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.

(c) copyright 2003-2004 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.
See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl
License of use: General Public License (GPL) , no warranty

Since:

1.4

Version:

1.1 Apr 15, 2004

Author:

Niels Lang Peter Jacobs

Method Summary

Property[]	getProperties(java.lang.Object introspected)
Property	getProperty(java.lang.Object introspected, java.lang.String property) Retrieves the {see Property}with a given name from an introspected object.
java.lang.String[]	getPropertyNames(java.lang.Object introspected) Retrieves the names of the properties of the introspected object.

Method Detail

getProperties

public Property[] getProperties(java.lang.Object introspected)

Parameters:

introspected - 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

public java.lang.String[] getPropertyNames(java.lang.Object introspected)

Retrieves the names of the properties of the introspected object.

Parameters:

introspected - The introspected object.

Returns:

An unordered array of the introspected object's property names.

getProperty

public Property getProperty(java.lang.Object introspected,
                            java.lang.String property)

Retrieves the {see Property}with a given name from an introspected object.

Parameters:

introspected - The introspected object.

property - The name of the property to be retrieved

Returns:

A {see Property}instance for the given object and property name.