org.foxlabs.util.reflect

Class PropertyGetter

java.lang.Object

org.foxlabs.util.reflect.PropertyGetter

public abstract class PropertyGetter
extends Object

An abstract property getter that holds property type and provides read access to the property value.

Author:

Fox Mulder

See Also:

BeanIntrospector

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertyGetter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Type	getGenericType() Returns generic type of the property.
abstract Class<?>	getType() Returns raw type of the property.
abstract Object	getValue(Object object) Returns property value for the specified object.
static PropertyGetter	newGetter(Member getter) Creates a new property getter for the specified class member.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyGetter

public PropertyGetter()

Method Detail

getType

public abstract Class<?> getType()

Returns raw type of the property.

Returns:

Raw type of the property.

getGenericType

public abstract Type getGenericType()

Returns generic type of the property.

Returns:

Generic type of the property.

getValue

public abstract Object getValue(Object object)

Returns property value for the specified object.

Parameters:

object - Object whose property value should be returned.

Returns:

Property value for the specified object.

Throws:

PropertyAccessException - if an error occured when accessing property.

newGetter

public static PropertyGetter newGetter(Member getter)

Creates a new property getter for the specified class member.

Returns:

A new property getter for the specified class member or null if member is abstract or null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if illegal member type specified.