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org.dom4j.bean

public Class BeanMetaData

Class Inheritance

extends Object

java.lang.Object
org.dom4j.bean.BeanMetaData

Imports

java.beans.BeanInfo, .IntrospectionException, .Introspector, .PropertyDescriptor, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.util.HashMap, .Map, org.dom4j.DocumentFactory, .QName

BeanMetaData contains metadata about a bean class.

Author: James Strachan
Version: $Revision: 1.10 $

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Class<?>	beanClass The class of the bean
private static final DocumentFactory	DOCUMENT_FACTORY
private Map<Object, Integer>	nameMap Index of names and QNames to indices Keys are type of QName and String
protected static final Object[]	NULL_ARGS Empty arguments for reflection calls
private PropertyDescriptor[]	propertyDescriptors Property descriptors for the bean
private QName[]	qNames QNames for the attributes
private Method[]	readMethods Read methods used for getting properties
private static Map<Class<?>, BeanMetaData>	singletonCache Singleton cache
private Method[]	writeMethods Write methods used for setting properties

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	BeanMetaData(Class<?> beanClass)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public int	Returns: the number of attribtutes for this bean type attributeCount() DOCUMENT ME!
public BeanAttributeList	createAttributeList(BeanElement parent)
public static BeanMetaData	Returns: DOCUMENT ME! get(Class<?> DOCUMENT ME! beanClass) Static helper method to find and cache meta data objects for bean types
public Object	getData(int index, Object bean)
public int	getIndex(String name)
public int	getIndex(QName qName)
public QName	getQName(int index)
protected void	handleException(Exception e)
public void	setData(int index, Object bean, Object data)

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

Field Detail

beanClass	back to summary
private Class<?> beanClass The class of the bean

DOCUMENT_FACTORY	back to summary
private static final DocumentFactory DOCUMENT_FACTORY

nameMap	back to summary
private Map<Object, Integer> nameMap Index of names and QNames to indices Keys are type of QName and String

NULL_ARGS	back to summary
protected static final Object[] NULL_ARGS Empty arguments for reflection calls

propertyDescriptors	back to summary
private PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors Property descriptors for the bean

qNames	back to summary
private QName[] qNames QNames for the attributes

readMethods	back to summary
private Method[] readMethods Read methods used for getting properties

singletonCache	back to summary
private static Map<Class<?>, BeanMetaData> singletonCache Singleton cache

writeMethods	back to summary
private Method[] writeMethods Write methods used for setting properties

Constructor Detail

BeanMetaData	back to summary
public BeanMetaData(Class<?> beanClass)

Method Detail

attributeCount

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public int attributeCount()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:int: the number of attribtutes for this bean type

createAttributeList	back to summary
public BeanAttributeList createAttributeList(BeanElement parent)

get

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public static BeanMetaData get(Class<?> beanClass)

Static helper method to find and cache meta data objects for bean types

Parameters

beanClass:Class<?>: DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:BeanMetaData

DOCUMENT ME!

getData	back to summary
public Object getData(int index, Object bean)

getIndex	back to summary
public int getIndex(String name)

getIndex	back to summary
public int getIndex(QName qName)

getQName	back to summary
public QName getQName(int index)

handleException	back to summary
protected void handleException(Exception e)

setData	back to summary
public void setData(int index, Object bean, Object data)