The entity to set the property on.

propertyName - The property name.

value - The value to set.

getReadMethod

public static Method getReadMethod(Class<?> entityClass,
                                   String propertyName)

Get the read method of a property.

Parameters:

entityClass - the class of the entity

propertyName - the property name

Returns:

the read method to access the property

getWriteMethod

public static Method getWriteMethod(Class<?> entityClass,
                                    String propertyName)

Get the write method of a property.

Parameters:

entityClass - the class of the entity

propertyName - the property name

Returns:

the write method to access the property