Package nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection

Interface Introspector

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractSuppressIntrospector, BeanIntrospector, FieldIntrospector
public interface Introspector
The introspector provides introspection services, i.e. property discovery and manipulation, for any object.

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Since:
1.5
Author:
Peter Jacobs , Alexander Verbraeck, Niels Lang.

  • Method Details

    • getProperties

      Property[] getProperties(Object introspected)
      Parameters:
      introspected - Object; the introspected object
      Returns:
      Retrieves properties of the introspected object. The properties' values can themselves be introspectable. An empty array is returned if no introspected object has been set.

    • getPropertyNames

      String[] getPropertyNames(Object introspected)
      Retrieves the names of the properties of the introspected object.
      Parameters:
      introspected - Object; The introspected object.
      Returns:
      An unordered array of the introspected object's property names.

    • getProperty

      Property getProperty(Object introspected, String property)
      Retrieves the {see Property}with a given name from an introspected object.
      Parameters:
      introspected - Object; The introspected object.
      property - String; The name of the property to be retrieved
      Returns:
      A {see Property}instance for the given object and property name.