public Class PropertyUtil

Class Inheritance

extends Object

java.lang.Object
org.hamcrest.beans.PropertyUtil

Imports

java.beans.IntrospectionException, .Introspector, .PropertyDescriptor

Utility class for accessing properties on JavaBean objects. See http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/index.html for more information on JavaBeans.

Authors: Iain McGinniss, Steve Freeman
Since: 1.1.0

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
public static final Object[]	NO_ARGUMENTS

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	PropertyUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public static PropertyDescriptor	Returns: the descriptor of the property, or null if the property does not exist. getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Object fromObj) Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface.
public static PropertyDescriptor[]	Returns: Property descriptors propertyDescriptorsFor(Object Use the class of this object fromObj, Class<Object> Don't include any properties from this ancestor class upwards. stopClass) Returns all the property descriptors for the class associated with the given object

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

Field Detail

NO_ARGUMENTS	back to summary
public static final Object[] NO_ARGUMENTS

Constructor Detail

PropertyUtil	back to summary
public PropertyUtil()

Method Detail

getPropertyDescriptor	back to summary
public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Object fromObj) throws IllegalArgumentException Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface. Returns:PropertyDescriptor the descriptor of the property, or null if the property does not exist. Exceptions IllegalArgumentException: if there's a introspection failure

getPropertyDescriptor

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public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Object fromObj) throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns the description of the property with the provided name on the provided object's interface.

Returns:PropertyDescriptor

the descriptor of the property, or null if the property does not exist.

Exceptions

IllegalArgumentException:: if there's a introspection failure

propertyDescriptorsFor	back to summary
public static PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptorsFor(Object fromObj, Class<Object> stopClass) throws IllegalArgumentException Returns all the property descriptors for the class associated with the given object Parameters fromObj:Object Use the class of this object stopClass:Class<Object> Don't include any properties from this ancestor class upwards. Returns:PropertyDescriptor[] Property descriptors Exceptions IllegalArgumentException: if there's a introspection failure

propertyDescriptorsFor

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public static PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptorsFor(Object fromObj, Class<Object> stopClass) throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns all the property descriptors for the class associated with the given object

Parameters

fromObj:Object: Use the class of this object
stopClass:Class<Object>: Don't include any properties from this ancestor class upwards.

Returns:PropertyDescriptor[]

Property descriptors

Exceptions

IllegalArgumentException:: if there's a introspection failure