nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.beans
Class BeanProperty

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.AbstractProperty
      nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.beans.BeanProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

Property

public class BeanProperty
extends AbstractProperty
implements Property

The JavaBean TM implementation of the Property interface. See {see BeanIntrospector}for details.

(c) copyright 2002-2005-2004 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.
See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl
License of use: Lesser General Public License (LGPL) , no warranty.

Since:

1.5

Version:

1.1 Apr 15, 2004

Author:

Niels Lang Peter Jacobs

Constructor Summary

protected

BeanProperty(java.lang.Object bean, java.beans.PropertyDescriptor descriptor) constructs a new BeanProperty

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getInstance() Retrieves the introspected object, which contains this Property.
java.lang.String	getName() Retrieves the name of the property.
java.lang.Class<?>	getType() Returns the type of this property's value.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Returns the current value of this property.
boolean	isEditable() Returns whether the value of this property may be altered.
protected void	setRegularValue(java.lang.Object values) Method used to set a regular (i.e.

Methods inherited from class nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.AbstractProperty

getComponentType, isCollection, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.Property

getComponentType, isCollection, setValue

Constructor Detail

BeanProperty

protected BeanProperty(java.lang.Object bean,
                       java.beans.PropertyDescriptor descriptor)

constructs a new BeanProperty

Parameters:

bean - the bean to introspect

descriptor - the descriptor of the property

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: Property

Retrieves the name of the property.

Specified by:

getName in interface Property

Returns:

The name of the property

See Also:

Property.getName()

getType

public java.lang.Class<?> getType()

Description copied from interface: Property

Returns the type of this property's value.

Specified by:

getType in interface Property

Returns:

A {see java.lang.Class}instance denoting the type of this property.

See Also:

Property.getType()

setRegularValue

protected void setRegularValue(java.lang.Object values)

Description copied from class: AbstractProperty

Method used to set a regular (i.e. not-composite) property value.

Specified by:

setRegularValue in class AbstractProperty

Parameters:

values - the new value

See Also:

#setRegularValue(java.lang.Object)

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: Property

Returns the current value of this property.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Property

Returns:

The current value of this property.

See Also:

Property.getValue()

getInstance

public java.lang.Object getInstance()

Description copied from interface: Property

Retrieves the introspected object, which contains this Property.

Specified by:

getInstance in interface Property

Returns:

the instance

See Also:

Property.getInstance()

isEditable

public boolean isEditable()

Description copied from interface: Property

Returns whether the value of this property may be altered.

Specified by:

isEditable in interface Property

Returns:

'True', when this property's value can be altered, 'false' otherwise.

See Also:

Property.isEditable()